Good morning- post remodel furniture arrangement and artwork placement
Allison Burnfield McAteer
6 years ago
we just finished a major renovation. Most of our budget is gone(ok we are over budget). Putting the house back together with things we already have. I'm wondering if you wonder decorators/idea generators could help me. I have many design questions but I will go with two biggies to get started.
1) Where would you but the living room seating vs the dining room seating? I think I like the dining seating in the center but the space is tricky it is larger then the other area and leaves alot of unused space.
2) curtians- i have lined white ones floor to ceiling that need hemmed and or thick navy ones. Which do you think will look best?
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Sammie J
6 years agoAllison Burnfield McAteer
6 years agoRelated Discussions
Help with art work, please!! Pics included.
Comments (13)You could use a much shorter lamp there to get rid of it blocking the view. However, it seems like a piece of art centered on that wall might not work......... that wall is basically the dividing line between two different rooms, right? (Yes, it's a great room... but the way the furniture is.... it just seems divided.) I would be confused about what to put up for that reason alone.... :) Personally, I would do a grouping of mirrors.... Something hung like these "Garden District" mirrors from Ballard: I'm not sure if the dimensions on these particular ones are right for your space, but I think something similar could work and look very nice....See MoreMessing with my mantel/art/arrangement
Comments (50)I like both pieces in their new locations and just love the painting over the mantel! The light green pillows look nice with the photo but the smaller chevron one is a bit distracting. Agree with it's being moved down and placing two smaller, similar photos framed similarly on either side of,the dandelion....See MoreBedroom Tweaking, Continued (art placement, etc.)
Comments (20)Kitch4me (I always thought the "kitch" in your name stood for "kitchen," though it just occurred to me that it could mean, well, kitch, which I like even better) I've chosen the last of the two pictures to hang between the windows, at least, for now. One of these days, my artist friend will make it over to help me (re)organize my artwork, and, then, all bets are off as to where they'll end up. I did reorganize my shelves a bit. I even took iphinkmountain's advice & added some baskets at the bottom - put photo albums and my old journals (dating back to high school, I think) in them. ShawNshawN - thanks for the calculations! I absolutely generally agree with you about hanging art eye height - and since I'm 5'3" and live alone, that's the standard I use - right? I don't really care what "average" eye height is in my home. That said, not all my art is eye height. For example, I have this vignette: The lower piece is hanging quite low, but it is eye height, for me, when I'm sitting on my sofa directly across from it. Which brings up the art above the bookshelves, directly across from my bed... that's art that I see when I'm in/on my bed. The photo above, taken from my bed, is how I see the art when I have a direct view of it. Are there exceptions made to the "eye level" rule when "eye level" is generally not a standing view?...See MoreWhere to place art work around this buffet
Comments (20)Awesome suggestions! I've been sparked! @njmomma: I like this example. As the original buffet comes with a mirror, I don't like it. Perhaps a separate vintage mirror would be nice to reflect some light in the space. Then I can hang pictures around it. @yvonne: I have hordes of pottery and you bring up a good idea; instead of buying more art I should hang my pottery on the wall, after taking off the mirror top. We have quite a few family pictures; in our previous home the buffet was flanked by those vintage items. However as this space has less traffic than the front hallway where I was considering for the family pictures, I'll keep the pottery in this location and the family pictures in the front hallway. @holly: I'm refining my mint favorites. I'm looking at reds, oranges in abstracts and landscapes. However previous suggestions of using pottery may put Minted on the back burner. @tedbixby: yes I have considered putting the wicker chairs on either side of the buffet..To the right of the buffet is a dry sink which is normally in the living room but due to the Christmas tree we had to switch it out with a drop leaf table (which is usually to the right of the buffet under the window). @grover: the room functions as it is. There's a dog pen because we have to pen them when we're gone. We don't use a dining room table, so it doesn't need to function as that. And we have an abundance of antiques but less room than our previous house so we have to find a wall for them. I wish we could put them in storage, but these are my husband's family pieces and he's not interested in doing that. And he's not ready to reduce the inventory, so we have to work with the pieces in the square footage that we have....See MoreAllison Burnfield McAteer
6 years ago
ok- pretend the huge sideboard thing is over by the dining room table and the green couch is in its place. I know i don't "need" three couches but I love my green couch. Putting a couch where the long gray couch in the last picture won't work. The space to walk through behind the couch and the island seating is a little squishy and I know my kids will rub their hands all down the back of the couch or spill whatever they are carrying into the dining room right there.
Allison0704
6 years agoAllison Burnfield McAteer
6 years ago
with the sideboard moved. and the gray sofa in its place. No room for the green sofa anywhere else. Our house is only 1400 sf. MB is tiny. I will get rid of is if need be. I just like it!?!?
cawaps
6 years agoAllison Burnfield McAteer
6 years agoYes- the door by the world map is the front door. Although we rarely use it b/c our driveway and garage are off of the back of the house. I do think the sofa along that wall looks funny and chops the flow. I moved it out far enough to get a console table behind it and I'm not liking how far over i would have to move it. All in all I think the flow works better with the couches over by the patio(narrower space).
I hung the curtians just to see... what do you think? Navy or white? Both will have two panels per side.
I'm leaning toward navy(but I'm really biased toward color)
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
6 years agoAllison Burnfield McAteer
6 years agoAllison Burnfield McAteer
6 years agoI swapped the furniture out(again). Until I get rid of the "extra" couch this flow seems to work best. Next up- I'll get the white curtains. And get the dining chairs fixed...
Allison Burnfield McAteer
6 years ago
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