Help in family living room decor
Hi All,
I recently bought home and now planning decor of family living room . I have tight budget, henceforth planning to reuse my existing 3 seater gray color fabric sofa. The one side of room has wall with beautiful wood panel and opposite side has book shelf, rest all the walls are White. The kitchen along with room has White cabinets.
(Attached some pics of the room and sofa)
I am struggling to buy other furniture and accessories which would go well with Gray sofa and wood wall.
- I thought to buy either 2 seater sofa or 2 arm chairs - Which one do you feel is the best option.
- What color should choose for sofa or chairs? Whether to go for plain or print texture?
- After going through many images, I feel shades of black, gray, cream and white would go well for furniture and other accessories in this room. I want to pop one more color and really confuse which one to add?
- Is this approach OK to first buy furniture and then match rug, coffee table, artworks and TV unit accordingly?
Please suggest your opinion. Thank you so much...
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5 years agoYour home is beautiful!! I love all of the wood!! So I usually start with the couch and then a rug! I put the below inspiration together! I personally would go with a marble and brass coffee table, an amazing vintage rug, and some modern mid century items to match your home! Also love a little leather :)
Sona P thanked Alexandra Nickson
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You have many reddish golden tones in the room--floor and wall, so those should be taken into consideration. For across the way, find a media setup that runs all the way across that wall--this idea but with art work around the TV in the same wood finish as the wall so it will look built in. These kinds of low shelves are very affordable and handsome--basically a tall bookshelf turned sideways.
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Set up something like this only with your panelled wall as the backdrop.
Art work in this palette but in subjects you like. This one picks up the gray and wood tones.
"Gold Leaves." Original Artwork By Kanayo Ede · More Info
Rug:
Surya Athena ATH-5071 10' x 14' Rug · More InfoNot these chairs but something simple, up on legs, and in harmony with your panelled wall and floor.
Adaya Cappuccino Faux Leather Armchairs With Beech Legs, Set of 2 · More Info
Sofa pillows:
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Comments (31)The look I was aiming for was transitional, sort of casual traditional with maybe a little eclecticism. I'm not sure if I'll be able to pull that off. Yes, you can, and are well on the way. But, IMO, it is hard to fit the Queen Anne furniture pieces in. And you need to move the accessories from formal to contemporary. Btw, if the rug is part of the contemporary look, I did have a more busy, sort of persian-looking rug in the room, but I didn't think it looked too good, so I went for something more graphic. I like the rug a lot. But since it is going to set the stage for the room, if you dont like it, then make that the next thing to switch out, because it is going to drive the color scheme. Does the plant behind the chair look ok? I like it, and I think fake plants are just fine as long as they are clean and not covered with dust. Buy an uplight ($15) and set it in the pot shooting the light up at and through the leaves. Use a timer so it comes on automatically. You might raise the plant slightly so more of the greenery shows - try placing it on some books or a box. I will get a nice matte and frame for my dog drawing in chalk pastel, done by my brother. What color frame do you think I should get, goldish? I'm thinking of pairing it with two other pictures of my dogs in similar frames above the chair. I like the idea of pairing with two other pictures. I would stay away from gold. You could do three identical black frames. Another issue is the leather chair. I think the leather chair looks great. I will remove the candle sconces and maybe put sconces by the mirror. Maybe hold off on this area until you do some other things. In a perfect world, I would replace the Queen Anne console with something more in the style of the TV cabinet. For now, I would remove the sconces and try a couple things. Move the rectangular mirror over there, or just for the heck of it, see what the oval mirror would look like turned on its side. To me, a mirror + sconces is a formal look you are moving away from. However, if that is in a hallway to the dining room and not really part of this room, then maybe keep it formal. I thought light sconces might be a good solution above the sectional at one time, but when I used my planter things (holding my artificial plants) to sort of help me get an idea where they should go and how they might look, it never seemed right. But maybe I should just put one on the far right and far left end of the sectional, like MJLB said if I understood. Decorating above a sofa or sectional is difficult. You might consider this: Leave one of the two walls above the sofa empty. Decorate only the wall above the longer end of the sofa and use one large picture. Measure the length of the longer section lets say it is 80 inches long. Find one picture that measures in width somewhere between 3/4 and 7/8 of that length. Using the 80 inch example, the width of your picture would be between 60 and 70 inches. Now, go shopping for artwork with that width. You could even do that as you think about a new area rug, and whichever comes along first becomes the building block for the other. I'll look at lamps at a lamp store. Perhaps I'll buy a lamp on a pole by the leather chair. And maybe add a tiny table? Or a pole lamp with a little table built in? Pole lamps with built in tables are so practical, but I never see them in the better stores. Wodkas is really nice. It's funny, I was looking for squarish looking lampshades the other day, thinking they would look good above my mantle. Instead, I got the two lamps you see on the mantel. It's not too late to return them; they even still have the plastic on the shades. Personally, yes, I would return them and look for something more interesting. I like the idea of lamps on the fireplace, but another option would be to offset the picture to one side and put a blue vase or one lamp or something else next to it. Now the big issue of whether to paint the fireplace wall . . . what I visualize is probably too formal to work in my house though. The painted fireplace and all the other items in Ingrids room are gorgeous. But that is a more formal style than you seem to be going for. I would leave the brick alone, but give a good cleaning to the brass surround and then spray paint it with black paint (we can give you more info on how to do that - it is easy and cheap). It looks like you use the fireplace, so maybe shop the internet for new fireplace tools that are more showy. Down the road, replace the mantle with something a little bigger, and replace the country looking corbels with something more striking. It is all in the details....See MoreFamily Room, Great Room Design, Decor , HELP
Comments (6)It looks like the best thing is to start with a new 3 seat sofa. Since you have the TV above the mantle, we assume you want your seating positioned that way. Then you will want two chairs to go on the wall directly across from the slider. You also may like a rug? Below you can get a lot of great ideas from designs of ours. Note the furniture, rugs, end tables, pillows, lamps, artwork, window treatments, coffee tables, and various other decor accessories....See MoreNeed help decorating family room and eating area.
Comments (17)You are fortunate to have a large room! As for the side table next to the sectional, it's not too much if you need it. If someone often sits there, they do need a place to put there drink and/or a snack. Maybe you need the table for a lamp, too. The one you have there now may a bit small, it looks like just the box of tissues takes up the whole table. Before you purchase a new one, why not wait until your area rug comes so you can get a good idea of what type of end table will suit?...See MoreHelp decorating attic/family room
Comments (14)Thank you all so much for the advice and insight! Definitely going to look at ditching the coffee table first for a smaller round one. I've tried removing it from the space and it feels much more open and comfortable without it there. I'd purchased some throw pillows but would like to introduce some more color as the gray on gray is very bleak, so it would be nice to warm the room up a bit. The ceiling lighting from above is a bit harsh when relaxing at night, so i'd like to explore some more cozy lighting as well. I didn't realize how dead looking the first pictures came out initially, so I took a couple today and will just add them here to give a better representation of the room spaze, couch color, & lighting....See MoreRelated Professionals
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My husband is not big fan of leather furniture. I got the idea from mood board that actually leather chairs would go well with wall but how about using such kind of chairs in case my hubby
didnt agreed for leather chairs and use the leather coffee table or ottoman?
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You don't need to have leather chairs or ottoman. In fact with such a large sofa, the distinctive panelling, something lighter than a leather ottoman would be better. Upholstered chairs that are also up on legs in a color that works with the sofa, art work, rug work best. I can't find the right color, but this idea--with the wood finishes coordinated with wood floors and walls.
The order of buying things will depend on your budget and tastes. Usually you begin with your "givens," in your case the palette that comes with the panelling if it stays, shelves, sofa, and floor. Every piece you add should in some way echo those. Since all the wood items currently take up the most visual space, when you choose art, pillows, rug, new pieces should connect in some way with just a bit of that wood color.
Definitely have a plan for your TV wall. That wall can be a great backdrop for the room and deserves more than a small TV table. Here's something simple though I prefer the setups in previous photos I posted--long, low shelf all the way across in same finish as wall to look built in and surrounded with art.
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Ooo, that's a good idea, Precision! Turn sofa around, then no new shelving is needed. just some carpentry to make current bookcase TV friendly. Add piece of very wide horizonal art on the panelling behind the sofa in the new location.
Notice how the coffee table and chairs are up on legs to balance the bulk of the sofa and panelling below. Patterned rug picks up some of the wood color. This is a good template to follow, but using your sofa, panelling and flooring to create a palette and plan.
This could work:
"Sunset Dreams II" Hand Painted Canvas Art, 60"x20" · More Info
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