The inspiration for the colors in this room came from a trip to the local Sheraton.  Now, don't go getting the wrong idea!  It was a tour given to our company since we often use local hotels for guests and out-of-town employees, and they want to be our hotel of choice.  The lobby was beautifully decorated in pale teal blue and chocolate brown.  Very tasteful, modern and cozy.

The scrapbook paper for the walls is Sea Salt by Bazzill Basics.  The overhead fan is from a supplier in the UK; it lights up, and the blades spin manually.  The sofa is scratch built using a kitchen sponge structure.

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I haven't built the fireplace yet, but I am leaning toward something contemporary.  In the photo, I've used the one I built for the study.

I would like to delve into making needlepoint and punchneedle rugs in the future, but in the meantime, I've been replicating rugs by printing them on fabric.  I found several images of round rugs online and first printed them on paper to decide between designs and to figure out the appropriate size before printing them on fabric.

The four designs shown here are (clockwise from the bottom left): Seed Rug by Thomas Paul in both kiwi and cream, Piazza by Dynamic Rugs, , and a brown multi rug from Walmart.

So far, I am leaning toward the one shown in the room photo: Parasols by Thomas Paul.  That's the paper print.

The front door rug is a print of JCPenney's Floral Vine Rug by Chris Madden.  I actually own this rug in 5' x 8' in real life.  Once printed on fabric, I glued the rug to stiff felt for stability.

For the entry area, I wanted a simple, clean look.  There's one window in the room since the second window is now housed in the powder room.  I wanted to add curtains to soften the overall look of the room, so I used Paint to replicate some fabric images I found online into drapery panel lengths.  I printed them on paper first, just as I had for the rugs, to figure out which fabric I wanted.

I love the look of long curtains hung from a rod well above the window.  It always looks so nice in design magazines.  For mockup purposes, I folded the paper rather sloppily just to get a feel for the design, and wouldn't you know I like the way the paper mockup looked as is (that's the paper mockup in the photo).  The design is Lumimarja by Marimekko.  I plan to print the fabric version to give it a try but I might end up using the paper, just need to add curtain rods.  The bird figure is by Falcon Miniatures and is actually sitting on the outside sill.  The plant was purchased from HBS.

The chair is a miniature Argyle Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh that I bought from another supplier in the UK; I have a pair for in front of the fireplace.  Here you can see the removable wall I built out of foam core board to hide the powder room while photographing the living room.

I need to decide on a coffee table and some other accessories, but so far I like the look of it.