Decisions made! Need advice on drapes and accessories for family room!
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Comments (14)Cyn, That is the way I had it arranged prior to this set-up. I really liked it, except for the fact that it was akward to always have to sit sideways to watch the TV, or sit in the chair apart from DH, KWIM? Plus, the TV was lost on the huge blank wall. Thanks for the compliments on the baby pics. Good idea to save the chair for grandbabies. I'm a person who gets rid of everything, but i like the idea of saving the chair & ottoman. So my 4 year old and I rearranged this morning, and I like it! The only tricky part will be running the cable over the fireplace somehow, but I'll let DH worry about that. (Why can't somebody invent wireless cable/satellite? It would solve so many decorating problems! LOL). What do we think? Better, right? Ad Lissa, you were totally correct about the fireplace wall being a different color. I was cleaning the walls today and noticed the difference at the corner. I can't believe I've never noticed that before. It is just a shade darker. So what to do with the fireplace? And this huge blank wall behind the couch? And the train table will be brought down to the basement when DH gets home, promise! Do you think I should seek out a square ottoman/coffee table type thing? What about an area rug? New seating area. Fireplace is to left, not visible. I moved the toybox and hung the painting on the wall. View with fireplace and curio cabinet: Chair seating area in front of window. I realize this is dark. My iphone does not have a flash. The TV is angled in the corner to the right of the chairs. blank problem wall: (there is about 3.5 feet between couch and wall, a corridor over to chairs) naked fireplace (and family dog): This is so fun, thank you for all your input!...See MoreI chose pink drapes for a guest bedroom, grr!! - Need color advic
Comments (66)I erroneously selected a outwardly pink color for my attic office and when I returned home that night I hated it. My painter suggested one of BMs whites with pink undertone - Atrium white - and it was perfect. Should have checked with him BEFORE he painted as he was back changing it the next day. The point I am trying to make is that if you go for a pink, the most subtle color on a strip may end up being too much. Such was the case with my first choice which ended up looking like Pepto Bismol. Sue...See MoreDrapery Drama - Decorating Diva Advice Needed (Pics)
Comments (46)A couple of thoughts... First, I would have no hesitation in going with silk or something fancier. It sounds like that will go with your eventual furnishing plans, and it is way easier to dress down silk than it is to dress up something more casual in the event that you later get dressy furniture. In fact, it looks like your first choice panel was a little fancier. Second, If you're doing the side-by-sides AND the four(?) single windows, you're going to have a lot of patches of this fabric around the room. I would therefore be inclined not to break the bigger set into patches as well, but stack them at either end of the stretch of windows. But if you are doing this on a single long rod, that will be something you can play with. Third, about where and how to find what you want. It sounds like so far you have two options on the table, either ready-to-hang, or going through a designer. It may be different around here (heck, I'm not even in the same country), but here there are a lot of independent drapery shops that don't bill themselves as "designers". I wonder if you could find one of those. show them the photo of the JCP panels you liked, and see if they can find you a similar fabric and make them to specification? We also have a decorator fabric store (a chain of three actually) where you wander in, pick your fabric, and they can make them up for you or you can just buy the fabric. Even our normal fabric stores around here have drapery sections... in other words, if you look for the fabric separately, you might have better luck than if you shop for finished panels. Finally, have you tried to actually call JCP, including their stores, to physically hunt down and flush out the last of those panels you like? I know this sounds a little obsessive (admittedly, I am) but I'd bet that several of their stores have one or two of them in remainder bins around the country, or that the warehouse has some somewhere. Worth pushing a little if you haven't already done so. But you do need a lot of them, and that might be hard to take to completion. Good luck! KarinL Here is a link that might be useful: Arlene's (aka fabric heaven)...See MorePLEASE HELP!! Need advice for family room top to bottom!!
Comments (32)Thank you so much for all of the wonderful suggestions. I’m compelled to follow the majority opinion and go with the layout where the tv is on the couch wall and I build out the left side to match the right bookcase. As far as the fireplace, I think I might want to build it up with stone Vanier and a thicker more rustic mantel. Thoughts? Also and thoughts on furniture style/ color? In some of the photos there were window treatments. Thoughts on how to treat the window, if at all?...See MoreRelated Professionals
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