Design style for New House’s Living Areab
Hi guys -
If this was your house, would you be designing it more in the farmhouse style or perhaps something more modern (mid-century)?
I can see either working, but having one large room that is completely open from kitchen to the living area without any partitions or divisions is throwing me for a loop. Whichever style, I don’t have enough of either style to carry the theme through so I have to shop...but it’d help if I knew what style I want to shoot for.
The house is very bright with natural light (front door faces west); the countertops are veined white quartz; the cabinets are pure white and painted. It’s not a big house at only 1,700 SF. I also have a baby grand piano (black) that needs to go in here somewhere, FYI. I’m losing 1,300 SF by moving here — I think it’s really cute and wanted a more manageable size — but now that it’s done, I’m frozen from analysis paralysis! Everything I have is too big, too much, too something.
Any help from experienced eyes would be appreciated!
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Sugi_C (Las Vegas, NV)
4 years ago
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4 years agoSo, without buying anything substantial other than an area rug — here is the dining area. I just refinished the dining set and put two wicker chairs at the end while using the bench that came with it as a plant stand beneath the window.
That wine cellar is an eyesore but I can’t put it in the garage in NV without it being on overdrive 24/7, and this is literally the only place I have room for it. Short of building it into the wall, not much else I can do.
Still working on the living room. And this piano area is awkward, still....but all of it will have to happen next year as all of my family members are coming into town.
Happy Holidays, everyone!
Sugi_C (Las Vegas, NV)
4 years ago
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