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there is a difference between rare beer cans and several cans of white can, black label "BEER" that you get for $3 a sixpack...or bottles of smirnoff or everclear laying around..
one thing that does help greatly is to have a theme. I believe someone suggested having your frames match for your pictures and that is totally true. Also, try to have a flow about the room, don't just haphazardly put stuff everywhere that there is wallspace. Think of hanging pictures like you would in an art gallery, each one with its own space and its own story.
Try something with lighting. Ceiling fan lights are great for bright lights, etc, but you may want an upright lamp in the corner for the subdued look. Those are $20 at bed, bath and beyond or walmart, target, etc, and they look really good.
never mix wood and metal frames in the same room.
M.C. Esher for an engineer is perfect.
Plants are always good, but remember, some do requre more upkeep than you may be willing to put up with. The ones in my living room were a PAIN. leaves everywher,e have to water them at least once a year, i mean, really, who has time...(seriously, you had to water them daily or they would die, not dry up a bit, but fucking DIE)
i always avoid coffee tables like the fucking plague. Nothing but somethng to bang your toes or shins on. End tables beside a nice couch or comfy chair is fine, coffee tables are just begging for clutter and broken toes...
Candles are nice little accents for special occassions and generally just look good as decoration.
seriously, get rid of the old scraggly assed furniture...a plastic crate is not an endtable, an industrial wire spool is not a poker table...
Mags....i'd avoid...just too cluttery looking and as interesting as playboy articles are, they just don't fit in a nice room...
hmm...that's a start and doesn't cost much
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