Art with sectional sofa and transom windows
Hi there - we are in a new construction house and need advice on what to hang something over the sectional. (We haven’t hung anything up at all yet!) It’s hard since the transom windows are not centered with the center of the sectional. Should we do one large vertical piece between the transoms? Or a super long horizontal piece over the sectional, or something else? What should it be centered on? We have 9-foot ceilings, so I kind of like the idea of something vertical but worry about it looking unbalanced. We have a furry dog and a toddler, so we don’t want floating shelves.
Would love suggestions on art style, size, and color too. We love simple and monochrome, but I’m open to mixing it up with the art. Maybe something muted with a thin modern gold frame? Would love pics of suggestions.
Could also use ideas for what to hang over the far end of the dining table, since we have a similar dilemma there with the table not being centered on the wall.
Thank you!!
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoI would say hang art on wall without transoms. Maybe move sectional slightly away from transom wall.
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Comments (23)great advice upthread I'll try to be short, probably repeating several people: -get rid of the white console next to the fireplace/look for smth else instead if you need it there for function -think of other window treatments. curtains? woven blinds? roman shades? any of these will look better. move your sectional a bit from the wall, both to allow room for window treatments and because furniture generally needs at least couple inches to breathe..that wil also make room seem larger -you already purchased the ottoman in the same color and style of the sofa..off white, right? well something different would be better, but it's okay..buy a throw, fold it and put there to break your lines a bit. tray is great too-both for function and beauty. you'll appreciate it when watching this TV -I liked reading how your wife gets her art:) okay..so if there's no real room for other suggestions(I'm also prejudiced against mass produced canvas art..maybe she can be talked into a print instead?..)..put that art there first. Make sure it fits-seems huge?.. Say you go for that a very similar art, you have there-a bit of white, black, brown, indigo blue, fiery yellow white and brown you already have in your room (btw like your furniture) pull your other colors (in pillows and throws and accessories) from that art -deep sophisticated blues, golds. can be metallic accessories (like vases or flower pots?), can be softest fur pillows can be velvet, can be knitted throw. everythhing you buy-make sure it's a different texture..leather is sleek you've got enough of it. Speaking from experience-I also have my fair share of leather:) then look for a big ticket items like curtains and a rug. (or simultaneously..just keep your general scheme in mind). you can decide to make them fairly neutral. repeat the color of the furniture, just different material of course. or go for one vivid deep color but make it a shag rag for example. Don't try to match pattern to art..art has a mind of its own. Look at the room as a whole..what does it ask for? and know yourself of course..say I love many rugs but I don't like to clean them lol. You know whether it's high traffic area, what your habits are, and whether you'll be sad for 5 min if the rug will have spots and then get over it, or will be sad for 5 days. when you buy a side table try, again, to introduce another texture, just different material in this case. maybe wood. maybe ceramics(garden stool?some of these look really modern). every new material you bring creates dimension. Dimension is something you look for when creating spaces. Why? well that what we've used to. Ouside always has it. Even when it's a desert or an ocean. It has depth. we need to recreate it with all sort of ways and means that are availiable to us.. Good luck! will be a cool room edited because of thousand typos..))...See Moresectional couch or a couch and loveseat ?
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PRO4 years agolast modified: 4 years agojust a few ideas that I'd suggest.
a plant in the corner where that little bench is. I posted two diff types, either would work.
I gave you a side table w/a lamp on the other end. I like the idea of a pouf in this camel color to warm things up a bit, or do a stool or two placed in front of fireplace.I also like these shelves between the two windows. ( I don't know what furry dog is going to do with these,,,maybe have the toddler stand on his back?? lol. hang them well out of reach and they'll be fine. I'd put a few small plants on them. This will eat up that middle space)
You could also take these teak decking tiles and attach a plant/pot onto it, and hang two of these between the transom windows.
if you want a bench, do something like this in the wood. all of those neutral gray tones make everything seem very cool. add some wood and some texture to warm it up a bit.over the back of sofa do a cool piece of art
don't hang them too high. (your tv is hung too high btw. )
and a rug for the sofa area
A jute one would work too
for the dining area, you could also do this jute rug like shown. for the wall, I'd do another piece of sizable art to hang on that one wall. This one has a larger wall, but look at the black and white picture. basically the same size of yours. you want something this big.
Or, do a shallow buffet or console w/a mirror over it and some greenery, like shown here.
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PRO4 years agoI would pull the sofa off the back wall and pull it toward the doorway.
put a sofa table behind the long end, which could house some lamps and give you a "focal point" for the area. The room really needs filled out and I think this is why you are having issues seeing the space and art.
you basically have put "baby in the corner" (dirty dancing lol), and it looks that way. I know people think furniture has to be on a wall but there are more options.
Also have you thought to add a chair to round out the seating?
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