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I need decorating advice........

18 years ago

Ok, so I admit it, I am not Susie Homemaker or Martha Stewart. I bought my parents, who have not had new furniture in over 20 years, a new sectional for their living room. Their friends kept giving them their old furniture and they inherited some new stuff (10years ago) from my Grandmother. I am planning on sending them away for the weekend, so I can go in and remove the old, paint, and have the new stuff delivered. Their home is very small and my mother has insisted that the walls in the living room be white now for more than 30 years. I intend to change it. The sectional I bought has a dark chocolate leather frame and the rest is done in a pecan micro fiber. There are about 10-12 pillows that are reversible with a different design on each side. I have not purchased the new coffee tables and lamps because I want to let my mom pick them out herself. She has always been real picky about her coffee table. Has to be a certain size, have storage, etc.... Convincing her to get rid of her lamps is going to be real hard. They are over 30 years old and I can remember as a child, that she saved for months to get them. She took on upholstery jobs to pay for them. I am going to try to put them in the family room in the basement till I can get to that room to redecorate. So I am thinking of going with a pecan color on the walls and a antique white on the ceilings. I would like to do a 4-6" border at the top of the walls, in a darker brown. Does this sound rediculous? Someone help! My husband always hires a decorater when it comes to our home, so I have never had to be involved. If this doesnt turn out to be a disasster, I intend to do the dinning room and make my way through the rest of the house. With mom's approval, naturally. Please help me. I would like to surprise them, but I dont want them to hate it and just act like it looks nice.

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