Thanks guys! I can't take any credit at all for the decorating - my girlfriend has a pretty good eye for it. The off-centre TV was a bit of a compromise, but it really doesn't bother me as much as it did when i first set it up. And in case you were wondering, the number of plants is mainly to compensate for the fact that it's winter here 6 months of the year - going that long without seeing any green would make me want to stick my head in the oven. Case in point - when I took these pictures, it was -31C outside and the window is opaque because it had 1/8" of frost on it.

Also, the speaker stands (both mains and surrounds) cost approximately $8-12 at your local Ikea.