Some good work happening here! Did you try anything to counteract the convergence of the vertical lines in the wall panelling? Someone else mentioned shadows -- I think that's what the hands need to make them work. The chin casts a strong shadow down-left; the curved shelf of the mirror base casts a similar, less strong shadow, other items cast shadows on the wall, but the hands appear flat without any shadow of their own.
I'm not sure the background pattern really works when combined with the narrow board panelling (speaking from an interior design point of view ;-) The pattern could only be from wallpaper (too complicated to stencil), but no-one would apply that over a deeply channelled bead-board. The pattern would be good on a flat background surface, though.
There's also a little bit of glare from the mirror surface in the Before shot -- if you could find a way to keep that in the After, it might look cool.
Neat concept altogether!
S.
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