I saw that...the gold color may be just right...you going to go with greens/golds as your decor? Or was that just the color the picture happened to be?
Our place is similar...the last house in the development to be sold, and almost no upgrades whatsoever. No garage door opener, no landscaping in the back...I can see lots of home improvement projects in the upcoming year!
The photo just happened to be yellow...yellow/green decor is out as they are Oakland A's colors! I've also stressed that an orange/black color scheme is out as well.
However, our den/guestroom will have our sports stuff in it - but tastefully done. My mother-in-law laughed when she saw the curio cabinet she passed on to me. She had all of her pretties in it - I had my signed baseball stuff. LOL She actually thought it was great.
We are in the same boat - no garage door opener, no landscaping, etc. But my brother-in-law is a know it all, show off. He will offer to do the garage door and such so I told my hubby to put his pride in his pocket and let the guy do it. It will be done right and we will just have to buy the stuff. :)