Disjointed living/dining room...
Crystal Dionysopoulos
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Living/dining room layout and design - help!
Comments (20)I like the idea of banquette seating in the dining area as a space conscious solution. And there are some really nice examples above. But if that's not feasible right now, you could consider a drop leaf table against the dining window with a couple of chairs for every day use. (It looks like you already have one against the dining wall.) For dinner parties, you could extend it and center it in the room. But I do agree, that the living room should be reserved for seating since you'll be entertaining relatively often. Here's an arrangement to consider. Apartment sized sofa against window wall and three arm chairs. Along the back wall, where you currently have your dining set, consider a long horizontal bookcase. You can top it with art and lighting and before it place a couple of ottomans for casual seating when you're entertaining a large group. I think an 8x10 area rug would be a good fit, but you can use painter's tape to be sure. It's a neat looking home! It'll be fun settling in and putting it together. Congratulations!...See MoreLake House Living Room/ Dining Room Furniture Help
Comments (8)I have read many complaints about what appear to be the raw finished surfaces of tables from RH, PB, Arhaus, etc. They get damaged VERY quickly from water and oils. (Houzzers, please correct me if I am wrong.). I think that you can go for a relaxed feel without leaning into the grays and washed wood finishes. I would start with a beautiful rug, perhaps with some blues IN it, and then go from there....See MoreConvert dining room to study and move dining to living room or no?
Comments (2)True story: I used several bedrooms in a 6 bedroom house as offices, and when I put the house on the market, the realtor insisted I convert the offices back into bedrooms, complete with beds (I piled up books on the floor, put an air mattress on them, and then "made"the beds! --- decorated with kiddie stuff). The house sold the first day (location, correctly priced) and it was bought by a childless couple who needed to run their business from home and needed more than one office in the house. Go light on making permanent changes so you can switch things back....See Morehow to to make my living room and dining room flow
Comments (23)Now that we know you are going for a glam look, I look at your room differently. You definitely have some glam elements already - crystal, mirrors, that luxurious fluffy throw. I was distracted by your temporary red Valentine accents which are definitely not glam LOL. Glam is always a bit over the top so I think you just need more of what you already have. IMO your existing cabinets and furniture are good. But search google about glam, and you'll see sofas with 2 luxuriously furry throws, not just one. Lots of pillows. Draperies on the windows will add a lot, not necessarily to close for function, but to make the room look more luxurious. Some glam rooms are monochromatic. So you need to decide whether you will continue with a monochromatic look, or add a glam colour which would either be a pastel or a jewel tone. But if you do, you need to add quite a bit of it. Just small pops of colour it won't look good, as you see with the bits of red you have now. It just doesn't have the right impact. Your walls need much more on them. Larger pieces look better than a grouping of small ones, so be sure you don't skimp there. Glam looks right when it's a bit excessive. I've found lots of great deals in thrift stores. A can of metallic spray paint and the frame can be silver/gold. Quite a few of the glam rooms I've seen on google have a darker wall. For the drama. You could consider painting the fireplace wall a darker gray, which would blend in the TV and the black cabinets....See MoreWendy
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