Help Me Design My Living+Dining room combo
I'd love some help designing my living room and dining room! Here are my questions/concerns >
1. The Television
Where do I put the tv in the living room? Next to the fireplace? On top of the fireplace? I really like the Samsung frame tv but I would love the option to pull it down and swivel with a good tv mount. However, if I get a tv mount will the Samsung frame, will it not look flush to the wall and defeat the purpose?
2. The Long Wall
The fireplace wall is pretty open. I dont have the money for built in's but I want to find a way to make it look less bare and more balanced. The longest part of the wall is across from the dining room table. Its not wide enough of a room to put a buffet or console table behind the chairs. So I think my option is a really big gallery wall.
3: Lighting:
I have a pair of sconces (pictured below) and I want to put them above the fireplace but I would love some reassurance on the decision. I also would like to add more lighting in general because the room is so dark. I think a ceiling fixture above the dining table and above the living room would be nice but again I am afraid to commit.
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nelliebean
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Comments (31)I would leave the walls white. Since you are on a budget my advice would be to edit your furnishings down and rearranging the stuff you have. If this was my space: I would move the dining room table out from the wall. It looks like you have enough space to float it in the dining room. You aren't using the woodstove at the moment right. Does the high chair fit into the space between the woodstove and wall? If so I would store the chair there. Put a pretty washable tablecloth on the table. Ebay has some great/cheap vintage ones. Then add a mason jar or large jar full of wildflowers on the table. Could you move the cabinet with the bread drawer out of the kitchen and put it in between the door and window where the dining table was? Would there be enough space? If so I would then ask dh to help me put up some basic white shelves in that space for storage. Move the garbage can back and that white rectangle (is that a fridge?) underneath. Reorganizing and decluttering the kitchen would really open that space up making it more functional. You could store the pantry type items in the cabinets and move your dishes out where they could be seen on the shelves for a clean modern country look. Where does that door lead in the living room? Is there anyplace you could move that wonderful china cabinet. I would move it to another room or upstair's and use it in a new way. Storing linen in a hallway or craft/office supplies in a rooom, etc. Store the china in the cabinet in the hutch that used to be in the kitchen that is now in the dining room. I think the idea of using quilts is a brillant one and I would put it in the area where the china cabinet was. Take the frames off the walls and repurpose the small bookcase and table in the middle of the room into other rooms. Again not sure of proportions but I would move the couch where the love seat is and the love seat where the recliner is and the recliner by the window where the couch was. Adding lots of large basics for toys and clutter. You have a lovely home. Can't wait to see what you do....See Moreneed help with living room/dining room combo
Comments (17)Your rooms have such great architectural elements! When I read through the post and realized the age of the house, it makes so much sense. Really wonderful dimensions, too. Seeing the extra chairs in your dining room, have you considered extending the leaves in the table to better balance the space? I notice the furniture is the same tones and/or wood? If so, do you have pieces in other colors/textures (perhaps from other rooms) that would provide more variety? You have good pieces with which to work. I'm sorry to say this, but it's the wall-to-wall carpet with the rugs that is distracting to me. Do you have larger area rugs to layer, or remove those area rugs altogether and see how it looks? I also like the living room wall color. For the dining room, how about two shades lighter from the living room color from the same paint strip? Your dog looks so sweet! What a cutie!...See MoreHelp needed - Small living dining room combo - layout added
Comments (14)Try a 3-seat sofa facing the windows with a coffee table and two chairs, one at each end of the coffee table to form a "U." Use a drop leaf table behind the sofa to serve as a dining table/sofa table.Hang art opposite the grouping with a console or credenza below it. On the large wall add casegoods (bookcases, a secretary, display cabinets.) Additional art between the bedroom and entry doors. Scale is different below, but just for concept of a "U" and of a sofa/dining table....See MoreHelp me choose rugs for my L-shaped living/dining room! (LOTS OF PICS)
Comments (9)Is there an eat in kitchen or would the dining space be the all-the-time eating space? I like Judy's layout if there is another more casual eating area (breakfast/lunch). traipsing across living space (from kitchen) for every meal doesn't seem functional. That said, walking into your fireplace area as a LR isn't ideal either. I think it could have 2 chairs and be cozy but the TV and living space would have to be across the way. It's a beautiful looking home....See MoreStephanie Rametta
2 years ago
PROUrban Savvy Design
2 years agoLove the sofa flip!
1. Blinds on the window.
2. YES 100% ceiling light above the coffee table in the lounge.
3. Gallery wall dining room great idea
4. You can add lighting at the entrance to - sconces or standing decor lights
PROStephanie Rametta
2 years agonelliebean
2 years agoStephanie Rametta
2 years agonelliebean
2 years ago
decoenthusiaste
2 years agoYou've received some great suggestions. I think lighting is key. I would eliminate the bare bulb floor lamp by the fireplace and find some attractive lamps with shades. One for the console table, a floor lamp for the lounge chair and a table and lamp for the arm end of the sectional. I would budget to have an electrician come in and move the boob light in the dining room to center over the table once you've reduced its size. Change that to a lovely chandelier. If you can't afford all of that, you can swag a chandy from that connection to a more centered position as in the kitchen below.
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