Living Room and Dining Room Refresh
Hi Houzzers, I’m in the process of refreshing my living room and dining room. The living room opens to the dining room, separated by a wide, cased opening. The living room is mostly done with new rug, sofa, chairs, and a vintage table. I plan to wallpaper the dining room but will be keeping the matchy-matchy furniture (I know it’s dated, but I like it). However, I’m reupholstering the dining room chairs.
I fell in love with a Thibaut wallpaper that I want to use in the dining room. I’m hoping the blue and green wallpaper will read as a neutral and can work with the existing living room rug. I’m thinking that if I change the artwork above the sofa or add something additional to pick up the rug colors, and change out the pillows to go with the orange rug and the wallpaper, I can somehow make it work.
What do you think? Can you help me make it work or should I pick a different rug or wallpaper?
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Comments (23)Exceedingly small update: I pulled a throw blanket with blue, turquoise, and yellow out of storage. And moved throw pillows around a bit. Does this seem like a good direction? I am leaning towards this rug atm. Haven’t shown any of them to Dh so he may have an opinion. But this one is fairly dark overall and has colors from the painting I am planning to move into the living room. Painting again: And maybe add these throw pillows form Etsy (and take away the solid pale blue ones)? https://www.etsy.com/shop/LiveLoveSmile/items?ref=pagination&page=3...See MoreLiving Room Refresh
Comments (17)Just a couple of thoughts...I second the suggestion to remove the doors that you don't use. It will dramatically change the look of that wall. You would then need to measure from corner to casing to determine whether the sofa could be moved there. However, I also think your current set-up is fine. Regarding replacing vs. recovering the sofa: you are right...cost-wise it's a wash. I wouldn't go to the cost and effort to reupholstered unless the sofa is very well-made and you love it. I would also go darker rather than lighter on the sofa for longevity's sake. Finally, I would keep the art piece you have until you find something that you can't live without. Its current position needs to be lowered so it relates to the table beneath....See MoreDining room refresh phase 1 - eco friendly flooring
Comments (4)With so many different flooring types in a small space, I'm thinking I'm either going to have to do something that matches the wood of the parlor or more of the vinyl tiles, which I'm not crazy about but they will probably last a long time. I may eventually take look at cork for the bedrooms. I would do linoleum in a heartbeat if I didn't already have a lot of patched together flooring in the "open concept" parts of the house. Dad just put in the vinyl before he moved out two years ago, so I'm stuck with that. It's in the kitchen, entry way and informal eating area on the other side of the kitchen. Dad only redid the floors due to the laundry room flooding and ruining what was there, which was the wood. He wasn't open to "out of the box" linoleum which is what I would have wanted. At the time I did not know I was moving into the house. Not sure the vinyl tiles will go any better with grasscloth than a wood floor. Actually they are not vinyl per se, I don't know what to call them, they are some kind of plastic resin. Faux marble. High end for that type of flooring. I guess we can afford engineered wood . . . they sell that in most home supply places....See MoreDining Room Refresh
Comments (23)@Beverly I really like the bottom table for the entry where is it from? @bpath my kids are younger and it's just easier for us to eat in the nook. We use the table for holidays, if we have visitors etc. I would like to graduate to using it more often when the kids aren't as messy. We wouldn't use a sitting area/writing area either. I have a small reading area and extra room that I already don't know what to do with haha. I like to read outside or in bed or in my office. Ultimately I want my house to look more finished instead of thrown together. We are slowly replacing young family/college furniture for more "adult" things but it's obviously costly....See Moremickeee
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last yearWell I'm glad you decided to go with the navy background paper. It was exactly what I thought you should do. It will look good with your furniture and the rug. (I love the rug and the paper, BTW.)
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last yearI might have considered a rust colored grasscloth wallpaper instead of such a busy wallpaper pattern.
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last yearlast modified: last yearTo make your dining room furnishings appear more updated, you have the right idea about placing them on a sharp, contrasting background. That wallpaper pattern would be too much for me. Have you requested a sample or will they allow you to purchase a roll and as long as it's not cut allow you to return it? I'd want to see the pattern in the room.
Maybe to go with the Asian style consider an IKAT wallpaper?
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