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This post may be highly annoying. Expect excessive dithering, inconsistent opinions, and reversals. Note that the OP does not represent that any of this will actually be done (see: Sunroom that uses loud black floral carpet, or Maine DR that must use blue floral window seat, etc.) Completion of projects is at the sole discretion of the OP, and may be effected by things outside of OP's control, including, but not limited to, labor availability, supply shortages, discontinued items, whim, familial participation, vermin, fire, riots and sunspots. OP is not responsible for any unsolicited expenditure of time on the part of posters. Proceed at your own risk.

Most of this room is a given. There are two things I am trying to decide.

- Too many leg styles around the DR table. Do I paint the wood legs white on the settee? Or slipcover it so no legs show at all?

- What fabric/s for pillows and/or for the settee

1. I love this fabric but I think it is too blah (which is why i love it) and summery/tropical.

2 I think this fabric works well but I would need to be sedated and my entire family, having been raised in off-white cocoons, would revolt

3. My original choice, still a contender

4. Bored yet?

5. Am i in my chintz phase or my chinoiserie phase? Add in the rococo mirror and I think I will be exiled to West Palm.

6. I like it but there is only green outside

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Kswl

last year

This has a good balance of everything. IMO pillows should not be the feature that grabs all the attention in the room, as some of the patterns shown here do. I don’t think you need two sets of pillows either, and the genius of this pattern is that if you tired of it in the LR it could be moved easily into the neutral MBR.

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teeda
last year
I agree with Allison. But I also really like the two just above.
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Emily
last year
I think the pillows in the last pic shown are perfect. You could even find a rich blue velvet lumbar pillow to go with them.
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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
I agree that it works well. The ideal for me would be a pillow that works well in the room in a pattern that i love in its own right. Not sure.
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orchidrain
last year
Ooohhh, I like both of the pillows in the last post of photos. Allison has a good point.
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palimpsest
last year
The pillow in the second to last photo comes in a colorway that might be better because it has some orange in it. You show the blue colorway
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rubyclaire
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This fabric is another favorite that may be an option if you don't want something too vibrant.
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mtnrdredux_gw
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I think I need to step away from pillows for a bit. Here is everything I have "tried"! Truth is may of them work well.
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
As an aside, I may have found a good use for two pillows I particularly liked.
rubyclaire
last year
Oooh - very pretty!
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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
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I just realized I have seven projects I am "working" on. Both BR, LR/DR. and K in our new place. Sunroom, DR refresh, and "pantry annex" in Maine. No wonder I am going craz-ee.
Arapaho-Rd
last year
The last two are so pretty in the bedroom. As I read this entire thread i had to use a scratch pad to keep track of my # selections. #1 grabbed me right away for LR. But Pal's hooked me with repeating blue and yours with the orange.
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njmomma
last year
I wish I cook double like the pillows for the bedroom!!! They really work in there are are very pretty!
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njmomma
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And I wish I could edit on the phone app🤪
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Kswl
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I can’t wait to see the panty annex 😎 …or the pantry annex, however it os spelled 😁
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
!
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yeonassky
last year
I'm guessing panty equals pantry? Although I am now curious as to what a panty annex would be? ;-).
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
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Ladies, I fixed that as fast as I could!
Annie Deighnaugh
last year
I came across this on society6 and it is modern but not too busy and combines your colors nicely, and no jungle animals...
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nekotish
last year
I can't weigh in on any of the choices because apparently my analysis paralysis extends to other people as well as myself! On the subject of pillows, am I alone in despising the "pillow chop?" It just looks odd and contrived to me. That said, you should know that I apparently lack the home decor/design gene.
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Irish2
last year
Number 6 for pillow fabric.

I love the ”blah” one but that is just personal taste as I’m somewhat of a colorphobe myself .
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Arapaho-Rd
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In re: to settee leg color, consider buying new legs in the tone of wood or color you want. Like the clean lines w/o fabric to cover them. Agree w Sueb re: cushions (even a coordinating fabric) on the chairs. Not an expert by any means, just things I would consider.
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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
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You can't buy new legs because:
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Annie Deighnaugh
last year
OK, I changed my mind then....leave the legs alone...they're fine.
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Sueb20
last year
In your first pics, I couldn’t tell that there was also wood showing in the back of the bench, so never mind about my comment to paint the legs. However, with two chairs, a bench, and table that are all mismatched, I feel like something needs to tie at least two of those elements together, and an easy way to do that is chair cushions to match the bench.

Where did you end up finding the right bench, BTW?
bbstx
last year
Looking back, I decided that I sorta like #2 but I really like Chiang Mai Dragon by Schumacher better. Is the mocha background colorway too colorful for you?
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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
NOTE: please read new disclaimer at top of thread.

I was looking at an Etsy site that sends swatches (many do not) and randomly came across a blue and white I liked. Which made me think of pairing it. Because, why not complicate things?

This says " Why yes, I did notice my wall was orange. But did you see my pretty blue and white pottery?"

This says " Asia, get it?"
bbstx
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Are you going to charge royalties for use of your disclaimer? Many of us need it!
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Annie Deighnaugh
last year
Hahah! Love the disclaimer! Only thing is you left off barometric pressure!

😂
Allison0704
last year
This says " Why yes, I did notice my wall was orange. But did you see my pretty blue and white pottery?"

No need to add blue and white pillow(s), as the pottery is such a contrast to the orange wall the pieces will be seen in all their glory.

Consider adding a few touches of green to the shelves, in artwork or on pieces (not necessarily completely or mostly green), pulled from the pillows you may or may not use (*disclaimer). Such as three simple gold framed landscapes in various sizes.
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porkandham
last year
I think number 11 is perfect, and I don’t think it needs to be paired with the blue and white pillow. In case I miscounted, I’m referring to the first pillow in your most recent post.
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mtnrdredux_gw
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bbstx
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To be honest, the most recent pillow choice is a little too much same-same for me. I think there have been other, more interesting fabrics.
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rubyclaire
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Mtn - I think that wall has become the boss of you! :)
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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
It has Ruby! It has! 12 samples on the way
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amykath
last year
I like number 6. I like the tone and how it ties with the chairs. Also, I like that it is more grounding and calm. Gives the room a more earthy vibe.
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njmomma
last year
Aaaaah! Love the last pillow you posted!
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k8cd
last year
What is the fabric on the last pair of pillows posted? I think I need that fabric in my life.
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jojoco
last year

I love this. The soft blues in both of the pillows are gorgeous. I had my doubts about an orange room, but this puts it all to rest. I could happily live here.
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Emily
last year
Beautiful!
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Sueb20
last year
The only think I’m not sure about with a fabric like this is whether the background color will be hit or miss with the sofa color. I think you need a pillow that does not have a white-ish background.

I like the last pillows (the orange ones).
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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
I had my doubts about an orange room, but this puts it all to rest.

Only one wall is orange!

Sue, agreed. Twelve samples on the way!

k8cd,

This? It's Scalamandre Nanjing Pillow in Mandarin.
k8cd
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@mtnrdredux_gw

Thanks! I love those too. And the entire room!

I think that you should buy multiple pillow covers so that you can change up the look whenever you like! So many of them look amazing, it’s too hard to choose.

I was asking about these pillows-
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
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Schumacher Hothouse Flowers in Spark

https://schumacher.com/catalog/products/174031

Interesting, I like it much more on the right than on the left here:

And I don't care for it much at all from this vantage point:
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palimpsest
last year
1) some of the sites are terrible at conveying scale. The more general few gives you no clue, you could be looking at a generic Jacobean middle scale print.

2) This may be one of those situations where you have to do custom to get pillows that are centered on the motif you want, and not from yardage divided every 18" inches.
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
This may be one of those situations where you have to do custom to get pillows that are centered on the motif you want,

I have done this with all the pillows I have had made, most of which are now from Etsy, and I find they are very good about it.
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k8cd
last year
@mtnrdredux_gw

I completely agree that the whole fabric view is disappointing! I feel like that’s true for almost all floral fabrics I like. The sample is great but not the whole. The search continues.

Thanks for sharing!
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palimpsest
last year
For pillows, or even a chair, I don't think you need to worry about the whole, because the scale is very large. This is why I wish the scale were more obvious at the initial look. You could easily pass by this as an ordinary jacobean print of small to medium scale.
Kswl
last year
Sometimed when people (me) mock up pillows with photoshopping programs portray the scale— on pillows especially— as much larger than it actually is. You want to see the detail and colors so you ( I ) enlarge the photo of the fabric and cut a small bit of that for a photoshop pillow. Which is just as unhelpful as underestimatjng the scale.
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mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
Yes, that's why I usually try to find a fabric that has been made into a pillow.

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