Living room makeover help!

6 years ago

Looking to do a full makeover of our living room. Any advice would be helpful, including layouts, furniture suggestions, etc. Thank you!!

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Yayagal
6 years ago
You have to let us know what you imagine would be there, favorite colors, styles, modern, traditional etc. What feeling would you like, casual, formal, etc. If you can show pics of what you like that would help too.
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erinsean
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
How about having your two couches face each other and the chair with it's back to your console table in the entrance....better for watching TV. I am not liking the TV over the fireplace but looks like the best place for it. End tables, lamps, curtains/drapes will make your room homey looking.
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I think a key point with the ottoman is to balance out the massiveness of the couches with something less massive. If you go with an ulphostered, ottoman, I would use something slimmer. A wood table could be nice too. Then, to lessen the dark effect, you could keep your basket of books and add a plant, maybe some candles or a fake book box to hold the remotes. Other questions that come up are how do you use the space? How many people need to sit there? Do the 2 couches offer sufficient seating? If so, I would just remove the chair, then you can bring in dining room chairs on the few occasions you need more seating. If you are truly brave, you could use comfy, upholstered chairs at the head and foot of the dining table and then wood chairs on the sides for an eclectic mix (admittedly, I would be too chicken to do this, but I am a terrible housekeeper). As far as paint colors, how do you want the room to feel? Cozy like an English den? Bright and cheerful? What also comes into it is how much natural light the room receives when you are most likely to be using it. When you re-do the fireplace, I would look at small built-ins next on both sides to put the DVD player on.
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Here's a picture of our old layout, minus the rocking chair that we had by the wall unit and the fireplace. And a picture of best layout incorporating all needs/stipulations I had to work with. The new layout has templates with existing tables that I will change as I am able. You can see how much the entry was blocked, I had 1 little picture to the right of the fireplace (sunset was in dining room) and that big honking wall unit with an analog TV and a small hand me down digital TV with a firestick on the coffee table and extension cords running from there to the fireplace wall. I think I've thought of every possible configuration of things and have gone back to the drawing board several times when I've run them by my husband. 100's of media consoles, sofas, fireplaces, floors, layouts. We use the turntable. The Ikea bottom cabinet doors slide.
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I'll see if there is really sufficient space for the sofa to face the sliders. it may impinge a bit on the walk space. At one point we had the sofa and love seat in an L configuration with two chairs against the wall where the love seat currently is which wasn't a bad layout. it is getting my husband his "special" chair that is such a monkey wrench.
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I think I would want a couch with low square arms that are equal to the height of new end tables. Low arms make it easier to stretch out on if used for napping and easier to reach drinks on an end table. I have a leather couch and a fabric covered love seat. The love seat is much more cozy, the leather is stiff. I got the leather because we could use it to take a break from working outside (dirt on clothes - mud on shoes). I would go with neutral colors and add texture and color with pillows, throws or fabric covered foot stool. Are you considering shades? I think Roman ones could look good. Also think about how many cushions for couch - one, two or three. I wish I had gone with two instead of three for the couch and one for the love seat. The plus side of more cushions is that you can move them around if one side of the couch is used more than the other. Also do you want to be able to remove the back cushions or do you want them attached. Do you want to be able to flip the cushions on the seat - I can do it with my fabric couch but not with the leather. Some stores have a basic model with customization - cushion firmness etc. Ethan Allen has some models you can customize. Also think about VOC's - Pottery Barn has certified furniture for those concerns.
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Jesica Versichele
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
The main challenge you have here is to draw all the different elements together. However, you have a lot of different colors and patterns going on. No two things match.

That floor rug in front of the fire place certainly is a statement piece. It's very fresh and has such vibrant colors that you could actually draw your color scheme from that. A fresh, cool color scheme with lots of blues and greens would look good.

Maybe you could get some dark blue slip covers for the couches, or just replace them. I found this picture to help you out.

Cream couches with blue and green cushions would also look good.

I don't think you should make your interior this busy, this is just for color inspiration. Draw the fresh, bold colors out of the rug and spread them around the house. You also have that nice hardwood floor to work with and it will look nice with these cool colors.

You could also put some plants on the shelves, maybe with some hanging down.

Take away the other two rugs. They just don't go.

Also, take down the map wall art and the picture to the right of the door and replace it with something like this. It would go good with those vases you already have in the entryway.
As for the walls, I think they can stay as they are. You want some neutral, light colors like the white and gray walls to balance out all the other bold colors.

I hope my advice is helpful to you. Let me know how it goes.

Happy decorating!
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6 years ago
Echoing Jesica. You have a lot of different, not particularly compatible, colors going on in the living room and adjacent dining and kitchen areas.

You can basically go with the burgundy and beige (sofas, front door/dining area rug) or blue and green (living room rug). It would certainly be easier and cheaper to go with burgundy and beige, because all you'd have to do is switch out the blue/green rug and add curtains and possibly bamboo matchstick blinds to both windows (you could also add a bamboo matchstick blind to the kitchen window if you want). Think of it as spring/summer (blue/green) vs. fall/winter (burgundy/beige).

What color/color family do you want to stick with?

And erinsean is right, some side tables (for books, magazines, coffee/tea mug, wine glass) and table lamps would be nice.

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