Need Beach House Living Room Furniture Advice
Can you please help me choose the right colored living room furniture and style to go with the greyish-blue tile floor. I want the upscale beachhouse look for my Florida condo.
This is the floor tile. Semi-drab.
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Looking to purchase new living room furniture- advice on brands needed
Comments (14)Lazy Boy is not high end! Any good design shop should be able to source a custom sofa for you for the same price as you were quoted at Lazy Boy. You should expect a sofa to last at least 20 years. You get what you pay for. I love my O'Henry House sofas. Have 2, 7 footers and plan to have them for a very long time. If the fabric becomes worn, I would have them reupholstered. I got a very high grade fabric that should last at least 10 years with normal wear and tear. The key to keeping your sofas in good shape is to vacuum every week and also rotate the cushions at least once a week. With down it is necessary. Everyone that sits on them, can't believe how comfortable they are. Some things are worth saving up for and I believe a good quality sofa is one of these. It is used every day and will receive the most wear and tear of all your furniture pieces....See Moreneed advice as to how to set up this living room, furniture ideas?
Comments (2)Looks like your sectional will work well in the space. The chaise side along the windows will be a perfect spot for a cup of coffee, glass of wine, reading or just an afternoon nap. You could add a pair of comfortable chairs to the side opposite the windows. Swivels would be nice for watching the t.v. or enjoying the fire but could then be turned to face the sectional for conversation as well. Something in a beige or camel leather would be nice. Definitely a cozy area rug. Congratulations on both your new lake home and your retirement!...See MoreNew Home, Need Help On Living Room Furniture & Layout.
Comments (11)There would be enough space on that wall. My concerns were placing the sofa against the windows. Since the windows are very low (Down to about 1' to the ground), a 37" high sofa would block 2 feet of window height. Depending on how far into the room the sofa is, that would take 2' off of 2-4 windows. (The window location in the render is not 100% accurate, but if you look at the picture, it'll likely cover all 4 windows) In addition, those windows go to the backyard, which we would get afternoon & evening sun from. We were concerned about having a lot of glare from the sun if we put the TV opposite of the windows....See MoreI need advice how to place furniture, wall picture in our living room?
Comments (20)To groveraxle: When I said.." there is no other place for piano.." I mean that in our apartment, we don't have any other place to move piano ( den or bedrooms). Only place it is living room. And yes, I will definitely move piano to the other wall, next to the book shelf. See, I have more plans to update the room. I want pain wall some different color, want to strip popcorn ceiling, the bookshelf I want to re make it with more lighter material and not as deep as present and may be add glass doors. Also not sure about carper on the floor, should change it to wood floor? It all project for later but I want to see whole picture for the room and I find it really hard Thanks again for helping =)...See Morebeachhousesuzi
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PROBeth H. :
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agowell, I would suggest whatever sofa you get to lay down a throw if she is going to sit bare skin on it. White is difficult to keep clean unless you keep some sort of throw on the cushions. If you got a slip covered type, you could wash them as needed.
any gray sofa would also work. light gray, dark, if you could swing a velvet material, that always looks good. Or a nice material, tweed-type, like this one:
If you bring in a large area rug, you can cover most of the tile floor, only letting a bit of it peed through. do a large sisal and then layer another rug on top of it for some added color or pattern
you could do white or pale walls, and a dark gray sofa. this will still go w/your tile. bring in wood elements or natural fiber elements. and plants.
and since it's Fla, you can get away w/bold colors. keep the wall white, a large sisal type of rug, white sofa, and bring in colors w/plants, pots and accessories like they've done here
I like these paint colors....Pale Oak for walls,, White Dove or any other bright white for ceilings and trim
this is BM Lacey Pearl. I like this grayish white tone.
if you bring in a slip cover sofa like this, have her lay on a throw. do neutral pillows, wood/metal coffee table, poufs, fiddle leaf fig trees, a neutral rug like this will cover the tile.
you're only showing a tiny piece of your tile so it's hard to visualize what will work in this room. best way is to clear out everything, paint and go from there.beachhousesuzi thanked Beth H. :beachhousesuzi
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6 years agoBeth, what would be the ideal rug size for LR? And can you recommend a DR chandelier that would tie into the look? The wall mirror in the photo will remain but the table has been removed along with all the other furniture. Clean slate! Walls painted BM Simply White. The tile runs through LR, DR and kitchen which has cherry cabinets.
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Beth H. :
6 years agoif the room is 8x10, then you want to get a large sisal to cover the majority of that tile (or not,,,up to you). I'd try and find a 7'X9 rug,,,,6x8,,,,something in that vicinity. you can double up on them. sisal down first and a nice dhurri or something on top of it. Like this:
bring in natural items, woven woods, blues/turquoise. Craigslist(especially in your area) has tons of great vintage items. like those mid century chairs. grab those and reupholster them. you can find decent sofas and get a slip cover for them.
as fir dining table, get one of those old round oak table and redo it yourself w/white and blue chalk paint. grab some rattan chairs.
or these old colonial style chairs and spray paint them turquoise.
notice this rug,,
don't forget the greenery.
another double rug option. look for vintage coffee tables and other elements and flea markets and garage sales.
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Beth H. :