I need help! Dont know how to decorate or pick furniture/paint for LR
Ok. So we bought this house with an interesting layout. When you walk in there is a random sunroom with a wood ceiling. When we moved in, there was wood paneling on the wall with fireplace. I hated it so I painted over it. I know nothing about choosing paint colors. There is tons of natural light. Our diningdining room is oversized.
So my MIL pride's herself in decorating. She is really good, and she lives in an artsy area with a brick bungalow that looks great with bright colors and vintage stuff. Our area is not like that as much. We are still in kind of an artsy area but the houses around us are more modern.
So she decided to come over and buy us stuff which we really appreciate. She thinks the style of our house should be shabby chic or eclectic. She gets all if our stuff from antique stores and I was too nervous to say anything. Then she wanted to make our house colorful and arty like hers. So she decided a blue accent wall would hit the spot. So we painted that. A few weeks later I walked in the living room and saw this, in my opinion, hideous chair. I had left my door unlocked and when I came home it was sitting in the living room. She was so proud of it. I felt bad but it was kindkind of the last straw and I said something and that I would rather have quality vs quantity. So I put it in the garage and took the mirrors down. She is obviously not happy but it is ultimately our house. We don't really know what furniture, paint or "style" we want in our hoyse. Whatever looks best. We are not country people. Me and my husband want to go furniture shopping when they are out of town lol and pay her back for the furniture, it waswasn't expensive. Now she says we don't have the money to pain paint the rest of the house so the blue wall is just there. But we want to make it look nice.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I have no clue what I'm doing. I would like to make it look to the best of its potential and give a wow factor, probably more modern because I fall in love with houses on Zillow for sale, or apartment models.models.again I have no clue where to start. Looking for coffee table, couch colors, curtain colors everything everythineverything and want it all to match.
Any opinions old be greatly appreciated :)
And we are a younger married couple with one daughter
These photos are all before we moved in:
The furniture we had when we moved in:
My MILs first furniture replacement and renovation
Her second round of stuff:
And the 3rd-with the
I put a lot of the stuff in the garage and am trying to turn the living room into more of model looking living room/tarhet style/best of its potential.
But I have no clue what "style" I should go for!!
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Comments (38)nwdrip- Thanks for chiming in! I am thankful for any advice and I appreciate you commenting on my thread. I think painting the back of the cabs dark brown would be really cool with some colorful dishes. Suero- I never would have picked a rug like that, but you are right, it works. My only thing is that I am, in general, trying to avoid red. I had red accents all over my last apartment, and I want to go for a different feel. However, I get to see what a teal looks like, and how patterns interact with my curtains, so thank you!!! I have continued to look at other rugs. Hubby has been almost no help. He is very picky on what he wants, but he won't help me look. I have browsed through approximately 4000 rugs by now, and every suggestion I have had, he has shot down. :( Here are some of my favorites right now. Please tell me what you guys think: A B C D E F G Hubby wants a border around the edge, doesn't want flowers, only wants a hint of color, doesn't want stripes, doesn't want beige. Please note that most of *my* faves at least have one of those things. This one that I posted earlier appears to still be hubby's favorite: But he's not sold on it....See MoreHelp! I've made terrible mistakes with LR (pics)
Comments (66)I love the furniture you've picked out. It will look bright and cheery and just the feeling of the inspiration pics you've posted in your other threads...once you paint! Paint the darn room already! :) My last house had muddy mauve and no natural light (houses on three sides and a big porch on the other). As soon as I painted, it changed everything. Even my mood was better. And if you have a front porch, I suggest you paint the porch ceiling blue. It made a big difference looking out my window and seeing Martha Stewart's Porch Ceiling Blue. Almost as good as being able to see the sky. :) Let your room evolve. Don't feel like it has to be "done" right away. Take your time finding art and accessories that you love. You're doing great and you're going to have a lovely space to enjoy....See MoreNeed help picking out rug and curtains to match new furniture
Comments (9)my daughter has similar chair and grey sectional...she has windows just like yours! She did a navy and white wide horizontal stripe. She got them on sale at Target I think, 5 panels and they are the shorter length and she hung them on a one inch diameter rod and they stop right at the bottom of the window, the rod is between the ceiling and the window top and are about 5 inches beyond the windows on each end...they look so cool and since they are not hitting the floor they hang nice and straight.......the sofa is in front of the window too,...See MoreDon’t know what paint to choose! Help!!
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6 years agoMy daughter has this coffee table from Ikea...
It's a black/brown color that really goes with everything...I like the quality of it and I like oval for your space...
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6 years agoThe curtains she got us for our dining room
and the patterned one for our bedroom. i just realized patterns and blues are really hard to match with things coming in. i do like the curtain rods she got
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6 years agoHow about this one? It's ikea (so you'll have to go in and check quality) I know but we're on a budget here..
It's simple and you can pair it with a lot of different styles of chairs/benches..
Opens to 70 inches, too.
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