Sunroom/Dining Room Combo - what to do on the walls?
Hi everyone. I have a sunroom that has been through it. It’s been school bus yellow. It’s been an exercise room. It’s been a storage space. It’s been a place for laundry to dry. It has an amazing view, ventilation, and gets so nice and warm even on cloudy days. I live in an equatorial city where year 'round the temps go from 40F (4.5C) at night to 60-70F (16-18C) during the day.
Finally, it’s been decided that my husband and I want to use it as a secondary dining room (perhaps it’ll change into the primary dining area) after I found an amazing live edge dining table second hand for a steal—it’s been a dream of mine to have one since they became popular a few years ago.
Realistically in this space the only thing we can do is paint and change floors because of budgets and city permit restrictions. Because of the amount of sun that comes in, painting it white or pastel is not an option (it’s too bright—we’ve already tried, see pictures). The space is about 2.5mx7.5m or 8ftx24ft. Including pictures of the space and various color changes that it’s had for reference. The table will ideally go on the opposite end of where the exterior door is.
The only thing that we have to use is the live edge table, the rest is TBD. I'm attaching some pictures of what we've got and some houzz-spiration to see what you can come up with.
Thank you!!!!
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Comments (5)I cannot tell your complete floor plan based upon the photo. If this is the only way to place your couch, table and chairs, I would recommend the following: Editing some of the items would be a start. The room has too much in it and is not balanced. The desk is really nice, could this be used as your bar, and therefore remove the wire shelving unit? If need be for protection add a plexi or glass top. Would the small table thing in the left corner work as a table between the chairs? Or using the table I can see on the bottom right. The garden stool is fine, I’d moved it to the other side of your couch. I’m personally not crazy about the tall corner cabinet or small tall table with the statue on it near the couch in a sunroom. You also may consider a larger coffee table that isn’t as fancy for a sunroom. I would paint all the walls, including the wood wall, the same color, a creamy white, and the wood ceiling haint blue. The fan maybe too small and dark for the room. Do you need a fan? Could this be switched out to something more fun? You also should consider adding table lamps and a floor lamp. Your floor looks like a dark grey, it needs a rug. Sisal rugs work well in sunrooms, this may soften the grey. Or if you are bold, a Persian type rug. You stated the wicker must stay, and the cushions look like they are in good condition, so add some patterned pillows with color and a couple throws. Turquoise is very complimentary of dark brown for an accent color. Your art is too high, and too small for that area. A huge canvas with tons of color would be better. Just my thoughts, big picture is this is a sunroom and your current accessory furniture, although lovely, seems too fancy for this type of space....See MoreWhat's an attractive sun room storage solution?
Comments (12)Thank you all so much!! I'm already loving your suggestions. Also, I should have clarified: that light colored couch IS on its way out - it's just hanging out here until someone buys it. So that will actually be another issue I'll have once it's gone - coming up with some kind of toy storage to go along that wall (or just figuring out what to do with that wall). I love the idea of an outside storage for things we don't "need" inside but that we do need on our way back. On the other side of the window is our kitchen and the space that used to be the living room but will now be our dining area. Here is a (not great) picture of it. You can see the sectional used to be here but it's a loooong story and we moved it to the sun room because it doesn't fit. The purpose of the sun room is officially: living room! The mudroom aspect isn't ideal, but borne more of necessity since that's our access to the backyard and we have to keep our shoes (at the very least) somewhere. Another clarification: that door is just for getting to the backyard (which is a many times a day occurrence). We generally go in and out for out-of-the-house-errands through the garage, which is in another part of the house. Kids number only 2, which is by no means a lot, but animals right now are 19 and counting! I agree that this arrangement is by no means ideal. We came to it after many many months of struggling with even worse layouts/making the furniture we have work as best we can in (what I find) an awkwardly laid out downstairs. Thank you all for your help!...See More
PROBeth H. :
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoare you changing the floors? you'll want to pick something first before the wall color.
if you're keeping the floors as is, I'd try SW Jasper.
If you change the floors to something light and bright, I'd paint the walls a soft black or very dark charcoal like BM Wrought Iron. It would look amazing w/the wood table.
in any case, decide on the floor first, and any color furniture you want.if you choose a wood floor, or a lighter tile floor, then try one of these blues, with other wood accents, and soft white furniture
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Beth H. :
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agolove the cement tile.
If you did that exact tile, I'd do Knoxville Gray on the walls,
and do this type of furniture to play up the golden tones in the tile.
Jute or sisal rug would look amazing w/that tile.
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2 years agoSamantha Svobada Stevens
2 years ago@Flo Mangan Thank you Flo! You commented the question I had for @Beth H. :! Table & chairs fit comfortably, there is plenty of room all around to get in and out. Later today I'll try and put a picture of how it fits in the space. I was totally thinking acrylic chairs or dainty chairs with thin lines and perhaps a bench like these pictures from Houzz
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2 years agoFor something a little more timeless, what about a terracotta tile?
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