Judy, this is a large open room (great room) in photo. The back wall is a fireplace flanked by floor to ceiling windows. The wall on the right will have TV on a low cabinet. I have a Rowe Nantucket sofa that I'm getting a new slip cover from Rowe. Color not certain as yet thinking of pale maize or natural for that. Want to use 2 chairs beside FP and 2 chairs in front of island for TV watching. All new yet to be selected? The porch will be a deck as I want the light. Dover White cabinets in Kitchen. Ideas appreciated. The paint color from the rug is KEY I think.

About the pix, I find the pretty Vogue garden lady is too big to go above nightstand, especially with the current lamp, or really probably with any other. I taped her (I know, I know!) to the wall on other side of bed to try for a couple of days. Here she is, not that the pic shows so much, but so far I'm really liking her there. White and pink pick up, and she's a not a bad vintage for the room. Trying that medieval miniature above the nightstand, I think it also is likely to be too big once framed. So I also tried it above the silver mirror -- with a minimal frame, it wd come to about the top of the door header (lower than the window headers), and if I space out the other small things surrounding the mirror, and raise the inside two, it cd work. I do need to rehang those other four things, but I had been trying to keep it fairly low because I like the serenity of the tall ceilings.

If you want easy care, I vote for wildflowers. We did that on a hillside at a previous house, and it worked out very well. They die off in winter, so it looks bland then, but in the summer it is a colorful profusion of happy flowers. Plus, the flowers are good for other wildlife too. With bushes, you'll still struggle with weeding, even with the weed protecting mesh.

I found this growing wild on the side of the road. Does anyone know what it is please??