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Glam and modern decor around a brown sectional! Help!

4 years ago

About 9 months ago, I started to redo this room, but I find it difficult to add Clean and glam decor - rustic glam- around my dark brown sectional . Help! I have to keep the couch, and it can not be rearranged. The cabinet will be moved to foyer. I need a new lamp. We are about to extend the hardwood. I don’t know if I should do an accent wall. what to do with space beside fireplace. TV stand? Accessories? Pillows for couch?

I need help with this entire room.

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Beth H. :

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

first thing I'd change, blinds, then console, ceiling fan.

similar layout as yours. look how nice the window looks with drapes.

and notice how high the rod is. I'd replace those brown blinds and get anything else.

If you can get by w/drapes like this, then try that.

maybe try a new, taller cabinet next to fireplace. if you get one w/glass or mirror, it will be more 'glam'. notice the other elements in this room too. chandelier, the ottomans, pillows, paint color

this is glam.

if you continue the flooring, then get a fluffy rug. pillows, artwork , plant,

even with the brown sofa, you can do like these photos

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erinsean
4 years ago
The first thing I would do is get white shades for your windows or sheers or drapes. Then I would get a more brighter colorful art work for over the fireplace and remove some of the things there. For the TV wall, I would get a longer slightly lower cabinet to sit the TV on. If you want to you could put an end table on the end of the couch after the cabinet is relocated. Get a lamp for the table and a matching floor lamp to replace the one you have. I don't know what room is behind the couch, but could you put a console table on the back side of the couch? Plants in the corner and on the console table would be nice. Also pick a color from the new art work and get two or three matching pillows for your sectional. Since you don't seem to have room for a coffee table, I would pull the ottoman out farther....the one that matches your couch. Just some ideas.
always1stepbehind
4 years ago
The tv cabinet or cabinet next to the fireplace will be moved? First thing that comes to mind when I hear "glam"...I think of sparkly mirrors, shiny things, furry pillows...which also makes me think of very feminine. Not sure what your vision of glam is. Do you have any inspiration pictures you can post that gives us an idea of what your'e thinking of?
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So sorry everyone, I didn't subscribe to this post so had no idea there were other responses!! Remodelqueen - very sweet of you to offer, thanks!! We'll actually be visiting the states soon so we'll check out TJ Maxx. Thank you so much for the tip!!! Sheesharee - Another beautiful throw. So many options. Thank you too for the tip! Patricia - It's a custom sofa from a Canadian company called Gresham House. I think the quality is incredible, but definitely think it was pricey. What are the bad things you've heard about a sectional??? We were anti-sectional at first because I worried it would be like throwing all these people on one sofa, and I didn't like modern. But it works really well in our particular room, is comfy, allows lounging. I love it so much. Crescent - The kitchen lights are from a Canadian company called Turn of the Century Lighting. They are antique reproduction lights. The square ottomon is from Pottery Barn, called Sullivan. Krissd - Our granite is Bianco Antico. Thanks so much!
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I think the idea of any Brown, or any Taupe being a Neutral and that it will go with anything is something that will date current decorating trends. Genuine leather (just like granite) was Out of fashion for some time because of the popularity of synthetics during the mid-century period. My parents had a custom suede sofa that aged very poorly (it was brown and ended up with bluish black shiny wear marks on it) --the company paid to recover it, and offered black leather, and my parents picked black Naugahyde for it's bullet-proof ness. (Still in their house). Leather has become much cheaper, because the ways of processing leather all the way to processing the Dermis to look like the hide by coating it and painting it, and embossing it --has made "Leather" accessible at all price points (although the Bycast leather process I described can't be called "leather" in some countries). So the big, *relatively inexpensive "leather" sofa may be something that says early 2000s, as well as the "neutral" color of the sofa, being shoehorned into a room full of other colors.
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Is that the kitchen to the side of the other end of the room? I would definitely make that an eating/game table/homework/projects area, or if you don't need that, make it a separate reading/chatting space for when not watching TV. The two ideas could be combined. Why not put the TV between the doors? A flat screen can go on a console table or media stand and it looks like you could get a good size one there (45-50, maybe 50-60 inches?). Maybe not giant to ginormous, but plenty big unless that space is smaller than it looks. If you don't put a TV there, it has to go on one of the two end walls. That means the TV will either seriously limit your seating options on the stair end (sofa/love seat against the stairs will not be a good viewing angle, so you are probably looking at primary seating needing to float between the stair landing and the sliding doors and leaving traffic paths around it) or you flip and put the TV at the opposite end of the long room and the TV viewing is the cozy nook -- BUT the TV size may have to be limited by the space size. You can't sit on top of a really big screen. If your kitchen is off to the side, consider whether you will want to see the TV from there. It could be great either way -- two great rooms in one. You might have to tame the TV dreams. The guys in my house don't want to live with limitations either. I know what that's like. Best Buy has TV/room size and distance from screen charts that might be helpful and sometimes it helps to mock things up. Don't rush -- taking a little time to get a feel or how you want to live in the space and how it will best work for you can save you from some expensive mistakes.
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A sectional is fine, but make sure it's the RIGHT SIZED sectional. Tape out the dimensions on the floor beforehand so you can really see how much space it will take up. Also, because it's dark leather (not a very modern style IMO)and bulky it will visually be heavier and dominate the space more.
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Carol Jean
4 years ago
everything off fireplace maybe some white candles get some white throws furry pillows like previous mentioned paint dark tv cabinet white your couch is so dark you need light items and get a beautiful light some sheers and light shades
Monika Koonce
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4 years ago
Here are a few pics of what I like
Monika Koonce
Original Author
4 years ago
https://www.houzz.com/photos/kapalua-living-room-traditional-living-room-denver-phvw-vp~1014753
Paul NY 5b-6a
4 years ago
Metal and glass furniture and objects - shiny. The large ottomans preclude a coffee table, but you could find, for example, a large metal-framed tray, gold or chrome, with a mirror inset could go on one of them, and you can move it when the space is wanted for feet. If you're removing the cabinet by the fireplace, a metal (same finish) and glass table with a sparkly lamp could go at that end of the sectional.

The sectional itself is not very glam, but you might add a white faux-fur throw and a few pillows of lustrous fabric in whatever accent color you choose.
lynartist
4 years ago
I would loose the ottoman. This room just isn’t done yet! You need to add the things that can make it glam! Not little do dads btw; those can go! Here are a couple ideas.
Sun Flower
4 years ago
I'd add some textured pillows in a contrasting lighter color to the sectional. For window treatments I'd swap the blinds for gauzy curtains( hung appropriately). Consider swapping your picture above the fireplace for a mirror. Add an area rug as well.
Sun Flower
4 years ago
Consider updating your ceiling fan/ light fixture as well.

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