Help with my weird space!!!
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Comments (13)I don't have a basement so the walls aren't damp. If what I says below doesn't work I'm going to see if I could get a consultation with an expert to see what they say. So I investigated the area a little more and I won't be able to dig to add any kind of drainage because the utilities are underground between that area of the house and the street. I'm going to take tibs' advise and use that special paint to try and seal the concrete wall. I'm also going to add a layer of sand to level the area out because right now from the water seeping through the wall there is a small slope toward the retaining wall where the water is sitting. If that remedies the problem I'm going to add a walkway because designshare's second photo looks pretty nice and I think some small pebbles will also help with drainage. ...if the paint and sand doesn't help then I'm going to have to face my neighbor. The reason I'm hesitating talking with them is because we don't get along that well....well let me clarify, I get along with the owners but not with the habitants. There are about 15 people living in the 3 bedroom house and there are always problems (kinda unavoidable with that many people). The owners are very sweet, but don't speak English, so I always have to deal with the son because he speak English- but he is very very VERY nasty. So we're expecting more rain the next few days (I'm bracing myself for extra stinkiness) and on Thursday I plan on painting the wall. I'll let everyone knows how it goes....See MoreWelcome to my weird LR and help! (lotsa pics)
Comments (58)I'm waaay late to this party AND my taste is not what one would call *mainstream*. With that proviso and the understanding that what follows is of course MHO and is not at all meant to offend anyone, I: Think the chair and sofa in the Tomato are FABULOUS. I am pleased the upholstery guy darkened the wood as it needs the depth of color to carry that scrumptious color. Think the FC is a totally unique neat piece of furniture which needs to be fixed 'proper like'. I cannot see this detracting from its value but in fact adding to it providing it's done correctly and not some hatchet job. Think also the FC is SO unique it needs a bold *here I am* fabric, not some whimpy paisley kinda fabric. The fabric Sujafr posted would be super. If your concern is to it's hardiness if you will, then try to find something tougher but very similar. That wonderful Tomato insists on something equally bold and beautiful to compete with it. Think I'd like to see your dining room as it appears from your floor plan drawing the living is open to that room - yes? The FP remarks you have laminate in the DR. Whatever the flooring material in the DR - you need to continue same material into the LR and all the way down the hall. Alternatively, you rip up the DR flooring and replace the whole 9 yards. You'll need to find a area rug/carpet that will co-ordinate the whole (both LR + DR) and if you've a window in the DR, then you'll need the same or very similar WT's on both windows. If they are open to each other as it appears they are, they can't be treated as separate entities without totally chopping up your spaces. Think the stripes definitely need to go with all painted a background color. What that might be should be a decision delayed until after the FC has a chosen fabric. Think the FP also needs to be redone - something very background not *here I am* so it's a good thing that's easy peasy for ya. :-)) Again not done/chosen until after the main furniture pieces are completed. If you were fortunate enuf to find a neat mirror piece as ?? came up with, then likely it should be the star and the FP itself should be very similar to or the same as the wall color - whatever that ends up being. WT's should be pretty much last on the list although they will need to co-ord with your wall color. Being as I am, I wouldn't even consider that item until all the other pieces were pretty clear to me AND the FC was recovered and back home. Think coffee table definitely needs the deeper stain but you seem quite willing to do so and certainly have the talent so really that is a non-issue. Think I'd like to see the (fully repaired) wonderful FC in front of the window also, particularly once it has a dramatic punchy fabric on it. It really is a *star piece* and should be the first thing one sees when entering the room. Think I'd like to see the wood on the half wall stained darker with Tomato Sofa against that wall. Well I've said enuf -- likely you're thinking *more than*. BG's I absolutely LUV LUV that Tomato fabric! On our gloomy (and presently extremely windy here) PNW days, that color is going to be soooo warm and friendly/cozy. I will suggest that you don't have a Victorian home so use this yummy unique furniture as a bold statement rather than an attempt at truly period stuff. I don't often weigh in on threads because my taste is surely not everyone's so pay me no mind at all if it doesn't suit you. :-)) Happy Xmas Holly...See MoreSOS help me design this weird open space!
Comments (2)First get the TV off the FP it is way too high for proper viewing. The TV can go on eihter side of the FP on anice console, put a matching console on the other side with art above it. Take the mirror down . The best is to draw a to scale floor plan of the space show windows, doorways, the FP and also where those stairs come down. Use graph paper mark all measurements clearly,...See MoreSOS help me design this weird open space!
Comments (7)Thanks so much for taking the time to post additional photos! I would move the console table where the two chairs are. Then move the two chairs and martini table in front of the window. Place the lamp from the martini table on the console table and add a plant. For the living area, I would purchase a tv console table and place it to the left of the fireplace...with doors to hide the video game controllers. Then, angle the curved love seat towards the couch. Also, I would add lots of plants here and there to bring some life into your space. Hope this helps!...See Morejessm_101
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