Need help with living room furniture and decor.
I need help with my living room furniture, art and area rug. We just re-did our kitchen and we are almost finished. We used a kitchen designer for the kitchen and I also did get a TON of help from the garden web community which I am very grateful for.
This is what our designer suggested for living/dining room furniture arrangement:
We will be keeping our old dining room set ( 6 chairs) which is this (sorry, I don't have a picture of the real table since its in the basement covered in dust):
The wall colors are BM La Paloma Grey#1551:
and BM#1613 silent night (the front door wall only):
Since we wont have a tv in the room, I really want to make the living area very comfortable and inviting so that my family will actually use it. The floor is hardwood with espresso finish.
More in the comments...
ETA: fixed typos.
Comments (10)
miraspasov
8 years agoThese are my questions:
1. Sofa and chairs: I love the modern look, but what the designer suggested does not look comfortable at all. This is the sofa that I really liked at room&board but it does cost twice as much as I would like to spend on a sofa:
2. Area rug - I was thinking 8' by 10' and something in beige. I have no idea if I should first get the rug or first get the sofa and then chose the rug...Also, besides overstock where else I could get a rug that I wont have to worry about trashing (I have two small children).
3. Wall art - I love the idea of one big piece of art but how would it be centered? on the sofa or on the wall (the sofa wont be centered on the wall)? Also, both my husband and I are NOT art people and we just don't know if we should get something abstract or no? Needless to say we don't want to spend too much on art and I have been looking on overstock.com, but there is just too much our there...
or what else??4. Should I consider moving the sofa at 90 degrees facing the kitchen?
miraspasov
8 years agoThese are real pictures of the place as of right now:
I should mention that I love how the kitchen is turning out but it does look a bit too modern and there is no color in it at all. I am not sure if a bowl of fruits in the middle of the island would be enough for adding some color, but I was thinking that the living room and the kitchen should have the same accent colors...
Any ideas and criticism is highly appreciated!
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PROAmanda Kempisty for Ethan Allen of WNY
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and this is the Marino Swivel Chair, the kiddo's will love the option to swivel and it looks great too!
Rooms for Inspiration · More InfoBe happy to customize anything you'd like with leather or fabric! Let me know if I can be of further assistance!
Laura Liu
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoJust suggest you some instant download wall art in a simple style:
or this one:
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