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Home Decorating Design Dilemma living room

Design ideas new home - mostly dining room, entrance, family room

5 years ago

Wife didn't want to decorate the new home. Hired an interior decorator who bought a bunch of crap. Now trying to go back and fix things.

Looking to fill spots in as well. Not great at this stuff as well.

Family Room

Thinking of changing the shelves to floating straight shelves maybe? Maybe this? https://www.wayfair.com/storage-organization/pdp/gracie-oaks-joao-reclaimed-barn-wood-floating-accent-wall-shelf-w000058207.html or this in a walnut finish? https://www.wayfair.com/storage-organization/pdp/millwood-pines-brooks-wood-floating-shelf-w000338895.html?piid=218123762

I think we have this rug in the garage (https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/mercury-row-marcelo-hand-tufted-woolcotton-ivory-area-rug-mcrr7867.html ) wife liked it, then got it. Decided she didn't like it arrived. Doesn't want to deal with decorator to arrange for a return.

Family room facing Kitchen - want to take down this fake plants

Not sure what to replace it with.

Wife wants to restain the cabinets to white or light gray. on top. Need to add handles. Not sure how hard or difficult that can be be. I'd love to replace the doors eventually ( we didn't get to choose the cabinets).

Dining room - 6 photos ok with ...

Entrance ---

Dining room wall - needs something. Mirror on floor was too heavy for the wall. Not centered with studs. Trying to mount it on the dry wall ripped it up.

Thinking of maybe trying to mount the mirror above the entrance photo above the hooks.

Comments (3)

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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
5 years ago
I would go with mill wood shelves instead reclaimed ones, because your home decor is not so rustic. Here is another idea to use etageres.
lmbebo thanked Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
lmbebo
Original Author
5 years ago
thank you. We are also in need of decor items and wall art
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The plan separates each living space with access from a central hall. It would work well for an office building but not so much for a house especially f you plan to entertain. I find that trying to make a good plan out of a bad one is usually a waste of time and effort. Its like renovating a house that hasn't been built yet. Decide what you think an entertainment space should look like and develop the house around it. But I would not design a house around an occasional use. The interrelationships of family members should be the dominant theme of a house. And I would never put a level change in a living space unless there was an alternate wheelchair route. If you plan to entertain, the front door should have wheelchair access too. An accessible half bath would be good too.
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Thanks! Sadly I’m not sure what you’d call my style. But I like simple clean style. Cozy and a tad eclectic. I’m so confused when trying to style the house but when I look at pictures I know what I like. It’s just been so hard to make it happen because I think I may need to pick one to move forward. These photos look nice to me.
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I would forget the shelves by the fireplace. That TV is too high and could have gone on the left wall with a nice cabinet beneath with maybe some display and the sofa facing the TV and sitting on the rug so that you can access the door. Decor items and art are things you need to shop for. The art in the DR is hung too high , hang some art on the entry wall with a coat tree in the corner for guests and a shallow shelf under the art.

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