Hi Deco Everything that I have collected part from the dining set which was an investment has been from garage sales. So I am quite happy to part with everything... I think the most expensive was $10.00. My problem is that I cant focus because you are right. I just have too much going on in different styles. Going with the style of the dining table - where do you think I should head with rug choices from everything I am reading - it says I should zone out the room?? I am staying away from leather couches and heading towards a cotton fabric. I really just want the space to be comfortable. Thanks for the tip about the ideabook. I've been collecting here and then, but mainly watching how people solve their dilemmas. I look but don't comment much.

And when your child comes in from playing and sits on the $6000 chair and he's got an almost-melted chocolate bar in his cargo shorts (he's already been twitching all over the chair) and smeared hands slippery from trying to dig it out but already the chocolate's come through the shorts onto the chair, well, you do get the picture...@carolins. That's a neat website. Wish there was one for the US. Speaking of the your homeland, the Netherlands, my best friend relocated from there with his new bride twenty years ago. Every one in a while he misses the terrible weather. You know, cold, rainy, cloudy, foggy, and if and when we happen to get a day something like that (we're in N.E. Florida) he misses home! BTW he's one of the best physical therapists I've ever met and I used to go through them like toilet paper!. He got rid of a terribly bad spasm that I had in one form or another for three decades, and he did it in three sessions. It changed my life.

As mentioned, possibly a darker pink or even a sage green for the rug. Here are a few ideas, including a mix of contemporary and traditional, which might work: [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/cambridge-residence-traditional-living-room-boston-phvw-vp~118386[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/cambridge-residence-traditional-living-room-boston-phvw-vp~118386) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/coastal-vacation-home-beach-style-living-room-philadelphia-phvw-vp~316467[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/coastal-vacation-home-beach-style-living-room-philadelphia-phvw-vp~316467) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/every-day-chic-transitional-living-room-raleigh-phvw-vp~5996763[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/every-day-chic-transitional-living-room-raleigh-phvw-vp~5996763) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/breakers-beach-house-beach-style-bedroom-san-francisco-phvw-vp~355987[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/breakers-beach-house-beach-style-bedroom-san-francisco-phvw-vp~355987) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/master-bedroom-contemporary-bedroom-new-york-phvw-vp~66459[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/master-bedroom-contemporary-bedroom-new-york-phvw-vp~66459) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/country-house-drawing-room-traditional-living-room-london-phvw-vp~11440596[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/country-house-drawing-room-traditional-living-room-london-phvw-vp~11440596) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/model-home-living-room-transitional-living-room-santa-barbara-phvw-vp~530813[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/model-home-living-room-transitional-living-room-santa-barbara-phvw-vp~530813) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/victorian-living-room-victorian-living-room-richmond-phvw-vp~655185[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/victorian-living-room-victorian-living-room-richmond-phvw-vp~655185) [https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/traditional-living-room-victorian-living-room-philadelphia-phvw-vp~7015800[(https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/traditional-living-room-victorian-living-room-philadelphia-phvw-vp~7015800) I would try to buy from a store which will let you take the rug home, see if it works with your décor and return it if it doesn't look right.

You have done extremely well! I think the couches and white rectangular coffee table are great. The things that worry me are the 2 small round tables, the 2 occasional chairs you have now, (though I can see they are lovely chairs, but at different heights and styles that causes a distraction), plus the nest of tables as they don't go with you lovely rectangular coffee table between the couches and the placement of them. I feel there maybe just too many small tables in that immediate area. Looking at the style of the nest and the taller round table, maybe if you stripped back the tops of the nest of tables and painted the legs white so that they match up the other round table they would work together, but remove the small round cane table in the background. I do like the taller occasional chair more than the low one and would try to find one similar. The low chair might be good in a bedroom. To have a higher back chair especially as we get older can be a good thing for guests that drop in and when you are needing to get up and down quickly as the hostess, (good for our backs and our take off). I think introducing cane though it is light weight and that is a good thing, might just be adding too many textures if you want a calm plantation style room. It would have to be a fine cane, maybe featuring the wove rattan sides. Taking another look at the chairs they are both nice chairs but I think you need 2 of the same style. I like the fabric that features the muted lime and black and linen look in the cushions, just that small use of it as a complementary fabric is great. I am wondering if you are able to raise up the palm so it is higher, and used as a more decorative element. I am wondering where your couches came from and the mirror too, if you can remember. Thanks and I hope you find these suggestions helpful, Good Luck