Help! Need to update living room! Suggestions?
Hi! We just recently bought a house and the living room is completely covered with judges paneling. There is just so much wood plus the flooring is wood,too. Nice brick fireplace but the same wood surrounds it. It is very cozy area but is dated and is a little on the dark side. Really don't want to do a major remodel and was thinking about paint. Any suggestions for an updated and brightened look? p.s. the furniture and decorations are not ours so please overlook if possible
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Comments (3)You have warm tones in the wood on the floor and trim. The first thing is to de clutter the room - too much brick brack everywhere, especially on the mantle. Next, I would replace the rug as it is too small. Are you going to replace any of the furniture?...See MoreHELP! Need ideas for kitchen and living room updates
Comments (1)If those are laminate cabinets, you might find laminate paint. I've seen Canadian designers use it to redo those same cabs, but not sure what the paint would be called in the U.S....See MoreNeed help updating living room!
Comments (19)Your cocktail table is really nice....consider using steel/wrought iron and stone end tables that blend with the cocktail table colors....lamps can be large and done in a accent color....art work, very big or multiples of two or three using about 2/3 wall space of sofa length....curtains can be is a smaller print with white and your accent color or possibly in colors that coordinate with the art work over the sofa....start with the end tables and lamps and art....good luck and best wishes or the new baby....See MoreNeed paint color suggestions to update living room
Comments (8)I'm a Sherwin-Williams color fan. It took me a good 7 months to sample a variety of tans and beiges for my last house which was a North facing house in Fort Worth. Eventually I chose Softer Tan. I also had travertine flooring and went with it perfectly. I had Dover White for my trim. This new house which is a south facing home in Raleigh we went with Kilim Beige. I'm loving it because it tends to be a little darker but with the abundant sunlight it feels cozy to me. The only way you're going to make this choice is to get all your sample colors and test in every room on several different walls and to continue eliminating them until you have maybe five. Then you get sample pots, which are not real paint because they lack some materials, but they're great samples. I then painted canvases, purchased from Michaels, and then placed them in the rooms on various walls to get an idea of what a larger paint concept would look like. Tip that I forgot- mark your canvases. Lol. This is an iterative process and not one made from online color samples. Houses great for people to give you a direction based on their experiences or use of colors in our own homes but after that it's all about testing....See More
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5 years agoI think it's a nice room with an "English Library" feel. It's hard to tell from the photos what type and quality the wood is. Can you tell us--is it good quality hard wood, like cherry, mahogany, old growth pine or oak?? If it's good quality, it would be hard to recommend painting it.
However, if you decide to paint, why not paint part of the room? You could keep the mantel wall stained and paint the rest, like this room:
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