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Comments (41)I love your antique furniture and portraits. Your room is very nice, and your dining room looks gorgeous! I think a few very minor changes will accomplish what you want. I have quite a few antique pieces, and what works best for me is mixing them with a few new pieces and keeping a more casual feeling. For your room, I think I'd replace the rug with something less formal, that has a few more colors to work with. I'd also replace either the side chair or the settee with a comfortable upholstered chair & ottoman-- maybe leather. That would make the room more welcoming. I'd paint the walls in a soft color-- maybe beige, pale green or blue--and get a couple new throw pillows. You could hang all your portraits together, on the wall facing the sofa. A few ideas for rugs-- finding a rug you like will lead to a wall color and what to do for pillows. Ideas for your portraits--...See MoreNeed help with living room flooring of a mid-century modern house.
Comments (14)I would go with terrazzo since going with wood would be a poor design choice. I am not a fan of wall to wall carpet for a variety of reasons so that wouldn't be an option for me. Terrazzo is both true to the period and would look great with that style of the home. It is also more of an investment to future buyers as anyone who is looking for a classic MCM home is going to be thrilled to find terrazzo. However, wall to wall would no doubt be cozier but would need replacing fairly frequently...See MoreHelp Decorating & Modernize 90s Living Room in New Home!
Comments (32)New modern art, rug, lighting, window shades and great looking sectional sofa that all work with the warm floors would get you off to a good start. It's not the mantel that's the problem, it's the enormous TV that needs to go on the side wall and the man cave sofa and chair. Work with your trim, floors, and cabinets but go a little out of the box with great well-designed fairly modern pieces. Go on Craigslist and see if you can find a wide console for the TV. Search for "midcentury or MCM console, sideboard, dresser" Art for over fireplace in this palette of golds, touch of blues, gold/orange, green you can echo in rug and pillow. Go online to Etsy and just put in "abstract paintings" and see what comes up. From your art, choose a rug--something like this with golds but with green from your art. Sectional sofa in camel/gold leather. Not a bunch of things in this photo--low lines of sofa; window treatment; great piece of art in corner; graphic rug You'll want a round coffee table to tuck into the "L" if you get a sectional. Go with wood with maybe a pullout to use from both ends of sofa. Get modern nesting sides tables as well so you and guests have a place to put down a drink while you're either looking at the fireplace or the TV --Get a modern round white tulip table for your kitchen dining area. It's too dark in there to be inviting. Bigger tulip table than this, but keep your current chairs so you don't have to change everything. Save your money to put same window treatments--roll-up shades in your bay window. Ikea has a decent sized tulip table. This shows how great any kind of dark chairs look in contrast with the table. While you're at Ikea, get a modern white pendant to drop over the new table:...See MoreUpdating/Modernizing Living Room - Opinions needed!
Comments (14)I would remove the wall to wall carpeting and put in a hardwood floor. I would also consider enlarging the opening of the fireplace or reducing the amount of stone above it. The size of the opening and the amount of stone above it seem out of proportion, unless it is the angle of your photograph. I also don't care for the semicircular hearth. Also there is something strange about the woodwork above the fireplace. Your three photos don't match. The third photo has a wood column to the right of the painting that seems to serve no purpose. There are also two wooden pilasters on either side of the painting that seem to stop in the middle of nowhere that really do not suit at all, and I would remove them. Architectural ornamentation is like jewelry- you have to know when it is too much. Whatever you do, don't do anything piecemeal. I highly suggest you get the very best designer you can afford and put together a cohesive design for the whole room that incorporates everything, lighting, fireplace, furniture, architectural ornamentation, window treatments, etc. Then do what you can as you can afford it. By developing a cohesive plan now, you ensure that your home won't look like a crazy quilt, which is often what happens when no all-encompassing plan is developed, and or when there is no knowledgable experienced expert at the helm....See MoreRelated Professionals
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