skip to main content

Great Wall finish...what is it.

9 years ago

Montecito Foothills Entertainer · More Info

Comment

Related Discussions
New living room-North/west , not great light.
Q
Comments (6)
I LOVE the green wall as well and I could see that carried over onto the fireplace wall. I like your idea of two sofas facing each other either side of the fire, I love symmetry in a room and it looks like with your room layout you could achieve that. . Round mirror above the fireplace like Minnie suggested, and possibly two large pieces of art (rectangular). You could maybe also consider a one sofa two chairs arrangement, something with small thin arms to maximise the seating space. Colour wise? What colour sofas are you thinking? As for the telly I would position it on the wall opposite the fire one, you could have a lovely built in section there. If that's not in the budget you could have a console table under the tv like you have now but it would need to be bigger to expand past the width of the telly. You could then dress this with some lamps either side to increase height and balance out the TV. Good luck its exciting when you start a new re model from scratch.
...See More
Feature wall - with a window in it?
Q
Comments (24)
I think that people mostly wallpaper all their walls, or, just one feature wall (usually the one you face when sitting) I was looking at the thread of emails and Moniker sent 2 pictures right at the beginning that I think look fab. A few subtle changes in your room that would make a big difference are getting bigger bedside lamps and getting a large statement piece of art or perhaps even a large mirror instead (which would make the space look lighter and brighter too) I'm not sure what your budget is but changing the carpet to a neutral cream or taupe would also help tie the room together. I'd personally dress the window with a simple Roman blind or roller blind a bit bigger than the window as having curtains behind the bed may be a tad difficult to manage? However, if you are in love with the idea of wallpaper, you could always paper three walls first, and based on how you think it looks, either leave it at that or continue with the forth wall.
...See More
Great British Interior Design Challenge - thoughts?
Q
Comments (23)
I'vr been watching both £100K Houses and Ugly Houses. Quite like both but oh my word, how over budget do they end up! What would happen if the homeowners couldn't borrow the extra? Granted, the £10k budget on £100k Houses was way too low and if we're saying that as viewers why are the architects not telling the homeowners? This week's Ugly Houses was the same - £60k (they had a contigency amount of £15k) budget but ended at, I think, £85k. So again, £10k over. The architects do the work for free and I'd really like it if were told how much their time and work would have cost for the project. I know, I know, it all makes for better tv. There have to be disasters, budget problems, shoddy finishes, tears. If everything went smoothly would we watch? headers13 I would hope the BBC would pay to sort the rooms out if they were awful. Quite a few of them I really could not live with. Do the BBC pay for it all? Or the homeowners?
...See More
Empty wall in living room. How to decorate it?
Q
Comments (16)
Thank you all for your replies. Sorry I didn't take the time to answer earlier. I get what you meant by the overpowering wall unit but unfortunately we can't move it. There's a hole in the wall behind the top part of it for all the wires connecting the different media boxes to the TV. And we had younger children at that time so we didn't want them to access it. Sometimes we had to make choices between aesthetic and functionality/childproof within our family's requirements. I know professionals would have been able to find a better compromise but at that time, we tried to do everything ourselves Your comments definitely opened our eyes, and I like the different options proposed. I like the ideas of multiples paintings/ frames, that respect the tones of cushions/sofa rather than one massive piece of art. It's really hard to visualise beforehand. Which application do you use to add virtual decoration/painting on a existing pictures please ? It really helps! I've attached a picture of my living room at a different angle (from entrance), you can see there's still lots to do to make it an harmonious! But in our crazy daily life, I'm fine with it for now, as we appreciate to have cosy family time there and quality time doesn't need hight standard finish. Meanwhile I can't stand the look of the AC unit above the window (it was there when we bought the house). But between us, I was glad when we had the hot weather last week. The living room was the only fresh room in the house and my children ended up camping in it to have a nice good night sleep Best regards to all
...See More

Sponsored

More Discussions

Opinions and suggestions on Howdens Kitchen Design

16

Advice re updating a tiredbedroom please

6

Kitchen diner garage access help

3

Above garage extension to create primary suite

2

Help…dilema I need some ideas

10

United Kingdom

Tailor my experience with cookies

Houzz uses cookies and similar technologies to personalise my experience, serve me relevant content, and improve Houzz products and services. By clicking ‘Accept’ I agree to this, as further described in the Houzz Cookie Policy. I can reject non-essential cookies by clicking ‘Manage Preferences’.