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I think too mayn styles mixed together is just too many. I do not like the cabinet in the first pic with the dining table and chairs or the tiny tablr with the tiffany lamp. Then the LR what is the purpose of the tiny stooks at the very modern coffee table which IMO right now has no purpose since the sofa can't reach it. I am not sure where to start but less is more is a very good adage to think about. Go to google and google grandmillenium if you must name your style you want .

Thank you for the comment! What would you suggest I rearrange? I'm trying not to have too many decorative items, but want to create a cohesive space.

There are so many things I absolutely love about this space. The coffee table and rugs are fabulous!

This is what I would change:

• Move the sofa and chairs a little closer to the coffee table.
• Replace the white table with a different one. The white does not work.
• Remove the plant between the lamps
• Maybe swap the location of the sofa and chairs. I'm not sure what the best furniture arrangement is. I would play around with a few placements.
• I think there is a cabinet on the opposite wall from the mirror. Remove it and use that wall as a gallery wall. Does that cabinet contain a tv?
• Replace the mirror with the art over the sofa
• Change the ceiling light fixture by the front door

@Christine W Grand millennial style as I understand it (just searching online) is about mixing old with modern elements. Your dining room for example, keep the chairs and table but think about covering the seats in a bold pink fabric to match a new affordable boho rug from Rugs direct (this one starting at $309 for a 7x10) that has pinks, and turquoise in it. Remove the large cabinets, find a mid century modern buffet at an antique store and paint it metallic, maybe hang a mirror over it. Maybe paint the back wall a blue, I used SW blue plate below, add modern art, buy a pretty traditional gold chandelier (search etsy, facebook marketplace, craigslist, etc) add a floral arrangement and call it good. I just had fun putting this together, I'm not a pro.

I've adjusted the front room by pulling the couch and chairs closer to coffee table and temporarily moving the white table: my husband was adamant about the deer heads so I'm trying to make it all work since we do life in Texas. Those chairs just have to be recovered in a solid neutral blue. I took advice from @ilikefriday and I love it!

I am really thankful for the gorgeous, timeless pieces of furniture that we inherited or purchased at estate sales. I know I have many tweaks I make. I'm trying to work with what I have. The rugs and tables are timeless and not going anywhere. I just need to work around them. Check out the latest rearrangement. (I also think I might get rid of that brown leather PB couch)

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Kitchen photos for reference on floor plan

Attaching master bedroom and also my husbands office. Thoughts and critique are really appreciated!

I apologize for all the photos! Here is master bedroom

And guest bedroom

I'll risk it:

I think the single BEST thing you can do is enlist an interior designer , local to you. You are on a path to mish mash, which is quite different from "collected" or "eclectic".......or transitional, or updated and fresh traditional.

I think you are trying to go toooo far, and too fast.

When /if you do that? You have to be prepared that a wise designer is going to tell you some editing may need to happen. For instance: Perhaps some new upholstered chairs around that dining table. Perhaps, if you treasure the teal armoire? It's either the start to a color scheme in living room.....or MAYBE it even travels to a bedroom.

The start to both family room and living spaces should have begun with upholstery, seating. This is not an oh, btw ! of any room. Seating is the CORE of a room. It's usually the most expensive consideration as well. It's not a wise spend, to recover a piece that is a dated shape, or just more than adequately did its time and service. Yes this is all in conjunction with rugs inherited or from a past residence or sometimes? You let something go to achieve a goal for a different look.

Right now? You are a bit lost in the woods - trapped in a way, between man cave den, and glam pad. You're biting off more than you can chew. Before you spend more money ? Get help. It's a very wide open house. Cohesive doesn't mean matchy matchy..........but it takes a bit of real skill to unify disparity and meet YOUR goal, of ........lets call it kicked in the fanny granny. : )

An example I encountered recently? A man alone, with a love of art , old and new.....stuck in a bland and aging granny...

I am sorry to say, the only thing that remains of that room top photo? The piano which was out for service, and the ART over the sofa seen in the after pic. All evidence of his MIL is............well? Tis Gone. The old sofa, cocktail table, lamps ? Those went upstairs to make a little sitting room in an unused bedroom. Why? Because even a very good consignment store, would not take them. "Can't sell it" . It was that or the curb. We had no time for anything else, we had hardwood going in.

Please get yourself some on site/local help.

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What do you think of the rendering made by @Dawn Martinez? I really love all of her suggestions for your space!

This is my favorite spot so far. do you have a long runner that can replace the rug? Perhaps bring the runner from the hallway to that spot???

You mentioned possibly replacing the sofa and recovering the chairs. What color and style of sofa are you considering? As for your current sofa, I would remove the back blanket, and edit the pillows. I would probably move the white pillows on the chairs to a different space and try adding two of the pillows that are currently on the sofa to the chairs. I am no good at selecting pillow designs but I think your space could use more navy or royal blue. Look for pillows that include those colors, as well as with texture and various heights.

Will you consider placing the cabinet in a different room? IMO it is sort of the elephant in the room. I think it would be a breath of fresh air to move it out of the space and do something different with that wall.

You have many lovely things in your very large home, however, there are far too many patterns, furniture styles, flooring/rugs and decor items in each room to create the look you are seeking. I agree 100% with Jan's recommendation that you hire a designer and be prepared to edit and replace. I like the idea of a whole house color palette, it guides your choices. Thank you for posting!

I agree with Jan Moyer; that is exactly what I am doing for my missmash home. You have things you love and you can keep them, but some things need a new home and need to be replaced.....I started with one room, the primary bedroom, and changed out the nightstands, the lamps, the paint color, the bedding, the curtains, the pillows, and love my new current look....the next rooms to tweak are the dining room, the living room, the great room and primary bathroom....slow and steady wins the race. Love your pics Jan Moyer! You are the best!

I found a furniture store that I adore and am using a designer to help me design my house one room at a time.....I am open to ideas and she is great at tweaking my desires....it takes time and money, but things are looking great.

@JAN MOYER Do ypu have any books or websites to help guide design choices? Is a whole hoise color palette a good idea? Any quick and easy rules that apply ro editing a lifetime of choices int a cohesive look?

A book is not going to be able to provide you with the knowledge to pull together all these random items. This is a talent developed over time and experience. Not all designers are good at it.

Some items are treasures and some are not. I'm guessing that some will move to new rooms to make things make sense.

These two chairs stand out as not complementary to the space. The plaid is old and tired but the shape and size are good. I would not waste money on slipcovers. I'd simply select two lounge chairs to replace them.

Love the camel saddles but they are not working around the acrylic coffee table. That table in the main entrance room should command some attention and it simply disappears. Besides what good is a coffee table if you have to hail a cab to reach it?

There are thousands of design books. None will have YOUR furniture, your rugs, your exact layout.

Internet inspiration? Same thing, it inspires.....it suggests a look, a feel, but nothing should be taken as absolute or literally.

You have to back burner the idea that every single thing you own is "treasure" when it in fact, isn't. ..........that's not meant to offend! You loved it when you bought it, you got a great price ! Super ......but what if that treasure holds you hostage to a look you no longer want?

Hubby...... you make him a participant. He doesn't get to stomp his foot if you are both on board to make progress getting to a home you BOTH love.

Designers ( good ones) are shrinks, marriage counselors, editors. They are the "eye", art, experience, and the travel agent who takes you where YOU want to go. You have to find the fit, be prepared to hear "no", among the yes words to ideas. If you don't hear "No" ? You may as well ask a girlfriend: ) over a cuppa. A designer is no different than a doctor - other than the one is make you feel good, and other is to make your home feel good.........and you feel great in that home.

Nothing you do online with a stranger, will EVER replace someone in your home, listening to you - and you do same. It's a relationship.

You can't condense a couple or three decades of experience into a book club read. You really, really can't.

@ilikefriday I like this area too, what about a nice blue wall behind the console with the fun painting, brighten the ceiling with high reflective white and a new rug ...

Seems like blue is a theme, but I'd have to agree a professional designer could really help with pulling everything together.

Christine, I was going through some of your previous posts and one is about how to DIY an acrylic/lucite table. Is the table in your living room DIY? If so I would love instructions! That kind of project would be right up my alley.

@Dawn Martinez I love that blue rug and think it fits the space perfectly. As for painting the wall, I think it looks great. When I first looked I didn't realize you had Photoshopped it but I knew something was different. I love that color next to the color of the molding and door.

Of course, a professional would make things easier but I don't think most people are looking for a showcase home. Many folks here have beautiful homes that they are happy with and have never hired a professional.

Playing around with sofa colors and styles. Also removed the skirt from the chair.

Show the flat on paper floor plan for this home, please. Take a picture, a good one, and upload as a jpeg that can be blown up with a click

See this?

That is an easy reach of a DINING space, in a more public locale near the entry.

Your entry......and two back to back seating areas will always overwhelm with toooo much upholstered seating.

Post the floor plan. I'd relocate the dining room in a heartbeat. .. humor me.

I think the acrylic coffee table would look nice in your family room.

I think a great piece of advice is to start with one room in your home and get it exactly the way you want it....you can have a consult with designers, you will have the option of shopping your own home for the things you love and can use in the one room, and then finish off with new smaller pieces.

But get one room done; it can provide the color scheme for the whole house and determine the style that you want to incorporate into the whole house, to achieve a unified home. Plus one room keeps you from jumping all over the spaces that are stressing you out. Start with one space and go from there.

I am doing my primary bedroom, but keeping the bed and a dresser. Everything else in the room is new and it has been interesting to see what I have selected with the designer's help......learning that everything I love cannot go into the room, and that there are options instead of the 'one perfect thing'. Very interesting process.

JAN MOYER, see the floor plan posted. Thanks!

MMMMMM that's not a floor plan It has no dimensions, no walls , it shows no doors, no windows.

If you are lucky, you have something like this rolled up and hidden away