Looks fantastic! I think this is essential for a short term rental. People need to imagine themselves there and feel they are getting something more than a place to sleep ie design and style. And to compete with all the other short term rentals...

@mlk01, You are right about the message button, I have it on my profile but no one else seems to so that's odd! If you click on my profile for example, you will see on the top line right beside the profile picture: Your house, Ideasbook, Bookmarks, Activities, Messages. In fact I remember that when anyone typed a reply like I'm doing now, you used to be able to click a "private" button, which meant only the person you were typing to saw your comment. Perhaps Houzz can answer these anomalies?? I'm not on Facebook or Twitter, never got into it and have no reason to do so anytime soon ha-ha As for talking privately to someone, you could post your email address here as could oklouise and delete it whilst you are still able to edit, as I've done once in the past. Just not sure how long the edit feature lasts.

By the way, first and foremost, you have a positively beautiful home!! The point of the pilar is support, due to the very large open plan you have and the roof needed this support to make the building safe. Our daughter has a steel pole in the middle of her home like this for the same reason and as suggested by a few other people, she plastered it and it is painted the same colour as the walls and I don't think it is really noticed much at all. I think it has been suggested that you could build a book case etc.. but then you would lose the ability to watch tv for example when eating your meals, if that's what you already do. I see you have allot of exposed brick work too, well that's my pet hate like you hate the pole and I would have to dispose of this look entirely and plaster it if I lived there BUT It looks good in your style of home and I think you simply need to focus on everything else in this gorgeous home and simply try to embrace the pole if that's possible however, if you really can't do that, then please make sure you get a good interior designer to give you the best possilbe outcome if you eventually redesign the area, as the pole can NEVER come down but in the interim, I agree to perhaps paint it like the third photo supplied by 2 Find and Design, as it has the cathedral ceiling like yours, so I would imagine you could relate to how it could look, even though I suspect the pole is probably a beautiful type of timber and to me does already look quite nice just as it is. Good luck with whatever you do. Cheers, Barbara

Please do share the floor plan or some images of living room.