Wall Call - Help me with accessories for long LR sofa wall
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Help!! Advice on Wall Decor and Accessories for Apt
Comments (7)Welcome to the forum blue999! I think you have some great spaces to work with. The pictures looked a little dark on my screen, but I don't see a problem with all your different styles. When you start buying accessories and art try focusing on a two or three colors in order to tie things together (ie a red vase on the kitchen counter and a piece of art with a smidge of red in a bowl on the coffee table - whatever colors you like). The fun you have now is that you have a blank slate to work with - any colors or patterns you want. I love your red wall and think some pillows (seat covers or a runner on the dining table in the same pattern?) and a cozy spread with red in them would look great! Maybe use the PB cube as an end table? Line up some art on the red wall, like a gallery, and put a sofa table back there and I think it would show off real well. Don't try to rush. Keep reading here and looking at pictures and catalogs everywhere, learn all you can and concentrate on what makes you feel good and/or excited when you see it. It takes most of us a year or even many years to find and accomplish the look we want....See MoreBM color fan--warm neutral for LR, grayish-blue for DR? (LONG)
Comments (10)Thank you, voila, for coming out of lurkdom to help me! This HAS been painful in the sense that I really dislike being in limbo, uncertain, and indecisive, which has also been time-consuming since I have been looking at paint colors off and on for 2 or 3 years, and stewing around about them trying to figure this out. To clarify regarding the Carlisle Cream with the hint of pink: this is not the trim color. I will try to see if I can find the name somewhere in my files, but the color of the trim for all of the house and most of the ceilings has a yellowish cast. The Carlisle Cream is only on the ceiling in the DR & MBR (and the paint chosen for the DR will also be used in the MBR which faces NW), as well as the walls of the mudroom, laundry, powder room, and MBath. You are correct that it fights with yellow, because the tiles have hints of yellow tones, and it does not look good there. Except for the 2 ceilings, the Carlisle Cream will be changed to something that goes better with all of the tiles and countertops that probably need a color with some yellow, rather than pink, in it. When we painted our former N facing foyer with Pittsfield Buff, it really pulled together the colors of the 2 small rugs and tile, which are almost the same as what we have now. But that is a whole nuther story. Wythe & Palladian Blues are on my "possible" list, so I will give them further consideration. The HC 139-141 at first glance under kitchen lighting seemed minty, but the lighting in the LR is halogen, so they look different in there. I will need to see them on a sunny day. Another vote for HC 146, 147, and Gray Wisp is good! And I really like your suggestion of Quiet Moments. It is interesting that you say, "all greens seem to go together", which I had heard before. The reason I got a new LR rug was that my old one had multiple colors of green and greenish gold on a cream field, and to me it clashed with the fireplace in daylight. I moved it into the kitchen eating area that has the same slate tile on the other side of the 2-way FP where it only gets light from the NW which is not directly on it as it is in the LR, and it looks perfect in the different light! Also, if I turned the LR rug around, it would look much better upon entering the room, but to me the green from that direction looks awful with the FP green. I think it will be a lot easier to choose the DR paint than that for the LR. I will definitely pursue looking at grayed colors for both rooms, but I would still like to try maybe a rich tan that does not lean to red or yellow and see if that could work in the LR to pull out those colors in the rug, but maybe nothing will do this? I suppose that would only add to the blendy feeling that I am so good at achieving. I had originally imagined having a sort of rich, dark cream, but I guess that would mean yellow, so it is out. A correction regarding the "drapes." They are actually 4 drapery panels on each side of a 7 ft triple casement that help to set off the piano and a small chest near the creamy beige rug, and at each end of a 4 window bank (each 42" wide) next to the chest and behind the mauve wing-back near the FP. They are not directly next to the 9 x 12 "green" rug. The 2 rugs are separated by the sofa, so you do not see much of the Bokhara when entering the LR. I know that all the detail causes many people not to read this, but I welcome comments from anyone who has the patience to work through them to give me additional guidance. Anne...See MoreHelp me finish out my LR
Comments (24)I think that if you are trying to warm up the gray, then I would paint the inside of the cab a deep brown, black or something warm in color. I recently painted my living room brainstorm bronze. It is a deeper soothing receding color. I think a rug with some gray along with warm toned colors would look great! I would use the rug to choose colors for pillows. I love your paintings! It is tough as neither is large enough to fit the scale of your fireplace. Any change you can reframe one of them to make it larger? Maybe a large matt and a thicker frame? I am not sure if the frames are also vintage and need to stay with the art. I would totally understand that....See MoreI'm Crazy - I know! Please help me furnish LR/Den/Kitchen within 3 wks
Comments (78)The more I think about it, the more I like the idea. The principal (or the head of the guidance department) will know who is trustworthy, and they can tell you what is a fair wage too. They can even email you photos of bunting decorations for their proms, etc decor and tell you who the students were who were on those decoration committees that might be interested in looking for work. This would not be the right time for you to fall off a ladder, or strain your back from overwork. This would also be helpful for you for later on too, as you might find the strong young man with his friends to rearrange your furniture (for a higher wage) as you change your mind a few times, to mow your lawn, to shovel your snow, and maybe even do some of the gardening. (Just be sure to check the location of the in ground irrigation, the water lines and all other utilities and clearly mark them before you give anyone a shovel.) The energy of older teens is awesome, and their work ethic and ambition should be encouraged, too....See Moreteacats
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