living room layout/decor help
Hello and thank you in advance for your advice. We recently bought a house and we need to update and buy new furniture as we are coming from a condo with almost nothing. I would like some help with the living room, photos attached. The furniture in the photos is the seller’s and will not stay. We will also take down the wall paper and likely paint a shade of white (help welcome on paint color).
I have done no interior design and would love some ideas. Our style is eclectic/transitional and as there is a water view it would be nice to incorporate a natural look. As the room faces east, I was thinking grey/white/blue and other neutrals would work. We will likely get a charcoal sofa as we have a two year old who does not respect light sofa colors!
We think we’ll keep the wood trim on the windows for now, if we want to change to white in future that is an option. We need a tv in this room as well. Our total budget for paint, furniture and decor for this room is 8-10k Canadian.
Thanks!
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Comments (20)Have to agree that wall mounting the tv is probably your best bet. Do you have plaster walls? I can't tell how old the house is from your pictures. Fishing cables through plaster walls can be difficult. However, there are cord covers that you can use to cover the cables on the wall. They can be painted to match the wall color. And if you Google a bit, there are a lot of creative ideas on how to hide all the tv cables out there. I'd do a bit of research first, to get the wall mount that will work best for you, and to figure out the easiest way to hide all the cables. If you don't want a rug, and I don't blame you, those floors are sure pretty, think about doing something else to help "furnish" the room. I could see a large plant on the wall with the tv, or a bookcase for display. I think if you can find something else for that wall, in addition to the tv, it will make the room seem more fully furnished....See MoreNeed help living room layout and decorating
Comments (8)Nothing goes on those high shelves unless you have museum quality sculptures, Do I spy a door in the right niche? If so, can it be moved? The art on the mantel is the wrong orientation. Try turning it longways and remove all the other stuff on the mantel for now. If you want to know about furniture arrangement and what other furniture to buy, then you need to give us photos from all four directions....See MoreLiving room layout and decor ideas
Comments (14)I'd make two seating areas. Pull sofa up closer to tv with ottoman in front of it. Then put the chair and bookshelf where sofa was for a reading area. The back of the brown sofa would be perpendicular to the back side of the kitchen wall. This would create a walkway to the dining area. Might work....See MoreLiving Room Layout /Decor Help!
Comments (2)Facing sofas will not work. But back to back sofas will. Windows abutting t v only need one panel, stacked back to the left and the other to the right. See pix #2. When you design your fireplace, build the box and bring it out in to the room. See my pix #2. Next you need to center the rug in the room. Remove the cheap looking ceiling light and replace with two, because my thoughts are you need two different seating areas and each area gets it own (matching) chandelier. So, two sofas, four chairs, four ottomans and two coffee tables....See More
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoWhat a lovely nice room view! That is a nice furniture layout for your family to lounge when watching movies. At the entry- place a mirror over the bench area amd wall art on the left (kitchen wall) Family room- a loveseat or second couch at 90 degrees from the first couch, plus a side table at their corner, and two arm chairs. Rug? -large enough to place all front furniture feet on the rug.
Gray white blue.... Any particular shade of blue? Indigo, spa, Aqua, teal,?
Since you have your color scheme in mind.... You have half the battle won. Keep it in mind when you are shopping. What is happening in your entryway or the first room as one enters the house? Is there room for wall art that can serve as an appetizer for your home's color story? It is something to keep in mind....
One couple had no idea of where to begin. They toured model homes to get ideas for furniture placement and a fluid color scheme. Then one day, they both spotted/ loved this wall art at a ZGallerie - Water Lillies 2 & 3 by Lilliana Purinton. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/228065168605625996/ and all fell into place from there. Like you, they started with a dark couch for the family room. They found a series of prints to hang above the couch (in similar colors Blues & greens- Zarris' Teal Ikat series. https://www.art.com/products/p26551596162-sa-i8116128/chariklia-zarris-teal-ikat.htm
Here is 50 transitional model homes for ideas to consider http://tours.stevenjamescollins.com/public/tour/search
This- is an example of what you can do for wall art......If you find one that you respond to, but need something else in the house or room to work with it... You can DIY a canvas ...
Example-
Julia Purinton 'Water Lilies 2' Canvas Art, 35"x35" · More Info
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