Please help me redo my family room
Pardon the mess. :) I am ready to redo my living room.
In budget: new (to me) sofa, chairs, tv stand.
Not in budget: full built-ins, new TV (this gigantic one was free), luxury furniture, moving the fireplace so that it's not off center.
The side walls are below. Should I move to a corner TV stand? The tv won't fit on any of the other walls. How can I balance things out?
Thanks!
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Val B
5 years agopartim
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Comments (13)LOVE the traditional furniture ..hate the wallpaper..Love the tray ceiling..it needs a dramatic paint job to play it up..and really go for it..don't use white. Pictures make it a little difficult to tell the origin of the wood, if it is fruit wood or a darker oak..seems a bit too light for mahogany but seems to have a more golden tone as well ..that might be the photo. you are looking toward greens and golds?..the sage green would definately work well with your woods..are you going to keep the wainscoting? I might carry one of the other room colors that adjoin through to the ceiling tray of this room..a soft golden color would add LIGHT to it..and then put a contrast on the rest of the tray outside..you might play it up with some beautiful mouldings..and maybe a medallion if you are staying traditional.. then put beautiful mouldings on your wainscot to match..and under the wainscot you could use moulding frames..sometimes this is a little difficult to figure out how to do if you are carpentry challenged..but you can go to a store and find actual picture frames in a moulding that you love and buy a whole bunch of them and glue them equally spaced on the wall below the wainscot to make panels..or squares..and then have the background painted one color and the mouldling another..i prefer lighter as darker can be a bit "overkill".. say the soft sage behind a soft vanilla moulding with a very pale french cream or darker vanilla on the top 1/2 and then the golden ceiling with the vanilla moldlings and sage up in the tray with a vanilla medallion and an antique chandelier with the oiled bronze finish.. now if you want to get a little fancier..the sage on the wainscot behind the mouldings could be of a waterstained type silk or moire..that would be stunning..saving some of the same fabric for curtains..yum... Then wouldn't it be stunning to have depressionware green glassware with some very creamy and green dishes..they would bounce off that golden reddish wood.....See MoreNeed help with family room update - please help me shop and paint!
Comments (2)I think your first task is to find a rug to set the tone for the room. You could have carpet bound in the size you need if you want to stay mono-chromatic. A tone on tone rug in cream, tan and chocolate might add a neutral but interesting touch. It only needs to be a couple of feet wider than the sofa unless you add new end tables that you want to sit on it too. I would keep it 12" away from the hearth though. Once the rug is found, if it has a variety of tones in it, use the darkest shade for your chairs. Be sure and take your tape measure with you so you can determine the right height on them. I don't think they should be taller than the sofa. I don't think the two chairs have to match, and it would be nice if one of them had a pattern to the fabric. Here is a mono-chromatic room, but with a touch of pattern and texture....See MoreHelp me redo this family room, furniture and arrangement.
Comments (1)I moved the couch to the other wall, is this better?...See MoreJill
5 years agoThanks! Normally the chairs are across from where they are. I moved them back and slid the TV down so you can see that view.
To answer some questions:
Behind the sofa is the entrance to the room, bathroom, and stairs to the basement. (and my workstation)
The bookcases and sewing table don't have to stay.
There is not much traffic through the doors between the bookcases - it leads to a playroom.
As for the pictures on the walls - yes they need to be changed - and made bigger.
JJill
5 years agoMaybe I should just look for a TV stand that is similar in look to my sewing table? Would that balance things out?
Jill
5 years agoJill
5 years ago
I haven't pulled everything off the walls, but I feel like I'm getting closer. I'm thinking about this set up with an industrial / transitional long tv stand. New couch (probably neutral grayish) and fun chairs in a funky color.
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5 years agoI can't be sure what colour your walls are, but I'm not sure of a grey couch and a lime yellow accent. I'd go for a couch in a lighter version of the walls perhaps. Here are a couple of alternatives for an accent colour.
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5 years agoFirst off, all you need is a lot of decluttering and a wider TV stand to go under the TV to balance that wall. After that, your room will be much better.
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