Add warmth, texture, color and character by creating your own coordinating wall art. Determine your color scheme and find the perfect fabric. For this I used an outdoor waverly fabric. The room has a traditional fireplace with warm tones, but the rest of the home is filled with neutral and cool tones, so I needed to bridge the gap to create a cohesive feeling to the entire home. I couldn't find just the right piece, so I created my own. With only one empty wall in the living/great room I needed the piece the inform the whole room, create a focal point and set the color scheme. After selecting the right fabric, I stretched it like a canvas with a varied pattern to create charm and character and then used reclaimed wood stained with miniwax's 2 fairly new stain colors - wood grey and weathered oak. After cutting out the frame staining and assembling I gave it a quick polyurethane spray. I added some beautiful almost tropical plant accents and decided to go very simple on pillows adding only 2 small botanicals to create a large seating area to create the sense of invitation. Greek key ottomans in emerald green, a patterned linen chair and quatrefoil chair created a consistence color scheme and just enough interest. To finish the look a rustic industrial coffee table and coordinating nesting tables to anchor the room, vintage books, succulents, jute detailed candles, red lanterns, a bicycle trunk for a touch of whimsy and a canvas framed with the same reclaimed wood to tie in the two art pieces. The result is the look I always strive for - the collected home. A touch of traditional, vintage treasures, botanical accents and one of a kind signature pieces. The only category that fits it all is eclectic, but I like to think that eclectic is another way of saying that the room has a designer touch and a sense of having an auteur at work. I welcome your comments. /Abi/ Charles Hoffman: photo credit / Wolverton Homes: Builder / Kerri O'Hara: TreVa Group Real Estate