Rug and Decorator help for Industrial/farmhouse living room
Dustin Donald
6 years ago
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Comments (23)Yes. Another modern farmhouse apartment. I’m 25 young and single and the beauty of all that is I can do what I want and re-style as I please. My bedroom is an extremely modern/glam room with a velvet, large headboard with navy and metallic accents. And you know what? I love that too! Thanks for everyone’s opinions I enjoy looking at all of your great spaces and reading the comments even though some comments are hardcore lol....See MoreFarmhouse living room on a budget
Comments (41)Gang, tell me if I'm being fair about this. I've been looking through some of these Modern Farmhouse photos, and one thing I'll say about them is that they all seem to be lightened up like crazy. Take a relatively light-colored room, remove anything with color, position an extremely bright light behind a window covered with some kind of gauzy curtain, blow up the exposure, and "click!" Modern Farmhouse! Don't get me wrong--I love the look, but I think a lot of these rooms are heavily staged, and without a ton of light will look much duller and more ordinary in person. So Kent Warren, if you're thinking "Gawd, why can't I achieve this glorious look," it might be that nobody can achieve it unless they have a film crew standing by. I definitely think you should keep going, but be careful to go a bit more by how you feel about the space, and a bit less by how it compares to curated photos. That's not true for every style, but I think for this Modern Farmhouse style, feel might be just as important as look....See MoreFarmhouse style eat in kitchen/dining table hutch decor
Comments (22)Me again, Tammy. Thanks for sharing all the photos of your cozy home. If you like it the way it is, just enjoy it. If you're wanting a more modern look, start two Ideabooks on Houzz, one "Transitional" and one "Modern Farmhouse." Save photos of houses you like that seem realistic with the style of your house--the "bones" of it, and what you already have. Look up something called "negative space." Here's an article on it in Houzz. It's about the nice sense of space and flow you get when your eye can rest on empty space. Not every wall has to have some little object on it. More space means you focus on a few nice pieces, an art work, some photographs, plants, etc. so your eye doesn't get too overwhelmed at taking in too many small things. That's why I suggested removing your metal shelves in the dining room to focus on your lovely hutch, whether it has a top on it or not. [https://www.houzz.com/magazine/the-power-of-negative-space-in-interior-design-stsetivw-vs~97343035 [(https://www.houzz.com/magazine/the-power-of-negative-space-in-interior-design-stsetivw-vs~97343035) Consider removing nearly all of your "signs" -- not all of them -- and other objects from walls, cabinet tops, etc. Put the stuff in a box for a while and see if your rooms seem simpler and spacious. Comments on your photos: --The bathroom is really nice--great paint choice; not too many knick knacks; nice shower curtain. --Sun porch: take off everything from the walls behind the corner wicker chair. If you want, add a little modern-ish reading light over the chair to suggest a cozy reading corner. One pillow--tops-per chair! How can you sit down otherwise? --Daybed/office room. If budget allows, a simple blue tailored print or solid cover would work better than the ornate spread on there now. Get a nice horizontal painting for over the daybed and remove the other little painting entirely and take off the metal thing. --Bedroom with brown tufted headboard. Hang the mirror and get yellow and blue curtains with coordinating yellow and blue shams and bedding. --Den with big brown couches. Move the sofas about a a half foot from the wall to add some visual space to the room. Move the the horse art to the window wall with nothing else--zero. That way, they'll be the first thing you see when you enter the room. Get a ledge shelf for the other wall and arrange JUST A FEW PIECES YOU LIKE ON IT! Negative space is a positive! Get a round tray for the ottoman in an accent color and leave it empty for people to put down drinks, food, etc. No pillows would be better than the floppy oversized ones on the couch that just look kind of sloppy. Less is more. --Fireplace room and everything that can be seen looks nice. If you have doodads hanging elsewhere in that room, take them down, so the focal point is that lovely fireplace. --The big bedroom. Move the mirror elsewhere. Center the dresser. It'll have more impact by itself. Again, doodads off the walls. Remove the little chest from the window. It's just another piece of visual clutter. You want a sense of the windows and light uninterrupted by that piece. Get some great curtains for this room and bedding that goes with them. With all the bitty things removed, these full curtains, hung very high and right to the floor, will have an impact. So will your nice bedroom furniture....See MoreHelp with Layout for Awkward Farmhouse Living Room
Comments (6)I like the fireplace as is, and a warm white on the walls would enhance fireplace and all of the wood.. I would go warmer than this. Benjamin Moore’s Ballet White or Swiss Coffee could be possibilities. I like BM’s Natura Line. As far as furniture placement, I think 2 seating areas. One option, instead of sofa, etc. could be a center cocktail table or ottoman with four chairs. Or if you would rather have a sofa arrangement. I would put a small scaled sofa on the wall facing windows. Small scaled sofa would go where black marker is in this view. w/ rug: https://www.roomvo.com/share/o0am4r And sofa could possibly be larger; it is difficult to estimate available space there. so I am saying small scaled to be on the safe side. And if there is to be a tv in the space, I would place it on long, low console in front of windows. Additional seating by fireplace, but I have not yet figured out what would be best there. A chair or two, I think. Perhaps a chaise....See Morenjmomma
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