Need Help with Rearranging and Decorating my living room
We bought our house when I was pregnant with my daughter, so never got chance to properly decorate it until now! I want to rearrange, add or remove the furniture based on your advice. We have a small living room which is connected to an open small dining and kitchen area.
From small foyer area, then 5 steps up and we enter the living room. It's rectangle shape so difficult to lay out furniture. We had leather sofa from our earlier apartment which was too bulky for small living room. So got this new sofa after moving in here. These are sofa beds, very comfortable and don't take up much space. We got two same size sofa instead of getting a chair. It made sense at the time, we could accommodate more people and my son could have sleep over, so 4 kids would fit in that size beds! There is a fire place behind the sofa, under the tv. We don't use it much, so putting a sofa in the front was easier to keep other area open.
Do you think I should keep the fire place open and move the sofa to other area? We have tried different lay outs in the past but because of two same size sofas, it takes up extra space in middle of the room. We have tried to keep both in line near the window, so that would open up the fire place.
Right now, the only furniture we have in the living room is these sofas. The desktop and office chair is a temporary set up for my husband who works from home. He was working from the basement but it was cold in the winter, so I set it up in the living room. Once we move that office desk, we will have that corner empty. It was empty before and so all the useless stuff or kids toys would end up in that corner.
What can I put in all these empty corners? The two side corners of fire place or both sides of sofa, always end up having some stuff that doesn't belong there....dog toys and laundry baskets :)) I didn't put any side tables or coffee table up until now because we had little kids and then a German Shepherd puppy. So to keep some extra space for them and for their safety. But now it is ok to add any decorative accents. Also, need help with all those wire cords in the corner. Can't hide them properly.
We are planning to replace our blinds, add other accents, decorate with art work and make it more inviting. So I need help with furniture lay out, blinds or curtains, wall decoration, lighting, rugs pretty much everything!! I am open to any suggestions or any advice you may have.
Thank you all in advance and looking forward to hearing back your thoughts!
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoOr move TV between two windows and make sofas facing TV.
12'-18' is rug to the wall distance.
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Comments (16)I understand wanting to make what you have work, especially since you'll be adjusting financially for a time with your new house. I would not recommend purchasing furniture on credit. Instead, save for the pieces you want. Reserve debt increases for items that will protect or increase the value of your home if absolutely necessary. It's better to plan and save for those items as well. But, I digress. . . I think there are some things you can do to bridge the warm and cool tones in your room. Bringing some of the cooler tones onto the the sofa and bringing some warmer tones onto the wall are some things to consider. The mock-up below attempts to illustrate the idea I would recommend removing the console to the left of the window. It appears to crowding the entry. Maybe think about a couple of prints that have both warm and cool tones for above the long sofa wall. And perhaps a warm wooden shelf on the short wall. A distressed mirror above it along with a couple of well chosen photos or other items could make a nice vignette. Rather than the current side table, consider a solid, drum or pedestal. Suspending a pendent light in the right position above it would balance out the short sofa wall. I hope this has been somewhat helpful. Congratulations on your new house!...See MoreHelp me decorate my living room - Desperate help needed!
Comments (51)Hello friends. I am afraid I need your help once again! We have finally settled on a new sofa, accent chairs and the place we are getting all of this from has agreed to also throw in a rug for us if I happen to like one from their suppliers. I fell in love with a rug they have as well as accent pillows I think will match well. We have also decided on the color of the accent chairs and the model of the sofa. My issue : I CANNOT decide on a sofa color!!! Everyone is telling me to do light grey but I am afraid it won't go with the rug I like. I am swayed towards a white sofa (it is more off white, I will post a picture of the swatch bellow) in order to flow with my chairs and everything else. I had spoken to the designer who did our plan and she said I can go with a white sofa no problem. Everyone is saying do light grey. I know I can pick another rug but I am SO In love with the one I have chosen and I think it will make the space... Can anyone advise me on what to do? I do like a light grey sofa but I also really like the colors in the rug...We have to order this week in order to make it in time for Christmas and I am very undecided. You have all been so helpful and if you aren't utterly sick of me, I would appreciate the advice! Here is the link to the sofa we have chosen: https://mikazahome.ca/product/sevan/ We will get the 89 inch modification sofa with a 9 inch arm on one side (you can see example in the photos) and a 5 inch on the other end. Legs will be like in the second photo on the side. Here is a swatch of the white that we had chosen (ignore the leather, it is the material swatch next to it). Photo of the accent chair: Photo of the rug: Accent pillows: We are also hesitating for the accent chairs - there is another chair we like but it is not as much of a good quality as the one above. I will insert a photo here - feel free to let me know which one would be better. In other words, which chairs? Which color sofa? Do I go with light gray sofa and change the rug or go with off white sofa? Thank you!...See MoreHelp! I need help decorating my living room
Comments (44)Sounds like you and hubby aren’t on the same page. Buying a table, without ability to return is red flag to me. He bought that rug too without your involvement. The rug is wrong size and style. No photo of the table. But better sit down and talk about this and reach some compromises otherwise, these situations can fester and get ugly over time....See MoreUpdated: "Help me decorate my living room - Desperate help needed!"
Comments (1)I see a few things that aren’t horrible, by any means, but could be changed. Mirror and sideboard, for instance, as mirror is too large for the sideboard and it overwhelms the room, reflecting the t v. Try the art over the sideboard and add a floor lamp where the plant is, as it will do double duty for the sofa and the art. Have you ever thought about adding a floor to ceiling strip of trim to separate the dining area from the living area and painting that wall a color? Something like this with a couple of white shelves on that wall?...See MoreBelieve911 Trivedi
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I moved the sofa from the front wall. There was a fire place behind that sofa. Now it's in the middle of the room with 3 corners to fill up! Should I install small corner shelves on both side of the tv? And may be put plants? I don't like the all the electrical wire cords but can't find any other solution except for hiding under the white strips.
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On the right side of the living room, it's an open dining and kitchen area. The last photo is how it looks when we enter the living room from the foyer.
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