my Beach House living room is 14x11 - help!
breganapp
6 years ago
The room is 11ft wide x 14ft long and has a 115in bay window on one wall (14ft side). I think it’s best to put a couch or sectional w/chaise on the window wall and a flat screen tv on the opposite wall for functionality but I don’t want it to look like a railroad. Any ideas? - don’t mind the photo of the workmen!
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enjoythejourney
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Comments (15)well, 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 trimthis 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....See MoreHelp: Design my House Piece by Piece. Number 1 Project: Living Room
Comments (0)Hi All, Im a silent reader here and I think its time to post and ask for help! We bought a house, and we are turning a year at this place on February. We’ve been using our old furnitures since and few weeks from now, we will be getting our new couch and love seat. i have no ideas at all on how to design anything. i bought a snow white leather look couch, affordable and better than what we have. I thought white will be the safest way to go. If you will ask me how i wanted my living room to look like, uhm my heart melts every time i see rustic layouts but again, for now i think i will go for just what will make it look nicer- basics but pretty. i have attached some pictures on how it is now, please dont hate my living room. Advice I need is whee to put the furniture what color i can use for my living room, that curtain is already new (i know it looks like its not) i have a big window and fireplace and an odd living room size. if you notice my house is so bare- no wall arts fireplace full of plants, i just have a clock on the wall (took me 4 months to decide on that)...See MoreMy small beach house living room needs help!
Comments (10)I like those sleepers too; here we call them "clickers" or "click-clacks." They are hard to find, and most links take you to futons which are not the same thing. I have one in my vacation rental cabin. For your space, I would prefer a small scale sectional on the two wall sunder the windows. No curtains, but top down/bottom up shades where you can block roof top views or electric lines or all of it. Add a large storage coffee table. I like this one myself and it comes in a blonde finish too that might be better for the beach. Get a pair of floor lamps (not dated torchieres) for each end of the sectional. Then I would center the TV/FP on its wall and add one or two swivel chairs perpendicular to it. In the corner where you have the kitchen chairs, you might try a game table with a pair of chairs for checkers, chess, scrabble or monopoly. How about a new, more beachy wall color like Sea Salt to work with your sandy beach carpet? Last of all, upgrade your art and wall hangings. Here's info on the paint color. https://pizzazzerie.com/lifestyle/sherwin-williams-sea-salt-paint-color/...See MoreHelp my bland house! Living room ideas?
Comments (18)Your look IS modern farmhouse/boho. Boho is short for "Bohemian" which is an eclectic patterned colorful look like the pottery from Bohemia in Czechoslovakia. I'm not even sure what "modern farmhouse" is for a reference, but the emphasis seems to be on monochrome blacks and whites and splashes of whimsy and color. You have all that except for the splash part, and this is up to you what you would find fun to put on the walls. The fireplace brick stands out somewhat discordantly, so I'd do a neutral light piece of art to cover up some of that checkered colored brick. Easy fix. I'd also replace the carved fussy doors on the cabinets next to the fireplace with something more angular and plain if I was obsessive about "modern" farmhouse. But the doors you have are perfectly "boho." The room looks lovely as is. Don't be so hard on yourself! Perhaps at some point the perfect piece of art may come along that speaks to you. Meanwhile you can maybe pick up something neutral and "modern farmhouse" at your local discount mart. Mine has lots of stuff like that in the home section. Placekeeper stuff. Inexpensive, big impact and then later when you have time donate to Goodwill and find that perfect piece at the antique store like Johanna Gaines does! OR, go to the local Goodwill and buy that piece that someone else just got rid of . . . ....See Morebreganapp
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoaok27502
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6 years agoWouldn't something like this fit (just over 5' wide)? and still leave room for a walkway to the door? If you shifted the TV on the stand down a bit towards the open end of the room. Is your lighting going to be from table lamps or are you putting in ceiling fixtures?
everdebz
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoThere was another small LR houzzer with sectional that worked. Depends what you find.
The corner that wouldn't have end table - what if electric boxes were at sides of sofa - hang a capiz /beach pendant? EGLO USA / W 16" / H 59" / 1.98 lb.
[https://www.houzz.com/products/pendant-with-matte-nickel-finish-and-cream-foil-glitter-shade-prvw-vr~64443320[(https://www.houzz.com/products/pendant-with-matte-nickel-finish-and-cream-foil-glitter-shade-prvw-vr~64443320)everdebz
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6 years agoLack of one table, maybe this would suffice - This innovative made-for-Sactionals accessory is a solid bent wood mini-table that hugs the top surface of a Sactionals Side (arm or back), giving you a safe and stable surface for your beverage. It features a 3.5" diameter depression that's large enough to stabilize any drink. By Lovesac Sofas And Sectionals:
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI would put the sofa under the window. On the inside wall, I’m thinking this electric fireplace would look great under the t v. It is from Walmart.
Charcoal is a fun color with which to work. Beachy rug; slipcovered sofa; black rattan chairs. And a great rug.
Good old IKEA!
dexx215
6 years agoeverdebz
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