Nice stuff
My brno chairs are the same color, butterscotch leather. Excellent choice ...

BAGDAD DESIGN BAZAR CAFE or what?
Anyone would enjoy walking around your place to make his choice through this Design galore appartment store place, of yours. Plenty of nice and valuable items for sure, but hard to say, one could make a living place out of it. Need a little feng shui harmony to maintain a peaceful and more comfortable atmosphere, (just my opinion). good job though.

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Photos of your M A X I P A D were illuminating,I understand you...

overall a bit busy, but great furniture
Hi Mark,
Marvelled at the view you have got from your window. And the many lovely pieces you own (particularly the Eames stools). You truly collected some gorgeous pieces. I feel these lovely beauties deserve to be put in the spotlight a little more. Now the overall scheme is rather busy. With so much to see in your place, the eye has little resting points. In addition there is not one thing (or things) that get(s) to pop out and create a focal point in the room. Also use a good lighting scheme to put additional emphasis on your chosen focal points. I like your idea of firm editing (art/ rugs etc.) and repainting, which could calm the place down, and create a more neutral and less distracting backdrop for your furniture. I do not know what sort of colour you like, but I would choose a tint several shades lighter than you have now, as the darker tints shrink your space. Nevertheless I would definitely refrain from using stark whites as this can sometimes feel too clinical. E.g. a beige shade (with brown rather than green undertones) perhaps for the main living room. Always use (a lot of) testers before you decide on the shade that really works for you. And look whether the color is still pleasing in broad daylight, as well as by night. Personally I like paints that are a bit chalky and a bit dirty, which inevitably feels more natural than primary hues, like the Farrow & Ball neutrals range. You can buy radiator paint from them in the same color, which will make radiators remain in the background. I would refrain from glossy paint wherever possible. And I would choose one color that would work for all of your living room walls, so you do not need to visually fragment your space unnecessarily. You could paint the ceiling white, but do not use stark white: mix a bit of the paint you chose for your walls through the white for the ceiling to create color harmony.

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Other often used tricks to get a harmonious result are repeat & symmetry. Repeat. For instance, you have a (marvellous) red Womb sofa. On a table nearby you could create a cluster of glasswork and /or ceramic pieces of differing shapes, but all fully red in color. (eg, ranged on a table from the strongest red to gradually fading in color intensity, or alternatively, all in exactly the same color red.) On the What is on your walls ? thread, Robert1960 has posted a very nice pic of a form repeat with a picture and a cluster of glass vessels. btw Mark, I very much like the group of white vases on your chest. For instance if you choose to keep the orange Platner on one side and the red Womb on the other side of the chimney, you could collect a group ceramics ranging from pure orange to pure red, and display them on top of your chimney with a mainly white surface (e.g. a large framed pen drawing) / or mirror as a backdrop behind it. Symmetry. e.g. buy two copies of a lamp you like (this does not need to be classic, but can be modern e.g. Vico Magistrettis Chimera floor lamp) and put them on both sides of your chimney breast. Or if you like wall mounted uplighters (I think I saw one in the pictures), buy two or more, and use them (symmetrically) throughout the space. If you pick similar lamps throughout one space, this will have a greater visual impact and generate the craved cleaner result (e.g. all white lamps throughout, each with at least some curved part).

Hi
I agree with everything in the last two posts, especially about colour and finish for the walls (and thanks for the mention)
Personally, I think there are too many colours and wall finishes.
I don't understand the pictures hung low??.. the grouping of white vases is good..but not on that over-tall cabinet (which I love)..all it does is draw the eye to the grille on the wall!
I like to make vignettes..grouping of related objects..whether by colour or texture..As an example, the Aluminium group chair with the Knoll pedestal is nice..but the picture is ALL wrong..(colour, frame, scale)
The group of black and whites you have, nicely hung as a group, would make a better
foil to the chair and table.
Try to make things within the setting overlap..so the eye is drawn gently across the scene..not jerked from one point to another..makes it much more harmonious.
I don't see any problem architecturally, or with anything you have..it justs needs putting together differently against a different background.
Although, I have to say, you don't need the womb chair, and I will take it off your hands instead of the canned ham ....

OOPS
Not a knoll table!..the pedestal next to the ali group though ;o)

Hi again
Hi again,
Yep, I agree with everything Robert said. He has a keen eye.
Continuing on the decoration theme, ELLE DECO (UK edition) has a feature in their November number with respect to hanging art. For me, a difficulty with art can be to make things hung on different walls stop from clashing with each other. If things clash too much, hang them in different rooms ? or only hang the work that is most important to you. Overall, just do not hang too much on your walls. And pick a couple of matching works, or even go for one very large work on a large free wall that fits the space & its content well. Of course you are not under any obligation to hang anything at all if you don?t want too. A friend of mine has rooms without any art on the walls, and it looks absolutely fine.
To get some ideas about how would like your place to look, you might perhaps like to browse some books. Flip through them in your local library of local bookshop if you can, and see if any of these books has something you like. e.g. Suzanne Trocmé has a couple of books of which some might match your taste. However her different books are a bit different in style. I remember Attention to detail (UK edition) as rather appealing. Classic chic (UK edition) was a bit too classic for me, and Retro home goes a bit too far retro for my liking. But be your own guide, and let your eyes do the looking.

We're of a like mind..
Can I add Kelly Hoppen's 'Close Up' to that list too ?
Some sound advice on grouping in that book, regardless of how you feel about her style.

Oh........ and from 1979!!
David Hicks.. 'Living With Design'..great book

James' 2c
Here's my buck and a quarter (inflation)
1) Too much stuff ( I'll take the DCW chair)
2) Art along the floor has to go
3) Limit art to 1 or 2 of the large walls. Carefully arranged smaller pieces can feel like a single composition and still allow for individual exploration of an individual piece. There's an art to good art arrangement on the walls.
4) Room needs to be unified. Color would be the most likely way to achieve this.
5) What's with that fireplace? Is it gas? Is it electric? Is it real? Do you really need a fireplace in Florida?
Overall, lots of nice stuff to work with but it's resulted in a feeling that you're in a mid century used furniture store. My advice? A little professional consultation would be well spent.

Really?
Are there such rules?, surely everyone has the right to decorate/style however they want to.You either got it or you aint baby and if you have to read books to get it...you aint! and you never will.

So what you are saying
is that if you don't have it naturally you are not worthy and should not have it by simply paying someone else. Sounds kinda snooty.