Need Help with Rug for Den
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Comments (1)I meant at LOWES! i had a deadline - slept 3 hours!...See MoreDen Decorating Help Needed in Home I Want to Buy - Pics Posted
Comments (14)thregrad and dezinerchick - Thanks so much for your replies and suggestions - you both are thinking along the lines of hilltop, so I'll definitely be taking those ideas and see how they work for the room - if I get the house, that is. dezinerchick, you mentioned blinds on the window - what do you suggest for the door - I'm not one to have a pane of glass uncovered where, though it's in the backyard, one can look through it, esp. during the night. I love my modular I currently have, but it's too big for this room, and the color doesn't go. I don't know what's under the carpeting there - the owners say concrete, but hard to believe that unless it was an addition after they built the house - the rest of the house is wood flooring, though there is carpet in the living and dining room (can't understand the reasoning behind carpeting a dining room, but that's just me, I guess) I hate that carpet in there and will definitely be changing it to something else, probably wood. But that's a whole other issue. I think I'd like to go more cottage style in this room - any suggestions? Still hoping someone will post a picture of their room that looks similar and how it's laid out. Thanks again....See MoreNeed help with den furniture placement and decorating suggestions
Comments (6)Any reason in particular why you are keeping the tv over the fireplace? That must be over 8' high. That's some serious neck strain. I would probably recommend a similar layout to the previous owner. It has lots of seating, divides the entry from the living area. The window looks fine with current shutters. If you do not have furniture, start with the rug first. Find one large enough for the room. Use the colors in the rug to guide you for picking out furniture. Artwork and other wall decor can come later once you have the basics. You could always put the tv on a stand to the left of the fireplace. Have fun....See MoreHELP! THIS DEN NEEDS A 911 CALL!
Comments (5)I don't think the room or what you've done with it is as big a disaster as you've made it out to be. I would not do built-ins. The room is already long and skinny; adding built-in on a long wall is just going to make it skinnier. Don't shiplap. Besides being overdone, I don't think it works with the brick fireplace. Sectionals are not ideal in small living rooms or rooms with lots of constraints limiting furniture placement. But you don't have really a lot of constraints other than the fireplace, and you've said you want the table there anyway. Since your windows are high up, you actually have three walls where the sectional would fit easily, though it makes sense for TV viewing to put it on one of the long walls. I'd probably put the layout much like you have it, maybe adding a chair to the conversations group on the fireplace side. I'd probably change out the rug. Maybe work on the lighting. It's hard to judge from a photograph, but the light level seems low and the whole room has a yellowish cast that could be fixed by changing the color temperature of the light bulbs (or it could just be the photograph). If the lighting changes don't do the trick, I'd think about a different paint color. But honestly, I don't think I'm getting what you think is so terrible about the room now. Everything I just wrote is pretty minor and based on MY preferences and may not apply to you....See Morerobinbohbot
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