Need Help Landscaping Odd Shaped Lot
dawnie10
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Need help decorating and odd shaped living room
Comments (18)Really nice room, well put together, too. Doesn't seem odd at all -- not even odd shaped. But then, I do like bay windows and I'm liking all that natural light. Like the rug. Like the art (3) on the wall behind/over the sofa … but ... maybe not where it is currently hung as it is currently hung though. Do you have a fourth, similar pic that you could have framed with the same frame and hang them in a (slightly longer) row -- sofa edge to sofa edge -- and hang them lower? Unless everyone in your family is really tall, the art seems hung a bit high. The dark art over the loveseat seems out of place. If you put a tall thin lamp atop your bookcase, you could hang that darker piece to the right of the lamp shade (with the tops of lamp shade and art approximately even). In the single window above where the sofa and love seat form a corner, have you considered adding a stained glass window hanging there? https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=doMtW4DMO5LcswXLnJvwDw&q=stained+glass+window+hanging+square+or+rectangle&oq=stained+glass+window+hanging+square+or+rectangle&gs_l=img.3...2178.3980.0.4244.13.13.0.0.0.0.147.918.9j2.11.0....0...1c.1.64.img..2.0.0....0.h4yPZoUPbdw You mentioned the shape of your living room -- did that influence your putting the table/chairs by the bay window or, is that your usual/only dining area? If the table is actually used -- perhaps for card games or board games or putting together jigsaw puzzles or for arts and crafts or socializing -- if there is any reason the table is there, then it works there. If you just put it there because you didn't know what else to put in that space, perhaps it is time to rethink its location. Try the rug underneath the 3-seat sofa with its edge stopping at the left edge of the loveseat (after you move the loveseat to the right to center it with the wall behind it). Leave the sofa within a few inches of the wall -- embrace the extra room, especially if that is a fireplace hearth across from the sofa (potential stumble hazard). If it is slightly raised hearth (not just a rug or mat), then make sure you set something on each end so it is less of a stumble hazard: fireplace tools, basket … anything that says "look" so a raised edge hearth can be seen. Prefer taller lamps for living rooms -- leaving the shorter ones with tiny shades for desks or bedrooms. Matter of personal taste, though. Is the interesting tall white fabric rectangle to the right of the piano a cover for a tall ?something? handle or is it a lamp? … Do wait for your husband to move the heavy sofa and loveseat; however, you could work on that corner where thy meet: If it IS a lamp, have you tried setting in that corner where the sofa and love seat meet, either on the floor or atop the short table?...See Moreneed help with my odd shaped kitchen
Comments (28)A peninsula counter/bar to eat at, can be very convenient also, but with the 45 degree angled wall opposite your right angle of kitchen counters, it may be you don't have the ability to have a direction where you cannot get out of the L of your kitchen? I have seen an L kitchen take a 2nd right hand corner for 3 feet and than kick back in to that 45 degree, to get the penisula, but again, you may need that foot traffic to go thru, right or left in the direction of your current counters, in which case a smaller L as she has above, is perfect, but access to those doors below a lower eating surface, might be fun.. The drop down, lower eating surface may be worth it though!! Try to be able to get access from the inside tho. Maybe you would not have to have a solid wall in that design?...See MoreNeed help designing odd shaped multi-use room (pictures in comments)
Comments (11)Maybe your dining table down near the french doors, then a round table or ottoman for games with four small scale swivel easy chairs just to the right of the fireplace. You could then turn a chair (or two) to kind of face the fireplace when you want to cozy up and read - it doesn't appear you have enough room right in front of the fireplace for this arrangement without impeding the walkway. Then add a sectional or sofa and more chairs in a conversation at the other end. If you had a couple of chairs with their backs to the bathroom, with room to walk behind them, then the two game table swivel chairs closest to the sectional/sofa could be swiveled to face that conversation area if needed.These are larger than what it appears you have room for, but you get the idea....See MoreSmall bedroom with odd shape in need of help with furniture placement
Comments (6)If you have a better organization system in your closet, and pare down the items that are stored in the room, could you get rid of some of the furniture? Definitely get rid of the TV cabinet and mount it on the wall. Maybe you could get rid of the cabinet beside the closet, or move it elsewhere in the room. We don't have room or furniture measurements so hard to tell, but could it go on the same wall that the green cabinet is on now, but closer to the window? Not sure if it would block access to the bed. I like your headboard and would not replace it. I'd put less art on the walls, not more. For the group of 3 pictures, hang them at the same height and closer together, about the distance of the picture mat or a bit closer. They should "read" as one unit. Unless you use the mirror for dressing/makeup, a piece of art would look better, e.g. the piece that is over the tall dresser, although the formal-looking gold frame doesn't really go with the more rustic look of the room at all. Can you use it in a different room and bring something else in here? The green vase is out of place too. I would fold the checked blanket in half and lay it sideways across the foot of the bed....See Moredawnie10
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