Help me complete decor for my townhome's entry
I recently built a new townhome. I enter the home through the garage. This space is not large and initially looked like the basement of an office building. It was too dreary to enter. I recently purchased this rug and console for the space. The console was delivered yesterday and I love it! So my question is what do I put above the console? Originally I was going to hang art, but the console is long, 72" and I'm worried that a larger piece may overwhelm the space. Note that wood top on the console is not yellow as it appears in these photos but is much more neutral For reference, this is the Lexington Studio Console. I've not yet begun to shop, so please share your ideas. My style is transitional/eclectic/artsy. The last photo is from a Lexington brochure, and included it here so you can see truer coloring and the piece in another space.
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Comments (6)Now I understand where you are headed. My suggestions will not be matchy matchy and are pretty eclectic in nature. So, hopefully you will get some ideas you may not have thought about. Let's start with the DR. Drapes: I like dramatic so, if the rug has bronze that would be my first choice though there is nothing wrong with gold. I like plain simple drapes. I think drapes like blacksplashes should not be a focal point of a room when you have other beautiful things going. They should help frame the room like the color on the walls do. You may not need pinch pleated drapes. It would save you money not to have the pinch pleats. You need to decide if you want to run them from ceiling to floor or with a rod (I saw some beautiful rods at Calico Corner's. I think JCP carries Kirsch hardware also) above the window not from the ceiling. Dining table: I notice most people select wood to use with oriental rugs. I am working with a designer for my family room and breakfast nook and he just taught me a good lesson: Print rug-glass table, solid rug-wood table. He said you want to show off the beauty of the rug at all times from every direction. They do make some very large glass tables that you can use with 2 wooden pedestals for support or a great square base. If you are having a lot of guests for dinner like Christmas than you can add a folding table and use the same table cloth. This is just a suggestion. You can use wood but I always like to share new knowledge when I learn something. I still like crystal for chandeliers in dining rooms. In this case I would use crystal with some funky lamp shades to add a little fun into the room. You may find these at Home Goods or on line. I would try leopard for shades. It's hard to visualize if this will work without actually seeing it in person. Maybe someone will photoshop. Do you know the size of the table you want to use? I also think you may be able to find dining room chairs on ebay or a used furniture store that might be in decent condition or you can buy them new. Remember the chair wood does not need to match the wood of the table. There is more interest created when they don't. Here is another idea for chairs: you can used entirely different ones for the head of the table. Actually, I am pretty good at decorating eclectically. My friends are always looking for my eye. The designer I am working with always says to me "what do you need me for". Well, he is a great buffer between me and my BF whom I share my new home with. He has made my life so much more easier and is worth every penny. I am also learning alot about decorating from him....See MorePlease help me decorate my landing
Comments (16)That space is ideal for display of family photos. It's a space you will likely traverse many times a day so you will see the pics, yet, it is still on the edge of the "private realm" of a house so doesn't come with all the mixed messages that attach to prominent displays of famili-abilia located in a your living rooms. A chest as a surface for a lamp and maybe a flower arrangment, or temporary blooming plant in a cachepot, or a bowl of subtle natural potpourri (nothing by Glade or Yankee Candle here.) If you think you might pause and look at the family pics occasionally, perhaps an interesting little side chair to sit in? Nothing cushy as no one expects upholstery in such transit area. On a more utiliitarian note, you might have baskets on the landing that would be the in-transit depot for personal flotsam your family members need to take out of the public rooms and stow appropriately. Baskets would hide the clutter, but still you'd have an ordained place to dump their junk when you want it gone (and once-trained your family members would know where to start looking for things.) I'm thinking of things such as the taken-off sweater, iPad, barrettes, scale-model battleship, tie, college catalogue, etc. Someone entering the house and heading to the public rooms would just see the row of baskets, not the contents (well, unless you needed a place to stow some half-waxed skis left in the family room.) Instead of a chest, if you decided to try the baskets, you could use a table and just tuck the baskets under it. L....See MoreCan you please help me with my small entry hall decoration
Comments (10)I agree with moving the table to the top of the stairs; the space seems too small for a table. Not sure what your budget is, but I know you can buy really inexpensive polypropylene runners quite cheaply and I think I'd add one on top of your carpeting...like this: I think it would make all the difference in your entry. Check out kswl's thread about her fairly inexpensive runners: $149 runners Here's a link from her thread to one that's only $69: $69 runner...See MoreHelp me Furnish & Decorate My Living Area &Dining Room of my new home
Comments (26)I love the clean, uncluttered look of your home and you've made some great furniture choices. My first thought, though, is that I would try to rework the sofa/sectional placement. It really is unwelcoming looking to me to have the back where it is facing a wall, when it could be oriented to look into the room and out the windows. It seems like if it were placed in the corner under the stairs that it would feel open and invite you to come in and sit. I'd hate to be cooking in the kitchen and have the family or guests with their backs to me. If you are having a TV in another room close by, do you need one in that room, too? If, so placing a 70" unit will probably only work as you have it. But, to me, it's not going to look like a living room but more like a movie theater, which is fine if that's what you're going for. It seems like it won't be a cozy conversation area, though. I might actually flip the rooms and put the dining room where you have the sofa now. I was looking at lights used with dining rooms and ghost chairs and saw this, maybe would work in the living room? Kind of fun. don't know if it would look as good without the colored walls though. And I thought something like these were interesting to consider for over your table:...See MoreRachel
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoHi. I looked at your ideabooks, and so I'll post another look at it - here's art you had 'saved' - they're opposite with sharp angles, and then art's watery floral colors. Adding rug, too much..?
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2 years agoHere's your post: "My style is transitional/eclectic/artsy."
Brainstorming -- if you like leather and pillows of global vibe, or SW... I wouldn't place by the console...but this somewhere in powder room ?!
brown neutral in a wood wall piece above [console]
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoWell, again, depends what accessories etc. are planned. This might be fine with art you 'saved'... but adding lamp, etc.. on top of console, I'd watch whether there's too much, visually.
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoYou mentioned you liked an eclectic/artsy style and the console and rug reflect that. A lamp would make it inviting and once console is accessorized and art added, don’t add anything else. Accessorizing can be a work in progress and take your time, maje it a project. Add what resonates with you; it could a unique space that makes you happy.
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2 years agoThe rug and console compete for your attention and once you add the art it will be too much. Focus on the furniture
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2 years agoI now have a very fancy laundry room with a wool rug. The runner looks very good in my second floor laundry. Here's a pic of the entry space without the rug. I'm now looking for suggestions for another rug. I can't go too light because I'll be coming in from the garage, but I would like something nice and soft to step on.
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoWhat does everyone think about this rug? In some ways I think a light rug would look better, but given it is off the garage, I'd like something a bit more practical.
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2 years agoYou can do much better. Pick art first. Then you can do runner. I got these a few months ago and really like them. I got this runner and two smaller ones for step offs from entry and garage. Nothing shoes on them. I think I got them thru Overstock but I have to check that.
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