Please help me choose living room furniture, mantel & accents!!!
Houzz has been incredibly helpful in the last few years with making positive changes around our home, so I'm back today to get advice on what color sofa/loveseat/chair we should get to brighten up our den/living area. We just recently commissioned this painting to put on our fireplace, replacing the artwork in the second photograph. I am working really hard to convincing my husband (with the help of my neighbors across the street who are very design saavy!) to make a much smaller floating mantel without those giant korbels. BUT my husband HAS expressed interest in getting a new sofa and loveseat or recliner to replace the dark espresso ones we have now (which will go in our upstairs game room) so I'm seizing the opportunity!! The living room photo below is older... we no longer have that trestle shelf in the background, thank goodness. So I'm looking for suggestions for sofa colors.... only caveat is that we want leather and reclining- leather because we have young child and dog who sheds.... so easy cleanup is key!
I was considering gray furniture... but many of the grey leather sofas are very dark.... so then I was leaning to ivory, beige, or "stone" but I am wondering if they would be too warm for the space with the warm wood floors?
Mantel wise, I'd like to do a floating beam style mantel, likely stained similarly to the floors. I"m working on getting my husband to agree to that. And I was thinking some gray and/or blue throw pillows and accents. My neighbor was suggesting trimming some of the depth from the mantel and then removing the korbels but I'm not sure if that would work.
Any suggestions for sofa/chair/love seat? I guess that's first and foremost what we need to work with. PS the art has meaning- it represents each member of our family. :)
this is an old picture, alternate angle of space. Eventually would like a new tv console as well.. but baby steps here. ;)
Comments (8)
PRORL Relocation LLC
4 years agoYour idea about the mantel is spot on !
I think your new rug is nice, but....(sorry), I feel like you dont need a rug in here or you need something lighter, smaller possibly even a free form like faux bear or even round. the space is so small the rug is closing you in.
recliners will eat up a lot of space here........ you will have to forgo the coffee table I suspect. have you toyed with the idea of an ottoman instead, especially since if you are reclined you dont really face the tv so it might not be as awesome lol. You could do a reclining chair and sofa with an ottoman, might get more function out of that. Leather sofas really only have so many looks, so I would argee that gray is not really great I would lean toward beige if it was me.
might I also toss out there the light bulb you have shining on the fireplace is a bit to daylight for my taste and also seems to be very bright! I think diming it down, narrowing the beam spread might high light the art better, its a bit washed out right now.
https://www.macys.com/shop/product/kaleb-tufted-leather-sofa-collection-created-for-macys?ID=2672877
decoenthusiaste
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PROStyldod
4 years agoI'm not too sure if the rug your blue rug will go too well with an ivory or beige sofa. I'd suggest you break up the colors so it doesn't look too grey or beige. The accent chair/ love seat you buy could be a sea foam/ mint/ icy blue (works well with your painting). Ivory works well with these colors and would make your room feel more spacious. I do agree with RL here that a lighter rug would look better here.
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Here is leather recliner from Wayfair, with measurements.
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