I love your room and the paint color. I think you should skip the mirror. Its not ornate enough. Wait for something else. I like the panels though. Looks awesome.

Yes, paint the wall creamy. The mirror would be lovely just the way it is but you could paint it if you want a closer representation. The two screens do not work, I'm afraid, they look too dark to see the printed scenes on them. You could try to find a way to cut the legs off and illuminate them better but I'm not sure that would work.
What I'm more concerned with is the scale difference between the rooms. I would stay away from too many large scale items so they don't overwhelm the room.

I think you have s strong start and a good palette. Its a little bit bare right now, but don't be tempted to 'fill space'. Take your time, find the right things and let it grow.

I love your blue and peach. I would prefer the gold mirror with the detail in the frame than the one you presently have. You have a lot of sharp lines that could use some softening. I also feel you need to remove that dark drop-leaf table--it over powers that space. I'd also like to see some kind of a tall plant in the corner to the right of the sofa. Notice the greenery in the inspirational room. The brass tray on your peach footstool is also out of scale.

Do add the mirror (very pretty and a great price!) painted in the high-gloss white.

Find and Add the important lamps -- to add symmetry to the whole arrangement. You will notice that although the lamps are NOT a pair -- the shape, height and matching shades bring that symmetry.

Stop. Breathe.

The key to adding (IF necessary) -- the two panels is the height and visual "weight" of the two lamps. Find the lamps first -- and then decide on the panels. In the inspiration photo -- the two panels are much larger -- and bring height and that golden "shine" to the wall.

Look for a pretty blue-and-white pot with a white faux orchid for one of the tables. Perhaps look for a plain white ceramic garden stool?

Add a pile of decorating books to the table.

Hope this helps!

Jan at Rosemary Cottage

Pretty! What a great room. I like the mirror but not sure about painting it, I would try it as is first. The only thing I would change might be the cover on the ottoman. The inspiration room has more blue items. If you paint the walls creamy (although they are pretty right now) then I think a blue ottoman cover would bring you closer to the inspriration room. I like the tray on it too btw.The gateleg and the round table add that dark wood tone like the inspiration photo. I think Jans idea of blue and white orchid pot is fun.

Step away from the paintbrush. Remember that you want to be inspired by this room, not copy it. We are also looking at a bookcover that "cheats" furniture and accessory placement for the picture, and we are looking at one wall.

Analyze the picture:

Look at how much pattern is really in the room. (more than it appears)

Look at how much "stuff" is in the room. (a ton, but it looks accumulated, not like one stop shopping)

Look at what BW did with scale. Plenty of things are "out of scale" in the technical or classical sense.

Look at the overall sense of "limited palette" vs. how many spots of other color are mixed in.

Your panels will work somewhere in the room, just probably not flanking the central mirror. You have three other walls to contend with.

The large pieces flanking BW's mirror are probably framed wallpaper. You could go for the same thing--or look at reproduction vintage posters. "Too big" will be better than too small.

Like I said, you have a good start, and a good inspiration, but don't derail yourself by trying to ape it too closely or do it too fast.

I think you have done a great job, and now it is just tweaking. I love the couch and chairs with the wall color, your accent pillows are great, and you have a nice mix of artwork.

I would skip the consignment mirror, as it is not large enough to have the impact of the one on the book cover. Use the panels above the couch, pairing them so that they are each centered above the line between the end and middle cushions on each side. If they are not valuable, you could consider getting the florentine gold(antique gold) Rub'n'Buff and do the outside frames of the panels, leaving the carved centers alone. That would bring some of the brass look up onto the wall from the tray, etc. and perhaps keep them from feeling quite as dark and heavy, tho if you choose to leave them as is, I still think they will be a nice addition of texture and interest on the wall.

Take down the art on the end wall by the little round table - it looks crowded in the corner. Instead, use the mirror on that end wall horizontally, which will then be opposite the windows and bounce some extra light in the space.

Regroup those two pieces of art down above the drop-leaf table, as the one piece there is too small by itself. Move the table a couple of inches away from the couch arm, to give both pieces a little visual breathing room. It will also reduce the feeling that the table is just a little high for the couch arm.

Get a larger lamps on the end table, perhaps something in the coral tones to bring that color up from the floor and pillows onto the wall. This one might be nice, and would pick up both the coral tones and a touch of the oriental feel of the screen panels:

coral porcelain temple jar

I would like to see some larger pillows on the couch behind the coral pillows, in a really deep blue to bring something a bit darker onto the couch, and set off those coral pillows.

Finally, little details like a white phalenopsis orchid in a planter on the ottoman, a piece of faux or real white coral on the round table, a coral tweedy throw over the chair to the right of the couch (the one without the ottoman).

Finally, I would center the couch on the rug.

I love the direction this room is going. But, a vertical mirror is not going to work above that long, low couch. As you can see in the BW inspiration photo the settee is narrow and has a high back which is why is works with a large vertical mirror and the vertical palm art prints. You do need something bigger and bolder above the couch but not that particular vertical mirror. Maybe something large, and more rectangular, and beefy to help balance the low back of the couch with the high backs of the chairs?

I love the blue on blue with the couch and the wall. That ottoman/tray combo is so cute and very functional. Love the mix of coral and azure in the room but maybe bring in a third color like the pale dirty yellow like in the BW photo? Just a touch. I love your clever use of the sisal footstool with the other more formal elements in the room. You have a flair for eclectic decorating.

The drop leaf table looks a bit out of place in it's current location. Can it go in front of the window and then move the whole seating grouping down a tad?

This vertical mirror would not work above that couch:

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Something more like this but painted of course:

To get a mirror as large as you need cheaply, I am wondering if you could pick up one of those plain bathroom wall mirrors that people throw out when remodeling, and add your own fancy trim around it and paint it? You can get scrolly trim for crown moldings in plastic that won't be as heavy as wood trim. Once it is painted white no one will know the difference.

Here is a link that might be useful: Trim Moulding

Oh Palimpset you hit it with the wallpaper. That's def something to try. I can't make myself buy art to fill a space, and I had been thinking tapestry and not liking the idea, but wallpaper I love. The other longish wall is full of a TV armoire (a nice one, but a TV armoire nonetheless), and 2 huge awful speakers. Then there's the window wall, which is the only space in the house for an oil that I have to put somewhere. The fourth wall is, well, I can't go there right now.

Bunny's panels are actually from her husband's studio. This is her house in the Dominican Republic.

Teacats you nailed it with the gloss factor of the panels. They bring light into the room, and my room needs light more than her palace does. Also, because of a previous post of yours, I have been studying the fine points of artificial orchids. Who knew there was so much to it! I think the ceramic garden stool would be wonderful. I see that kind of stuff at Home Goods and admire it.

That ottoman is loooong overdue for new fabric, so I could change it if I had explicit instructions. I had some old peach-and yellow trim on it which I was thinking of putting back, and the skirt is just stapled up -- the long skirt touching the rug looked off.

Actually, the trim came off an old silk bedspread that has oriental images on it. I'll have to see if I can use that on the wall somehow. The bedspread could also work on a round table, but I thought I had plenty of textile in the lower part of the room.

I won't be hurrying; I can't.