Help with formal living and foyer PLEASE’
Hello everyone,
I have been in my house for 7 years and have never been able to figure out how to decorate the areas that creates first impression of house. Open to ideas/suggestions. Thank you in advance !
Notes: Just installed the foyer chandelier. And baby grand piano must stay somewhere in room. 😀
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Shelby Hayes
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Comments (11)Thanks everyone! We are installing hardwood throughout the entire downstairs.The revere pewter is actually through french doors off of both rooms but you can't really see itwell from either room so I am not so worried about that going with the other rooms as much. It is mainly this view I want to flow well. I considered van cortland blue for the formal living room but it might be too dark/bold for me. I tend to be more neutral/conservative when decorating. And yes I love the yarmouth blue but don't think I want it everywhere. It looks perfect in the dining room....See MoreDecorating my formal living room. Photos inside please help.
Comments (7)I agree with Cawaps. Your choices are lovely and would look good, but I wouldn't call it a "farmhouse" style at all. Most of the farmhouses I have been to, (I live in a rural area) have huge old overstuffed furniture, emphasis "colonial." Comfy but hardly chic. But that is purely semantics, I love your choices so go for it. However, I too have a tiny living room and I don't have a center coffee table, and do not miss it. One of my chairs has an ottoman which I could put a tray on, but never do. I keep my books in a basket next to the chair and my magazines in a basketweave tray with sides under the couch. I have some collapseable TV trays I could set up if I ever wanted to serve any food in there, but since my living room is next to the dining room, that's not likely. I have side tables for the inevitable cup of tea or wine. Get a gorgeous rug to "tie the room together" and use the side tables and get some kind of ottoman for the chair. You can get ones that open up for storage too, they are great!...See MoreDesign help for formal living room/toy room
Comments (19)I would use the side of the room where you currently have your sofas as the "adult" space, and the corner where you have the play rug as the "kids" space. You need to separate the two. So move the desk to the adult area - either on wall to the right side of the opening to the family room, or slide the sofa under the window closer to the other one and put the desk on the wall between the sofa and entry. Move the two tall storage units to the staircase wall, and use them exclusively for toy and game storage. The kids kitchen can go on the wall to the left of the doorway opening. From your entry, you will see mostly the adult area, and the messier toys and all the shelves won't be immediately visible. One other option that could work depending on your floor plan is combining your living room and dining room in this space, and using the dining room exclusively as a playroom....See MoreMove formal dining room to formal living room.
Comments (11)My questions are: Do you use a dining room? For sit-down dinners, I mean. Do you use a living room? It's certainly thinkable to reconfigure these rooms. Serving and clearing up in a dining room that is farther from the kitchen is a little less convenient than when it's adjacent, although a full-grown butler's pantry could include a dishwasher and sink along with storage for the best china, flatware, and glassware (a very traditional layout in a large home). But if you don't use a dining room now, you probably won't in the future. And is your living room mainly for show (and receiving the pastor, etc.)? So many of us essentially live in our family rooms (which might be the den in your current layout) and only use the official living room for special occasions. Sometimes a family room that is open to the kitchen, plus a den for quiet and privacy, makes the most sense. If expanding the kitchen is the top priority and you don't actually use the living room, this could make sense. Or a living room-dining room combination might make sense. But please think carefully about how you actually live in your house....See Morettruett
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decoenthusiaste
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoThe piano needs to sit under that chandelier with its lid opening so the sound is thrown out into the room and not into a wall. Or you need a larger round foyer table to sit under the chandy. Make the sitting room comfortable for enjoying a concert. I see art, large statues or sculptures in the niches up top. Pick up the colors from the fireplace art in a sexy aqua or turquoise sofa on the wall with sconces and a mirror, brass and glass coffee table and accessories. Maybe ivory chairs flanking the FP and a bench or chaise at the window. The room needs a large rug and the piano needs one too. Drapes on the windows will enhance the acoustics too.
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2 years agoI moved my piano and table around. For rug under round table , should it be round shape rug? Think I need larger table and some better accessories. I just found stuff around the house to set on it. Thanks for all the suggestions. This is motivating me to finally do something !
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