Safari Room Spruce-Up

Still sprucing up the former homeschool room. Yesterday I painted the side tables. They were really ratty looking. :) We will be getting new furniture in this room in a couple of years. Leather couches and cherry bookshelves/office center. But in the meantime, I want to make our cast-offs from other rooms liveable. :) The curtains are up next on the to-do list. I already have the animal print panels. They pull shut on rings and rods. But I want to make stationary side panels from the dragonfly faux silk-taffeta. I'm thinking about simply hemming them and then tying them in place on the rod with giant tassels and then letting them just puddle on the floor. The little lamp also needs a remake. I'd like to find a leopard print shade and then attach some black feather trim. We won't be painting for awhile yet, but I'm open to suggestions on wall color. I'm debating a chocolate brown. Adjoining foyer is a light brown with slightly olive overtones.

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