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Living room & dining room - open plan floor

3 years ago

Hi all,

We will be moving into a house with a open floor plan, thus require the living and dining room to match.

There are a few colors we prefer to match with our camel couch, but still find it difficult to find the right dining table & chairs, as well as a tv unit.

We prefer to match the camel with either black or white - or can we do both? White armchairs and black coffee table, can we combine round coffee table with square side tables, etc.?

See attached files.

(The floor has dark grey tiles.)

Any advice will again be greatly appreciated!

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
IMO wait until you are in the space before buying anything Take some pics of the space and the sofa post a to scale floor plan and then you will get some real help.As for TV check out Besta from IKea make sure the unit is low enough so the middle of the TV screen is at eyelevel when you are seated if you have the space you can but this system and its pieces together to get a real custom look. BTW I love the Eames chir and ottoman with that style and color of sofa
Anne Bekina
Original Author
3 years ago
Dear Patricia,

Thank you once again for your assistance.

I am unable to take any pictures of the room currently, however I have attached the floor plan to this message - it is in centimetres though. Roughly 310 inches by 165 inches at the front and 140 inches at the back.
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