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This is beautiful! 

Thank you so much Brae, that means a lot coming from you!

I'm really liking the paper choices.  I can see your paper love already.  I don't think it's really a big deal if it is faithful to the period you wanted to set the house in.  I think the patterns in the paper are subtle enough to work fine.  I ended up going to the little Japanese shop in Florence and at a Japanese festival to find some specialty papers.  It looks like you have a lot to chose from!!!

Thanks Peggy. Yeah, I was trying to keep the background papers subtle so I could go over the top with the fusuma doors, and not clash too much. I have some really nice dragon paper I will probably use in the next tatami room though, and that one isn't subtle!

I do have some of the same paper you used in your red room. I love the way it looks with the colored paint underneath it. I will probably use that paper in the third floor central room, but will keep it white to match the central rooms on the other floors.