Hi Charlize, I caught something,been down for a couple days. You are so sweet to want to start a business. Sounds like we are very much alike. I love taupe, white, and gray as well. If you like gray, then maybe a pickled wood floor would do well. A light taupe with gray and brown tones on the wall in flat finish. Behr Paints has a great white trim color called Utra-White. I would do the cieling and all trim in high gloss. Boy are our tastes similar. The picture with gold chairs and horn table, I love the walls and floor colors in that room. Don't sell your couch, it is a classic piece, not much it doesn't fit with, and it is a cozy yet elegant piece. I like that red ottoman table in the bottom right corner. These are quite easy to make. You can find instructions on-line. I always love Red. Throw a great tray on one end and it is very versatile. I do love your divider. Our apt. has walls between the kitchen and living room. The hall, bath, and closets are walled off on the other side, lots of doorways. Our Building was done in 1920, Art Deco. We have been here for 10 months, I am still struggling to decorate, pain and enery being the barrier. I look at tons of pictures, love it. I really like this website, I won't run out of photos, wow. Let me know where you are, I am guessing Canada? Pamela PS Almost forgot, get yourself a lazy susan for your TV or go to TV store for a table top swivel piece.

Unfortunately, I will not get to see the home before we move in (too far away from current location). The home was built for someone else who lost funding right before closing, so we were able to get a good deal on it. The specs say that the entire home (walls and ceilings are painted in Monarch Santa Fe (MS-23014) in Flat. The trim is an off-white. The tiles are The Cliffs Beige (which I googled and found the ones that look like the pics I have). My dilemma is that I am looking to add color to rooms before we move in because we have 4 boys and I homeschool and I know once we get belongings unpacked and school started ~ it will be really hard to do. I am looking to paint the boys' rooms upstairs in BM Winter Lake and BM Mt. Rainier Gray. We are going to be using an upstairs media room as a play room for now and I am looking at BM Cream Silk for that room. We also have a bonus room upstairs that I will be using for a school room and am looking at greens for that room (my oldest son picked out BM's Dill Pickle ~ while I had considered BM's Croquet). I have attached pics of our LR rug and sofa cushions ~ we'll probably be sticking with more beige/wheat tones for now with it matching our furniture. In addition, I added 2 more pics of the new house. That still leaves me with the DR ~ our china is Lenox Federal Cobalt and our furniture is black. From the rug I considered painting the DR a green or blue or maroonish red; even if it is only one accent wall (either the wall facing the front of home/windows or the wall that you see when you walk in the front door and turn to see DR.) Any suggestions? :) Thank you, Jenny

You could save some space and make a built in entertainment/shelving unit to hide the door. That would free up some furniture space

I like the paint color and think it's a nice backdrop for the fun colors. I also saw a blog post where fabric paint was used to add coordinating touches to an existing rug. It looked great! Please don't be upset about the separate space posts. I also didn't realize you were in Manhattan until you mentioned it. It makes sense for them to share. I live in the Midwest, and like much of the country, we aren't used to thinking about making the most of every square foot. It truly was more of a misunderstanding of your circumstances than judgement. Enjoy every minute with those kiddos and just have fun with the decor!