I can’t help it... sharing a few more options! If there are any you think likely would NOT look good please do say so (because you would be saving me from yet another poor design decision :-)

@gargamel I like the gold curly one too!! I was a little worried that everyone (other than me) might think it looks very kitschy. But I’m glad that’s not the case!

@ital I love both of those. Do you think a gold or brass finish is ideal (over black and dark iron)?

@gargamel you make a good point about there being enough vertical lines already in the room... so maybe the more horizontal or curly/fractal shapes would be best! Thank you for the tip...

Im thinking the space needs a warm sheltering chandelier to hover over the table to draw the focus into a pool of light for dining and sharing, but if you a prefer a cool scene, think rainfall showers, something dark but lightweight. Nothing too spiky or spider like or that looks heavy if it on people‘s heads.

This is interesting but it is copper which ,might not mix in right

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Of your first options, I think B is best. You need the horizontal length in that room, and anything under 24" is going to look too small. I do think the gold/brass finish is best in your space, and picks up the subtle gold from the wallpaper. Some black is okay, like in B, but I wouldn't add more in front of the deep blue paper.

I agree that as much expansion as you can get horizontally in a style you like is the way to go, and to have the finish be more gold or brass. A vertical narrow fixture would work but it would be a statement all it’s own.

All that said I think whatever you pick You need to be careful about whether the finish is too plastic, which might be a problem with the more curlicued LED ones. Don’t know.

I do tend to like the swoopier free-form styles, but I see some with sharp geometries I think could work. So I’m putting a lot here just for fun

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This next one comes in clear or smoke glass with gold-ish branching

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Hello friends! As promised, here is an update photo!! I added the decal to the back wall and have been waiting to decide on what the right chandelier looks like. Please share any and all feedback, or suggestions for anything that doesn’t look great. Thank you all for helping this room come together!!!! 👏🏼

Here is your “after” photo, incorporating your feedback :-)

I really like the mural and want to see more of it. I tend to think everything white in the room stops the eye and distracts from the mural and the great sweep of gold. I’d consider a different light fixture, but I would definitely take the white rug off the floor and everything white off the sideboard.

The table has such ornate carved legs that I think if you are not going to go with old world chairs, you need to go starkly in the opposite direction

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I’ll come back with some light fixture suggestions…

So some light fixtures (but I also want to suggest no mirror in the room)

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It looks very nice! The room looks more on the brighter side compared to the the pic you posted asking about light fixtures, where it looked more moody. That vintage amber hand blown bubble glass fixture that ital posted a while back is beautiful.

How would you stack rank these 5 ghost designs? They come in clear or kinda Gray Smoky color.

Love the suggestion about Ghost Clear chairs, Ital! Now, I’m looking at light fixtures again…

I took your advice and removed all the white items. I also removed the birds of paradise plant on the right wall, but now I’m not sure what should go there. Maybe a long vertical painting or a long oval wall mirror? Or a big tall bushy tree? Or maybe nothing? I’m open to any ideas for how to make the blue mural pop more. Would it be crazy to apply dark wall paper on all the white walls?

Per your suggestion I will also remove the Left hand leaning mirror.

I’m very confused about the rug (and whether I should remove it). I am afraid that the honey floor will clash with the dark red/brown wood.

Here is a second photo in different lighting. Please excuse the mess!

I am considering these lights… do you think they will go well? I’m concerned they might block the mural.

I like your first 2 lighting choices and the last, but the third looks different (is it) and seems too atomic (the others more branchy and organic)

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However, in the photo of your 3rd lighting choice, I like the chair. It’s called a Ponder chair and it comes in loads of colors

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However, if you did white Ponder chairs, as in the photo, it’s possible you could get away with using your present light fixture. It emphasize the gathering function of the room and would diminish the drama of the niche mural, but you could get that back by positioning many of your beautiful plants in the niche area. The original inspiration for the mural in the niche was the plants, so I would bring them back in plentitude to create a 3-d effect and extend the niche. It should be like a rampant garden bursting in from the outside!

I think I would like the leaning mirror in the room more if it were to the right of the niche and had a lot of plants in front of it.

For the ghost chairs, I think I like the armchairs on Eiffel legs best, and possibly with those you could stick with your present light fixture, even though I do like your new proposals. By the way, circle-backed ghost chairs also come in amber and other colors, and there are other untradtional stylels of transparent chairs. Not saying any of these are right, but just showing you

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I like the rug. I think it grounds the space. If you have infinite energy, once you choose lights and chairs you can reconsider how the combo looks with and without rug….

Per your suggestions, I tried different configurations of the plants and mirror (sorry for the mess). What do you guys think?

Another idea is to put a hanging plant or two at the right wall. But maybe that’s too many plants and could look cluttered?

I forgot to include the photos of your suggestions. Feel free to critique as you wish. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.

I will definitely shop for a new light fixture. But the left and right walls (and what to put IN the niche) are not quite coming together.

Sorry for the mess in the room!

Ital thank you so much for the suggestions! I will check out the chairs. Do you happen to know what the quality of these chairs are, since there are no reviews?

Between the clear arm chairs with Eiffel legs, and blue velvet chairs with brass/gold legs, which do you think will be the better look?

I will keep the rug for now per your suggestion!

And I will look at the branch-like Sputnik light fixtures. Do you think I should get clear glass, or slightly yellow/gold tinted or smoke gray tinted glass?

I liked your tall plant to the right of the alcove. The plant echoes the wallpaper, and the vertical plant balances the alcove with a softer shape than the large mirror. I'd use clear glass on the light fixture. Mount your large mirror on the wall opposite the window, or use that wall for artwork. Your rug is fine. I think the ghost chairs with the gold legs may work, but I also like your current chairs. I like your table with modern chairs, but you need to be careful not to use chairs with such dainty legs like the ones posted above or they look unbalanced and out of place.

@cali thanks so much for this great advice! I am shopping for a light fixture and will try to work with the vertical plant on the right wall (without a mirror)! I’ll see how they work together with the current chairs and heed your advice on new chairs (and dainty legs). Great advice. Thank you!

Here’s an update photo! Please feel free to critique anything freely or make suggestions. Sorry for the mess in the dining room. I’m moving a lot of things around. I’m going to move the mirror out from behind the right wall.

Do the two large rooms clash with one another? The tall living room has very cool gray colors, and the dining room is more red & gold. I’m afraid that they maybe clash with each other.

I’m also concerned that maybe the Living Room has too many clashing styles in one room.. I could perhaps remove some of the pillows and geometric shapes to make it more consistently classic?

The two rooms look great together. The living area is blue and gray with a soft gold on the fireplace, and the dining area is blue and gold with a rug that reads as gray. The dark blue ties the rooms together yet they have their own personality. You've got good taste and nice pieces - trust your own judgement! I like the addition of the blue pot stand to your living room. The pillow styles are fine but I would only use one or two at most in each chair.

I'm back to make a few suggestions. See below.

Your rooms are beautiful! I like Beverly’s suggestions for your Living Room - with the mirror gone from the fireplace and artwork to the right of the fireplace. Maybe it’s a crazy idea (especially since you already have artwork over your cabinet) but what about a triptych, with one of the 3 pieces to the right of the fireplace and the other 2 pieces above your cabinet. Just throwing it out there. You’ve done a great job!

all is looking really great. No clash there, just lots of interest. I don’t know the quality of these chairs and it really is an issue with online chairs, especially perhaps for a dining table if you like to have your guests linger at the table. (I’m okay with a big contrast between dainty legs and gallumphy table legs, but not of the quality is too off).

This isn’t like your room but yet it is and I like the way the grays keep the focus on a few important elements of the room

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Here is the photo update! Sorry for the delayed followup. I spent a lot of my time reporting my indoor plants and got side tracked (as you can see, the dining room is temporarily my plant room).

I have not yet moved the mirror off the fireplace yet but I think I will do that. I’m not sure if this looks better than the prior configuration but please feel free yo share any criticisms or suggestions!

It looks great!

Thank you!! The suggestions and advice from you and others on this forum have been incredibly appreciated and so valued! My next project is to redo the powder room which is adjacent to these sitting rooms. It has 9 foot ceilings with a long tunnel skylight, and is not huge but big enough to have a wide sink/vanity when you walk in the door, and a toilet to the right (room dimensions of 5.4” X 8.3”).

The prior owner installed this maple vanity/mirror which I really dislike. But I’m struggling to know what style should replace it! Does anyone have ideas or suggestions for what vanity/mirror style would go with the style of the living room?? I am very open to something with a fun personality but I have no idea where to start!! I am also open to fun wall paper but honestly I don’t how to get there. I prefer not to move the sink and sewage pipes but I guess I am open to any wild layout ideas too!

Should the floor stay or go? I’m really unsure…. any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!

Oh and here is the surrounding rooms so you can see how it fits in the entryway area next to the living room!

The floor is off-white with Deep Blue inlay with gold specks. They looked black in the prior photos. Here is a better photo! The blue matches the blues in the Living Room, but I can’t tell if it looks tacky or if might look nice with the new vanity.

The skylight has a 7 foot tunnel to the roof, in addition to the 9 foot ceiling. So there is an airy feel to the room. A long vertical mirror could be interesting but I don’t know where it would go (and if it would be a huge custom project!) I’d prefer to make a few easy changes like a new vanity and wallpaper and light fixtures. The floor would probably add moderate time and effort, but if you all agreed that it’s hideous and can’t blend in, I would change it too!

You might get more suggestions if you post this as a separate dilemma…?

Good suggestion thank you!

I'd keep the round mirror on your fireplace. For the bathroom, it all depends on budget. If you removed the tile you'd have free reign to do anything in there, but you can make it work with a new vanity. I'd try to find an interesting vanity since you'll see it from the main walkway. Maybe a stained wood antique vanity, or a more modern deep blue one. Or stick with a neutral white/cream and use a great wallpaper. I'd bring in some gold from your other areas in the lighting and vanity knobs.

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I think your powder room could take a pretty dramatic wallpaper to keep the eye from going straight to the soaring ceiling! I don’t mind the tile on the floor but the vanity thing is not a keeper!

Here is some color inspiration. I'd change the mirror to something decorative, but not too tall as you won't want to highlight the tall tunnel effect.

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Or paint the ceiling blue since it is so high.

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@cali I love your examples! I am intrigued by your suggestion of “interesting vanity” I’m curious if you have any inspiration for me to understand what kind of character I should be looking for! You had mentioned modern deep blue (which I think I now understand from the examples you shared) but I’m not sure what you meant by antique wood. I’m very open to something more exotic and interesting. I’m just afraid I might pick the wrong one 🥺

You have really great taste based on the rest of your house, so trust your own judgment! It just seems like this is an easy place to add some personality with the vanity and or mirror in an area that would be seen all the time walking by. You can have antique dressers or tables made into a vanity, or just add some interest with wallpaper or an unusual mirror shape. To keep costs down I'd probably keep your floor and just focus on the easy to change items.

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Hey I’m not sure if someone suggested this earlier, but is it possible to stain the stone? You’d have to know what kind of stone it was and ask your contractor what they think, but it may be possible to change the color of it that way. Does anyone have experience doing this?

I asked around and every contractor was too scared to stain it! So I gave up and took the advice from the Houzz community here — to instead add gold and warm yellow hues into the room to make it less of an eyesore!

@calidesign I’m at jenimal.atgmaail.d0t.c0m!

You’re right. I think I will keep my tile and instead change up the vanity and the walls and fixtures. I love the blue-ish linen grassy wallpaper you shared above. It’s more my style to go conservative like that, but I am kinda tempted to go a little more bold and fun. Something more like your second example photo with the large leafy blue/white wall paper! I’m a little scared to do it though. Maybe the grass linen will work if the vanity is more interesting? What do you think about these wood carved vanities from Anthropologie? Could they work or do they clash with the flooring and the living room?

I love the inlay, but I don’t have that ikat/Moroccan style anywhere else in my house and I’m afraid it could clash with the living and family room.

This is a powder room, correct? You've got quite a bit of space, so I'd try to find a longer vanity at least as long as your current one. I think in a powder room you can take more risks in terms of style, and be more bold, especially if you're sticking with coordinating colors from your other rooms. I'm happy to offer suggestions and advice here, but I'm not a pro. Some of the pros on here may have better sources for finding the right vanity. I'd first decide if you want to use wallpaper with a simpler vanity or a more ornate vanity with more simple walls, and go from there. You can also keep the walls white, the vanity navy, and use an interesting mirror and artwork on the walls. That blue wallpaper with the wave design that you were looking at for the dining room could be really interesting in here, with a white vanity and gold fixtures. But a small room like this is a great opportunity to add a more patterned wall if you like that and want to switch it up.

I have a similar powder room problem, but mine is a smaller space. The challenge with wallpaper is deciding where to end it. My ceilings are 10 feet but the powder room is only 9x3’. You have the space for an interesting vanity to catch someone’s eye as they go into the room or walk past it. I love the navy blue color but an antique repurposed piece of furniture is always a conversation piece. Let us know what you do!
Your living room looks great btw.