Need design help- Curtains for 2 story living room
haylo33
3 years ago
We are currently building our home and I’m starting to look at curtains and blinds for the new house. Our family room will be 2 story with a fireplace and windows on both sides. I am struggling with what to do on the 2nd story windows. Just leave them bare? Dramatic ceiling to floor curtains? Curtains just on the bottom? I’ve attached some examples of the setup and what other people have done. Our fireplace will not be floor to ceiling, just a traditional fireplace.
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Comments (7)Ideally angling the grand piano would be the way to go. I still think centering it in front of the FP will not read well...............I figured it was too tight to pull it off center and on an angle. I would float the piano - do not put it next to a wall. Think of it this way: your grand piano will be the focal point of the room for all intents and purposes. Not a TV nor a fireplace. When you float it, anchor it on a large area rug. Then arrange the seating to focus on the focal point you have created. I envision the grand on an angle where the sofa is in your diagram. Then you could have a rather large semicircular sofa facing it (seating for 8-10). Create a separate seating area around the FP - two swivel bucket seats perhaps with a low coffee table in front of the FP....See Moreneed help with two story living room
Comments (23)In order to ground your furniture and make this high room look cozy and inviting, look for a large area rug that should fill most of the floor space with about 1 to 1 1/2 feet of wood showing at the perimeters. Make it something lively and colorful, in tones of terracotta, green, blue, beige. An Oriental rug would look great and will warm up this room and reduce the impression of height. Put a table lamp on the white table and move the sectional a little bit away from the wall. I would not replace your new drapes, that seems really wasteful. Do get a large coffee table, a square one would probably be best. If worried about children running into it, then perhaps a large square ottoman which has long wooden legs so that it has a more airy look. If you place two chairs at the open side of the couch that should help to stop children from running into the table. Do lower the clock in the dining room and the pictures in the living room, and also the TV. Additional colorful pictures on the wall will create interest at eye level and decrease the feeling of too much height. After you buy the rug choose pillows for the couch and chairs that borrow colors from to create a harmonious whole. I see now that the chandelier in the dining room is also too high. It should be much lower over the dining table. Your drapes are beautiful!...See MoreDesign help? 2 living rooms? Huge entry way?
Comments (8)Good idea to add doors to converted garage and use it as an office/play room. If you use the sectional in the original living rm., can you remove the middle seat area to make it shorter? Then put it in front of the living rm window and your t.v. and console opposite on wall next to pantry bump out. There will be more walking room to office/playrm. Unfortunate your sectional ends can't be reversed for this reason. Or keep current sectional in office and put new furniture in original living area that will fit the space, such as a shorter sofa under the window and two chairs. Or shorter sofa to make an entrance corridor along front door area and chairs in front of window. Add taller bookcase to bump out area and another chair angled along back of kitchen wall next to t.v. console....See MorePrice of adding windows to a 2 story living room?
Comments (19)Fixed windows are less expensive generally than those that ope (casement, slider etc). We just recently ordered some transom windows, 7 foot wide and angled - that window cost about $1500 CAD. But, like others said, it means some structural work in the wall as well as new interior and exterior finishes. It is certainly doable and those inspiration pictures are beautiful. Have a look at some pictures on Houzz for more ideas. I agree with Jan, that the fireplace needs to have more presence, it looks too small for the space. I couldn't find any pictures that mirrored the style you like, but here are some ideas to expand and extend the fireplace, making it much more of a focal point and then put your new windows around it. I'm not suggesting a stone facade like this, but you see the idea to make it wider and taller and then place the windows around it. The height extension could be a drywall bumpout - it wouldn't have to have stone or covering of any sort on it, but you could consider painting it a slightly different colour or some nice architectural trim - actually the second inspiration photo with the taupe walls, see that fireplace, nicely trimmed out and extended. Those changes would really make a difference to that room to help with the scale of the tall ceilings which you like. As you can see in the original picture, there is a ceiling fan up in the corner and a not very pretty one at that. So that may tell you that Jan's suggestion that heating and cooling the room is currently an issue. If you consider extending the fireplace, then consider some concealed vents in the extension that would help move air around in the room and allow you to get rid of the ceiling fan. That room has potential for sure. I think it would be greatly helped by some paint colour and some large scale art and different window coverings. You could do a LOT more if you want but maybe start small and see how you like it....See More
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