Upload some pictures of something similar in style that you have seen that you like.

I like mostly spa, warm, rich vintage styles

in the first picture, i would start by changing the lighting - i know it sounds strange - but add a pendant chandelier that is closer to the ceiling - glass or crystal - something traditional but not obtrusive. The sofas in there need to go. You should start by finding a cream or white couch with fabric NOT leather. Something with rounded arms, curved backs and not too deep. Take one two seater (the space looks small) and find two armchairs that are not bulky - made with fabric in a colour or pattern you like (for example, something that looks a bit like blue tweed with slivers of gold in it maybe? Something with a damask pattern??)

Add a classic coffee table that is a bit low that looks like (or is) carved wood. Something that isnt bulky and has slender legs. Add beautiful persian looking rugs in a light blue or pale green (that will remind you of your spa like resort inspiration)

Loads of different types of candles nowadays that you can use to glamorize your home.
Also, find big china cabinets that have gorgeous detail and fill them with beautiful things. Often, traditional styles like the ones you have displayed showcase their posessions in this way. IN FACT, my home looks like what you're looking for - I will upload photos for inspiration.

Use gold not silver.

Since you're down to the wire here, you need to take the day and go shopping. Try to find a nice panoramic pictures to go above the love seat in the living room and on the dining room wall, and some curtains for both windows. Also try to find some things that reflect your personality to give the room warmth and charm.

Try to find someplace else to hang that picture above the dining room window as it's way to high to be of any value--you want your artwork at eye level [around 63" inches] so that the average person can see it without craning their head up.

When it gets lighter can you retake your pictures of your home so they aren't so dark?

What is your budget range? Elbow grease and rearranging, paint or all new furniture?

Any suggestions on stores to go and grab a few things to transform my house

Apple pie under 200.00 just want to grab a view ideas to make it nice. I know a view pictures and curtains would help. I have a feel for bringing some green and color I even thought about burnt orange patio curtains

Thanks for info. I'd go to Home Goods for art, Target for curtains and curtain rods. Target for two large wicker baskets to hold kid stuff in each room (let's be realistic, IME, kid stuff magically reappears 20 minutes after it is put away). Get the art first, then pick one of the colors from the selection at Target for the curtains.

Looks like you have a green thumb for houseplants, so add a live blooming orchid plant or two for your end tables. Move the plant to brighter space after visitor leaves. Open all the blinds.

Pick up some picture hangers and hang up your artwork so that its centers are at nose height, but if you need to keep it out of kid-grabbing range, make it a few inches higher. You'll have to move some things around a bit. Your clock needs its own picture hanger, too.

By the way, although it is hard to have "spa" type burning candles with a young child around, you can use candles at dinner where you can keep an eye on the kids. At the end of the visit, put candlesticks away to avoid tempting the kids.

Declutter completely and hide the tv wires as best you can. Pick an accent colour and go to your nearest decor store (Homesense in Canada) and buy things with just that accent colour in them (planter, vase, lamp). If you plan on sitting on the bench(?) under the tv., buy a long cushion (or 3 smaller ones) -- cushions that have the accent colour in them and with a pattern. Good luck!

You have guests coming in 3 days. Don't try to decorate your house at this point. Clean up the clutter and relax!!!

Really, your guests are coming to see you and your kids so don't get all nervous thinking you need to totally re-do everything. Make them feel at home and they'll have a great time. Don't apologize to your guests just focus on them. Your home looks fine for now.

Put some fresh flowers on the table.

These are my thoughts. . .you don't have much time. Go to your nearest thrift store, Goodwill, Value Village, etc and find a large picture to put over the loveseat by the book case. It should be about 75% the length of that loveseat. Ditto for any other couches you have blank walls behind. Btw, I suggest thrift stores, because these items don't have to be things you love, just things that will work. It's easier to make these choices when the items are cheap and you don't feel like you will have to keep them after your guests leave.

Pick a color from the picture and use it for your accent color. Try to find a large vase or bowl in that color and see if you can find a large tray there too. Pick up a large floor vase with some tall reeds or something similar in it. Also find a lamp for the end table. If you can't find one in the accent color, any neutral like cream, clear glass or brass will work. See if you can find a dark color tv console. If they don't have one, maybe some kind of trunk or large wicker basket.

When you get home, hang the art. Empty the bookcase, put the tall floor vase arrangement in the bottom, the large vase or bowl on the second shelf. Put some books and maybe a family photo on the top shelf. move the table under the tv to the middle as a coffee table, put the tray on it and find some things around the house to put on it. . .candles, a pretty pitcher, etc. The console or trunk would go under the tv. Get rid of the stool. Shop your house. . .do you have a throw or some pillows that could go on the couches?

Move all the artwork down to eye level. If they look too small, remove them all together or group several together for more impact. Remove anything that doesn't belong. . .like the tv that's sitting on the floor and the tables and bird cage thing by the door. Just move the shoes so they are lined up along the wall behind the door. . .or move some of them to closets.

Lastly, if there is still time, add a few more plants and some fresh flowers. Just spread them around.

Good luck. . .been there, done this!

Thank you haley, will do my mom is on the way to shop with me and Hatetoshop how do I hide the wires?

OMG thank you so much Hambirg you have open up my vision, all of you guys idea will really help me to pull this off I'm excited now. Just waiting on mom to get here now.

It would help to hide the wires if the TV was about 18 to 24 inches lower--more eye level when you're sitting down. Then you could hide the cords behind a stack of books on the long low table or

Again, clean up all the clutter. Now is not the time to go shopping. Focus on getting all your stuff in order. That alone will drastically change the look. Adding more at this late date will leave you with a messy home when guests arrive.

Tie the two wires together behind the TV and then you have just a single strand of wire to deal with. Do lower the TV.

Thank you apple pie

No problem. I have done this more times than I like to admit. Please keep us updated. I would love to see what you find when you're out shopping. Your effort I'm sure will pay off. You can relax in your new pretty surroundings when your guests leave. :)

ETA- One last thing. If there is a hook on the base of that light, just shorten the chain. Right now it's too low and looks like a dining room light. If you don't get to it, it's not the end of the world, but it would look better if it was higher and out of the way.

Hambirg is right: inexpensive breakable vases from the thrift store are good. Don't buy them new from Home Goods or Target.

leelee those are old pictures my house not dirty its clean

Its spot free, just need to add décor ideas LeeLee, Thanks for being concerned.

Thank you, Thank you LeeLee, Hambirg and apple pie you guys are awesome

To hide the cable, you can use a product called "Cord Mate", available at Home Depot. But there are other cable management systems available. Here's the link:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Legrand-Wiremold-5-ft-CordMate-II-Channel-C50/100005270

Let us know how the visit turns out--have fun and relax.

Hi everyone

Here are some more AFTER pictures

And

Tell me what you think?

Looks better but you need to lower your pictures a bit--they should be at eye level which is around 63" off the floor so you don't have to tilt your head back to see it. And speaking of tiling your head back, the TV needs to be lowered to the eye level when you're sitting so you don't end up with a chronic headache and neck pain from the development of myofascial trigger points.

I like the color of your ice blue thrown pillows with the light brown couch, and the framed picture in your dining room. It needs to be lowered too, but is a very nice picture.

Pull the sofas off the wall. Then change the curtains and make them reach the ceiling - doesn't matter if the windows don't - this will give you the illusion of height. Remove those paintings. The metal art work on either side of the television is not level so if you HAVE to use it, then please lower and straighten. Also, I think your TV is too high up.

The dining table wall is really awkward. I would suggest using one large mirror instead or a cluster of framed vintage ones you can find at a flea market. If you find old frames, make sure they are gold, or paint them gold (antique gold) and then put your floral artwork in them. Go bold. I love the floral art over the couch and I think you should find more accessories that compliment that. I will upload pictures of my house - it's the style you originally were looking for.

You did a great job. Yes, lower a few things on the wall.

Huge improvement! Like everyone else is saying, lower all of your pictures and the TV. If pictures are hung over a sofa, etc. there should be just 6 or 8 inches of wall showing between bottom of picture and the sofa or whatever it's hung above. That's going to seem too low to you since you're used to having them so high. If a picture is just hung on a wall with nothing under it then the middle of the picture should be 60 inches from the floor.

Take down the pictures over the dining room window and put them over the leather loveseat. The window doesn't need any sort of valance over it. Also, remove the wallpaper border near the ceiling in the dining area. Now that your guests have come and gone your can take your time and continue to slowly work on these small details. You're on the right track. Keep us posted with new pictures of your home when you've lowered the art.

Craftyoldman are you talking about the patio curtains or dinning room curtains? http://www.potterybarn.com/shop/rugs-windows/curtains-drapes-by-style/cotton-drapes/
I love pottery barn but not their prices.

Dining room, doll. Actually, all the curtains. It'll give the illusion that your place is taller.

I also love PB but the prices are a joke. I can make it at home for nothing!

Your right, I went on PB website for curtains that would give the height illusion and saw some that would be perfect. Where do you go to grab stuff and make it to look like PB things, I was thinking hobby lobby? Can you let me in on your secret?

Me? Well, considering that I live in the middle East...haaa..i probably couldn't help you out. However, if you have a Home Centre or Home Store or, heck, even an Ikea would do, that could help. If not, there are probably LOADS of upholsterers that can help you out - choose a fabric from them...does it cost much where you are? That is usually what I do. I go and I buy the fabric that I like, find someone to stitch it for me and pay them a bit.

Right now, it is costing me about 470 dinars to put in curtains in two bedrooms. That is about 1,246.35 dollars. Joke, right?

SO, I have found other ways to make it work - different styles, cheaper fabrics, less material. I will upload pictures of my place (surrounded by windows) as soon as I can onto my ideabook, you should check it out.