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Misaligned living room wall lights

7 years ago

Hi, I have a large wall in my living room with misaligned wall side lights. The wall and lights are calico/cool cream. The wall looks a bit boring and I wanted to add something but do not want to highlight the misaligned lights. My home is warm and cozy. I have a lot of creams a various woods. Any help would be most appreciated.

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torreykm
7 years ago
Can you post a photograph?
Sarah Platt
Original Author
7 years ago
Sure thing. Here you are. The sofa is centred in the room but the wall lights and window make it look assymetrical. The Radiator cover/ cabinets mean the sofa cannot be moved?
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Olychick
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
How wide is your room? I mean from the couch wall to the wall facing it?

One thing you could do, if there is enough width, is move the couch out from the wall and to the left as far as you want just covering part of the radiator - treat it just like part of the wall. Then center the couch where you want it You could put a sofa table behind the couch next to the radiator cover, so it's not hanging out with an empty space behind it, then add your art. You also could put a decent size lamp on the sofa table with other accessories and just leave the wall lights off.
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ghostlyvision
7 years ago
I like Oly's thoughts, if that doesn't work for you, could the sofa and chair switch places? To make those lights look less misaligned, I'd get two similar prints/wall hangings of same length but one wider than the other and place between the lights, the wider one where there's greater width between lights so the whole thing looks more like one cohesive area.
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23
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Can you just move the lights?

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