Last weekend I did some of the work in the front to rearrange the contents of shelves, but I haven't gotten far in moving books in to put on those shelves. I've realized I can make more artistic "gaps" between books and display antiques (I already have some old radios on view in there). I was walking through a neighborhood near my son's guitar lesson earlier in the week and saw a pretty window, with a table and lamp and the furnishings in that room somewhat lit from the window lamp. I like that, and it would be good for my front room, so I'll keep that in mind as I move things.
My goal is to have stuff in place before Thanksgiving, so it looks like I have plenty of time, but you know how that can fly out the window with a medium level of interruption.