Decorating around the fireplace and finishing off the living room
I’m trying to decide how best to
. I want to keep existing furniture, the TV on the mantle and the black and white framed photos. I also want to put black and white photos on each side of the fireplace. The height would be somewhere above the mantel height. I like a clean esthetic and the oriental influence is important to us die to our family heritage. The previous owner cut the baseboards and patched them back together badly. I would like them covered up.
I have considered a few options for decorating on either side of the fireplace below mantle height:
- Custom cabinets with doors
- Open shelving
- Oriental planters on stands with some type of plants that will work well indoors with limited sunlight
I'm also looking for a new dining room fixture. The kitchen is being renovated and will have white shaker cabinets, a white qurtz counter with black vieing and black hardware. All interior doors with be chnages to 4 panel doors with black hardware. We're taking down most of the wall between the kitchen and the dining room.
Any ideas that you can provide would be helpful.
Thanks
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Lyn Nielson
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Comments (21)Space is difficult to get a feel for. Is the second pic stretched? The room looks to be long and thin. I agree the only proper place for the TV is where the mirror is. The sectional would then need to come forward several feet. That will block the walk way so in my world the sectional doesn't fit. That pole is very unfortunate but with the stair case removing the railing is not going to achieve what you want. The stairs into the home and the placement of the fireplace, well you have two rooms not one in that area. You just re-did the fireplace? I think I would have removed it. It makes much more sense for the sectional and fireplace to swap places., but that isn't possible. Removing the railing, getting smaller furniture you can arrange around the room, you might be able to arrange a room around the pole as if the pole were a tall floor lamp. Still the part of the room under on the other side of the railing will never orientate to the fireplace or the TV, due to the staircase. That pole is where a walk way always will have to remain due to the stairs jutting into the room. I agree with the above, make the lower part of the room a dining room. That has to be why the railing is there to mark where the dining room begins....See MoreDecorators...help me finish this living room?
Comments (10)The shelf by the door looks a bit too utilitarian for an entry piece. You might move it in front of the window and load it with plants. Replace it with the piece that is behind the sofa and add a large round mirror above it (no wider than 75% of the furniture piece.) Don't paint the fireplace, but do add colorful art 5" above (no wider than the firebox below.) I would put glass shelves in the recess, and light it from above for a nice collection of items you'd want to display. I don't understand the rug behind the sofa and we don't know if there's a window or what in that part of the room, because we're missing a photo of that corner. I imagine that the sofa and rug could be pulled away from the fireplace a bit and centered in the whole space. Can you photo that corner from up the stairs a bit?...See MoreHow to decorate Living Room/Dining room and weirdly placed fireplace
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PROSabrina Alfin Interiors
2 years agoAgree with the above comment re the rugs. You need some color injected, e.g. oranges or jewel tones. I think those rooms might be too small for built-ins; instead I'd consider getting two console tables with wall shelving above, or mirrors, or two very large framed art pieces. See below:
Park Slope Brownstone · More InfoI like how they put large mirrors behind the consoles to make the room feel bigger.
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Unique Suburban Residence · More InfoObviously, the styles shown here are not the same as what you have; these are just to demonstrate how consoles could work.
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Cathy Power
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2 years agoCathy Power
2 years agoThe brick on the fireplace is 6" in depth. If we choose cabinetry it will be custom. The wall that the couch is on is staying in tact. The wall in the dining room opposite of the wall with the pictures is coming down.
Behind the chair is the opening to the living room.
Cathy Power
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