What to do with dated family room
My husband and I are closing on a house in June. While the house is in great shape, it's not our style and is mostly original 1980s design. While most rooms will be fairly simple to update, I'm stuck on what to do with a few areas including the family room. I like the idea of beams as an architectural detail, but the ceiling isn't really high enough. We plan to update the baseboards to 5" white ones and add thicker crown in all the whole house. We will also remove the paneling on the bottom half of the walls. I think simply painting the beams will look cheap. I'm stuck and can't visualize what to do with this room! I've included a photo of the family room from the listing, so none of the furniture is ours.
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nbadawi
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoDo you have any photos or styles from your idea book that you can add? It would help if you can narrow down what style or look you are going for in order to give you some better recommendations.
We just recently moved to our home and had a similar 1980's family room with a vaulted wood panel ceiling with beams. It also had a ceiling fan and carpet. We updated for a more transitional look so we painted the wood ceiling paneling and walls white, (except the beams which we kept the original wood color), painted the fireplace white, replaced the mantle shelf with a rustic wood mantel shelf, removed the carpet and added hardwood flooring, and replaced the fan with a round iron chandelier lighting.
I know white walls are not for everyone and some may consider it boring.
For your room I would suggest something similar.
Possibly remove the carpet and add hardwood flooring, paint your fireplace, replace the fireplace mantel, paint your built in's a different color and you can add an accent color or even wallpaper to the back shelves, paint the trim on your window. Don't paint your beams or fireplace until after you paint your walls. You may find that your existing beam color or fireplace brick may be perfect with the new wall color your pick.
Below are some pictures I used for inspiration.
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