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[quote=Anonymous]I'm with 10:33 - see if a friend wants to help out.  I love it when my (usually male) friends ask for my input on this stuff.

I tend to buy well-made furniture in classic styles and neutral colors and then warm things up with a large area rug, a nice window treatment and art that is personal to me.  In my case, that generally means photographs or watercolors by local artists, sometimes of local scenes.  (like a set of watercolors of capitol hill rowhouses, or black-and-white photos of rock creek park.)  I might have one or two colors running through a room or the main floor (sage green on the walls in one room, picked up in the rug and drapes of another room.)  I'm not much for knick-knacks - vases and things - but I do have family photos in nice frames on the piano and mantel, and I have lots of old books, which cozy up the rooms they're in.  I also redid the sconces in my living room from horrific shiny 80's brass to really nice vintage-looking sconces that go with the original 1940's architectural touches (moldings, doors) in my home.  I've had good luck finding lamps at Target lately - they're inexpensive, so you can buy them for one room and switch them out to somewhere else in the house if you change your mind.  (most of our bedroom lamps are from there.)

Also, I don't buy matched sets when it comes to upholstery.  If I have a cream sofa, the chair is a different but coordinating color because matched sets make me think of Marlo furniture commercials.  :-)[/quote]

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