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Help with bookcase hardware and rug

6 years ago

Hi,

I’m redoing my house starting with my living room. The painters come tomorrow and I need new knobs/handles for the bookcases. I would like to go away from the gold.

Also, I’ve picked out fabrics, drapes etc and am looking for a rug similar to the beige/white Fabric pictured. I’ve hired a decorator I’m meeting with Friday and would like to find a rug (he only does very large rugs) and would like to be able to show him what I’ve found. The fabrics he’s chosen I love and I think a rug like the pic I’m attaching would be perfect .

Any help would be be so appreciated! Thanks

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Saypoint zone 6 CT

6 years ago

If you like the ORB of your light fixture, go with knobs in the same finish.

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beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
6 years ago
avp, it's pretty much impossible to consider the bookcase in a vacuum. You need to post a better picture of the fabric and identify what fabric is for what element (rug, sofa, pillows, curtains,etc) -- I don't know about anyone else, but I can't really get the idea of the design. And please post more pictures of the room as a whole, as well as any adjoining spaces, like what can be seen through the doorway at right.

Does the decorator you're working with have any ideas about hardware to go with the rest of the room plans? Is there any other hardware or metal in the room? You can certainly mix metals, but it would help to know what else is there -- for example, what do you have for a ceiling light fixture if anything? You say the painters are coming, what will be the new color(s) for all of the various elements in the room? Are they painting the walls, the bookcases, the fireplace mantel? Anything else?

Also, from the top picture it looks as if the two doors are not hung properly -- one is hung higher than the other and so the doors and knobs aren't level with each other. The hinges should be adjusted asap, especially if you're having the painters in.
beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
6 years ago
Do you "see" something darker like ORB for the hardware, or something lighter and cooler like brushed nickel?

Without a non-blurry picture, I don't think I can help much with a rug. Then again, I don't think you need help -- you say your decorator "does rugs" and you already love the fabrics he's chosen, so I'd just wait to see what he comes up with : ) .
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Carrie B
6 years ago
Those knobs on the right appear to be at different heights, ie: not properly aligned. That would bug the bejeezus out of me. Also, the TV appears too high for comfortable watching.
beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
6 years ago
If you read the op, and look at additional pics, you can see i don't need a very large rug. Just thought maybe someone could help with door handles and a similar rug as fabric since this is a decorating forum. With the additional info I provided I don't see where I can say much else or am getting anywhere

I've read your original post several times now, so I guess that makes two of us : ) . Exactly what size rug are you looking for? That sort of information would be exceedingly helpful.

Are you looking for a different style of door handle or just something other than brass? You didn't specify in your original post.

The more information you can include with your post(s), the easier you make it for others to reply. Which may explain the paucity of replies so far.
beckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
6 years ago
You're going to have to post a better picture. You know what the prints in the pic are supposed to look like, but the rest of us don't.
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Yayagal
6 years ago
Consider clear glass knobs, here's a link to a whole page of them. I like the one that is the large picture below the smalls. Glass knobs
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Sam Gorson
6 years ago
I don’t understand why you would have a designer whose choices you like and not use his insight on what would look best with the scheme he’s showed you. The rug will be a critical element so it needs to be cohesive with everything else. At least let him show you big rugs that he thinks would work and you can look for smaller versions based on his insight.

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