The couch and chairs look perfect in your room; stylewise and color!

Wait til I show DH your stereo turntable shelving. He will definitely appreciate that!

It looks fantastic!!! Kudos to your husband on the knobs too.

Your new furniture is gorgeous. Very rich looking. I like the clean lines, color and how well it matches the pretty area rug.The new furniture looks great in your family room. The whole kitchen/living area is very warm and inviting looking. I like the colors you have chosen. Very pretty kitchen too! You must be delighted.

This looks great! Congratulations on the beautiful furniture.

It is all beautiful and I know how comfortable Stressless furniture is! We have one chair coming on Thursday and we can't wait. We're already arguing over whose turn it is to sit in it.

I'm sure your family will be happy with this home theater and kitchen - its all just lovely.

Thank you everyone. I had worried that the theater seating group would be too big or the room would be too crowded - we had another room that one of the recliners could go to if it took to much space in that room. Actually, it feels like there is more room with the new furniture. I think the couch does take a bit less depth than the old one and the styling and open bottom makes it look lighter.

It just looks so right to me.

Congrats on getting the chair woodie.

Cat_mom, our GC had suggested a couple of local custom cabinet makers but when we got a bid from one of them, it was apparent that they really didn't get making free standing or entertainment center cabinets - much more focused on fixed kitchen cabinets. One wanted to do the tall cabinets in separate upper and lower pieces.

We found a local company that specialized more in furniture including entertainment systems and when we talked to them, they suggested the component unit. We were a bit hesitant about going with them because it was difficult to know if they were credible. Our wonderful GC checked them out and gave the okay to use them so then we were able to give them the order with confidence.

It looks great. I think the verticals work perfectly in your room and I love the browns- brown is so warm and cozy, especially with the red rug.

Yayagal, the knobs are another story - I didn't want to do the same hardware as in the kitchen, not even the same material, but I wasn't sure what would be right. Shiny stuff like nickle didn't seem right for us. Then there was the whole knob vs handle question. Many knobs aren't as comfortable to use as handles.

I started looking at my husband's Fine Woodworking magazines to see what was on that furniture. The hardware on much of the furniture tended to be smaller. There was one knob that I saw in an ad that had a very pleasing and utilitarian shape. The ad wasn't about knobs - it just happened to have a picture of some drawers. That got me thinking more about using knobs and wood knobs in particular.

I looked for wood knobs on-line, but they were often rather clunky looking. My husband shared an article in one of his magazines about making a more refined knob shape by returning some of those knobs. We started to talk about that or him turning the knobs. We talked about shapes and I sketched a profile that seemed like it would work. He turned some samples to help choose the size and home in on shape.

The shape we settled on has a long enough base to allow comfortable finger room and a smooth curve to meet the head and the right slope to the back of the head so our fingers settle comfortably behind the head.

Once we had one with the look and feel we wanted, he turned a lot more - about twice as many as we needed. Since they were hand turned, there was some variation in shape and the walnut pieces varied in color a bit. I sorted them into matched pairs and we used the best matches on the pairs of doors where the knobs are right next to each other in the wide cabinet and the credenza. We also put matched pairs on the left and right opening tall cabinets in case they are ever in a room where they are right next to each other.

He used a brass insert on the knobs for the screw so they should last well to. He put the insert into each block before turning and used that to attach the block to the lathe so the knobs would be well centered on the screw.

I think the area above the FP could use something colorful and interesting, perhaps a wall sculpture or a painting? with a few colors of your rug perhaps in it or a wall sculpture in bronze or copper? I luv my verticals and nothing wrong with yours either.

Wow, these really look great. I think DH would drool over them. The home theatre storage cabinet is awesome, too.

Those look great. Are they comfortable?

Yes, they are extremely comfortable. We saw many couches that had looks that would suit the room. These were more comfortable than any other couches I tried.