Anti-Victorianism

I certainly don't know thing one about interior decorating, but I kind of like how this bright-orange couch ('50s maybe?) looks in our pink living room. The colors are off in this picture, but the orange itself is pretty close. It'll look better with full bookshelves, I think (and no, I have not gotten around to fixing the shelves), and maybe with a round or swoosh-shaped coffeetable or footstool?

This is a couch that's crying out for throw pillows. Any thoughts on colors
or styles or knitting patterns to try?

The armchair that will go near it is a sort of celery color, the walls are peachy-pink, the mantle is very dark wood, and the front door has bright blue, green, and yellow stained-glass inserts.

And after living without dresser drawers for all of my adult life, I broke down and bought these at Agora downtown:


Today after a morning spent cleaning up the rental house in Athens top to bottom, we spit-roasted a pork picnic for about 3 hours, like the chicken but with just salt and pepper. It could've gone longer, but tomorrow for supper I'll do something nice with it. I made a very, um, insistent barbecue sauce to go with it (just a little spoonful on a plateful of chopped meat).

Barbecue sauce: About 4 parts tarragon vinegar to 1 part ketchup, plus some granulated garlic, black pepper, cayenne, and a dash of Worchestershire sauce. Then add the juices from the resting pork.