Living room details suggestions
Hi!
I’ve been struggling with my TV room for a while now. We spend a lot of time in this room, so I want to get it right.
Things I like and don’t want to change ideally:
- curtains
- mirror
- leather couches and chair (could be swayed on chair)
- lighting fixture and paint color
- ideally not change rug, would like to work around it
I’m considering-
- painting the chair rail/bottom half to match the navy walls
- I like the table shape but I’m concerned there are too many wood tones
- I need to find different / better side tables
- I’d like to have a larger more modern piece of art over the pink chair but haven’t found one I love yet
Would love ideas on how to bring this cozy, mid-century-esque vibe together!
Comments (18)
Paul F.
3 months agolast modified: 3 months agoRelated Discussions
Living room refresh, suggestions please
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 MoreNeed ideas and suggestions for placing furniture in living room.
Comments (10)I have the same situation in a small house and I put my very large desk under the window. It works very well for me. Switch the seating tv area to the front of the room. The sofa can stay as is with a lot of large down filled throw pillows or the sofa that you posted. Delineate the space with a rug as large as possible. Keep the cabinets at the tv and around the seating low (to the back height of the sofa maximum). At the desk area flank the desk on either side with tall billy bookcases with top extensions - as tall as possible. Also add doors to hide the storage items. If you feel you need a physical separation, install sheer white curtains very full, from the ceiling to the floor. It will add privacy and filter in light. This plan will eliminate people from passing your workspace and containing the living space. Here's a plan and some inspiration pics. The line behind the lounge chair is the sheer curtain ceiling to floor. It can be any divider, but not that open shelf you have. The trick with open dual purpose rooms is to keep it simple and hide the clutter while making the spaces functional. You can use the open shelving you have on the right of the chaise (next to the door). TV Wall - Hang a cabinet off the wall to visually create an open space. This pic shows seating at front and work area at window. (I love the light fixture!) Full white sheer curtain panels are one of my favorite design tricks....See MoreSeeking layout suggestions for a warm, uncluttered front living room
Comments (62)I’d put my dining room in that space and turn your old dining room into an office and add some glass doors to your new office (old dining room). That way you can set up a dedicated space for your homeschooling. You don’t need two living rooms back to back. Put your piano against the stair wall where the guitars currently are. Put your dining room hutch on the 13’4” wall and hang the guitars on the other wall space (opposite the front windows). Hang your guitars so they are like artwork....big one in the middle and smaller ones on either side. Paint the chair rail white and all the wall space below the same white as well. This will help to blend your heaters. Paint above the chair rail a warm grey colour. Benjamin Moore Collingwood is one example and a google search will come up with other popular colors. One last suggestion is to get some full length curtains to frame those windows. Black and white check curtains will give that room a farmhouse feel. Black and White Curtains...See MoreLooking for wall art/art-work suggestions for my living room
Comments (16)I think an abstract landscape/water piece, with some color, would look fabulous there … and play into your wonderful views. It would also bring warmth in, while keeping with the very modern style of the room. I’d look on Etsy, on gallery sites, Ebay, and/or visit local places to find a piece that speaks to you. This is a prominent spot — I wouldn’t buy a big piece of generic wall filler. Art here could be the soul of the room. https://magazine.artland.com/top-10-landscape-artists-in-modern-and-contemporary-art/ I do like the idea of three b/w prints you posted — it brings to mind water movement....See More- PRO
BeverlyFLADeziner
3 months ago- The rug should be brought out from the left
- Pull all the seating away from the wall by a few inches
- Swing the red chair around into the conversation area so it's not stuck in the corner.
- The mirror doesn't do a thing for the space so I would recommend replacing it with art.
- The scale of the coffee table is too small to compete with the scale of the seating and should be replaced
Cheryl Smith
3 months agolast modified: 3 months agocould you show a picture of the other 2 walls too please. I think it would help alot with making the room feel more comfortable and right if you center your rug in the room so there is the same amount of flooring showing on all sides. then bring the furniture up to it. really only the front feet need to be on it. also bring the furniture away from the walls so you can open and close the drapery easily which are fine if you like them. the lighting makes me think it was ment for shared dining. maybe think of adding a small table between the windows with a couple swival chairs. it would make a nice place for morning coffee and a place for games or puzzles. I'm not crazy that the mirror reflects the tv, a mirror should reflect something nice. would it be better on the wall we can't see above that part of the sectional? I think a larger picture where the mirror is would be better. find another place for the smaller picturein the corner.
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3 months agoHere’s the other side of the room. It’s a fairly small room (very old New England home) so I’ve struggled a bit on how to arrange chairs with the sectional and the two doors. We have an oar as a placeholder on the one wall, I like the idea of 3 framed photos with oversized mats vs that but haven’t decided.
roarah
3 months agoHU-187528210
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3 months agoSome inspiration (remember - pull out the sofa and the rug a little bit. I can’t do it on my phone…)
Cheryl Smith
3 months agoSabrina McGrail
3 months agoCheryl Smith
3 months agoPaul F.
2 months agoWell, that took a while. Coffee table is still too small and the pink chair still needs to go into another room.
Kelly Jones
2 months agolast modified: 2 months agoI just recommended this for someone else and thought it would work here really well bringing all your colors together:
I would get rid of the chair rail and 2-toned wall and paint it all the navy. Nice color BTW!Sabrina McGrail
2 months agoI went with a round marble coffee table, any side table recommendations? I agree I need to get rid of the chair but not sure what to replace with in that space.
D M PNW
2 months ago
roarah