Sable would work in my dining room ! But just to be sure, can you send me eight and I will send you a photo !!! Tee hee !!

Love the geo candles and would love to see one in a dusty blue

Hi Marta, Nice place you've got there :) First of all, it would help us to help you if you give us some ideas on what type of style interests you - Scandi, traditional, modern, tropical or industrial etc. Post some photos of interior you that you like. Also your lifestyle will be a major factor. e.g do you have kids, dog, busy life style, likes to entertain etc. In my opinion, the rug is too small & the couch is over-sized yet small - it would look nice stretched out, if that makes sense. If you are not looking to replace the couch, move the futon to one of the ends of the couch instead of opposing it to open up the space & create elongated look. But the rug definitely need to go. Go for something big to compensate the size of the couch & highlight the nice large space you've got there. Also, I would not place my couch blocking a window - move it away so you can actually enjoy the view and also so sections of your couch doesn't fade by being exposed to sunlight. In terms of injecting colour, i wouldn't go crazy buying too many colourful furnitures - generally colours are very easy to introduce once you have nice key pieces that go together and show your personality. Focus on the big pieces and the arrangements and then move on to smaller/ decorative items. In your kitchen, I think little bit softness & curve could be introduced as it is very linear and angular, so maybe this type of bar stool?

I guess all people don't have the same budget with which they can purchase a home so the demands of the people who have less drives the 'cookie cutter' home I guess it is then up to the home owner to stamp their own individuality in both garden and inside the home so that each and everyone who enters said home can express how much they love the owners sense of style, these days if you look about you can take a lot of great ideas and you can buy items that look very similar from a 'cheaper' end shop to achieve a lux look that can also be enhanced by buying a few 'good or lux items to uplift the style. I am lucky to have a bluestone villa on a fair piece of surrounding land which we have lawn and garden which over the years, inside have decorated as well as built on making sure the features are in keeping with the age of the home (over 100 years old) but yet bringing it into the modern comfort we all desire. I say if you want to do design of any kind go for it, don't wonder if, but in saying that make it both lux and affordable and I am sure you will gain many clients, each person has their own ideas that can be incorporated or enhanced. Here in Adelaide there is SO much 3-5 story and more, what I call 'boxes' and even in the inner city area where I live a few streets away the road is being taken over with these ugly monstrosities but I then think that it is so expensive for a lot of people to even own a house that the 'boxes' are driven by the need for housing by those who want to own but can't afford a house. We have many antiques that suit our home but these days people don't want antiques as the homes are so modern, I have added more eclectic pieces with our antiques that suit so it is not all old looking, I love my home and how it looks and no matter what, I think that is all most people aspire to, a home they can be proud of and a place to live a life with family around them. Alisa go find your inner artistic side, I lived my life as an art restorer and LOVED every minute of it, it is feeding the inner soul and gave me so much pleasure as well as pleasing the clients, that never gets old, good luck if you go down that path.