Decor Dilemma

I've been feeling a little lost this weekend because I'd originally planned to be watching basketball religiously--that is until KU's loss, which now seems like a lifetime ago. Since I didn't really care about the K-State game today (sorry, Wildcats) and was done with my only weekend social engagement (brunch with a friend from college) by noon, I decided to run over to Topeka to do some furniture shopping. There's just one more room in our house that hasn't been fully furnished since the move, seen at right during our original photo tour. As of today, this room looks almost the same, except that the table in the corner has been replaced by a leather chair similar in style to the one shown here. Although my dear hubby thinks this room looks fine, I think that far wall is incredibly naked and I'm dying to put something over there! We found this awesome huge frame that holds like 35 4X6 prints that I think will work on the wall, but I kind of feel like there should be a decorative table or shelf over there as well. I've gone shopping for said piece, as well as a small coffee table to go in between the two chairs, at least 5 times in the last 6 months, and I'm so ready to be done with it!

I didn't find anything I fell in love with at any of the three stores I visited today, but I'm so tired of the room being unfinished, I'm almost ready to settle for the best thing I could find even though it's not perfect. Here's the small coffee table I found, which also has a matching sofa table that I thought could go along the wall. Although it doesn't solve my coffee table problem, I also found a short bookshelf that might work along the wall instead.

I just can't decide. Maybe I should hang the frame (that I need to finish sanding and staining) first to see how it looks before deciding what should go there? Does anyone have any good suggestions or ideas? I'm so clueless.

While the piano room remains a dilemma, a couple of weeks ago we did finally finish up our living room by buying/hanging something above the fireplace. That spot had been naked forever as well, and although I'd originally purchased the huge 35 print frame for that space, I later decided I wanted something different. We settled on a mirror instead, and we're both pretty happy with the finished look!






If you're super perceptive, you might have noticed something else that's new in the room seen in the picture above. I finally Photoshopped another of my pictures from Alcatraz to look kind of like a painting and had it printed. No longer do we have to look at those ugly outlets that were in the built-in cabinets that you can see in this picture! The new "painting" covers them up perfectly! I wish I'd taken out a little of the blue tones in the picture, but other than that I like it. Now if only I could figure out the piano room!