struggling with my duck egg living room, help!
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Please help me ,i am lost,Need help with my living room
Comments (9)I agree with Red80 re furniture layout. There are lots of good things in this room, I just personally find the cushions and blinds clash with the chandelier and wallpaper. I would swap the 2 geometric cushions for softer patterns in lighter grey/white/duck egg. I'd get something with different textures as the cushions fabrics look the same atm? Add accessories to your coffee table, maybe just a pile of books, a vase of flowers, and an "ornament" in wood/ceramic/pewter etc again for texture. When budget allows swap the blinds for Roman blinds. Try blinds 2 go or Tuiss which is their sister company if you're in the UK. I can't remember the exact price but I got pure silk Roman blinds for 2 really large windows for c£450 which sounds a bargain to me although not yet up:) I agree the mirror is a little high. If you can, without leaving a hole on show in the wallpaper, I'd lower it as long as it doesn't reflect the tv! I'm not sure the pics to the left of the window work as they're obscured by the curtains. Perhaps also a taller vase/pot in the blue for the tv cabinet to detract from the tv a little more? Alternatively you could change the wallpaper and the mirror to give the room a contemporary rather than classical feel...See MoreStruggling with front room/Living room design
Comments (4)Hello Albajazaj, So a good route forward is that you have clearly identified two clear purposes for the living room.. Relaxing and dining.. So that should really help you. Now you need to get a feel of where you want to sit for these activities... Given there's two windows at one side of the room you could potentially do one of two options... One is to have a dining table where you can sit and eat, with sunlight, with evening sun, with windows open etc... You can also use this table to work at or sit at where light is a primary requirement. It could also server as a social hub.. (see image below) Two tone walls make for interest and allow you to use colour like grey or charcoal which would blend with sofa but then add something lighter and chalky to give height.... Play with scale too... A mix of seating adds interest and consider how you add texture.. If you can't have wooden floor consider natural flooring such as sisal or Jute.. Equally though you could position a series of hall type mirrors (keep reading) Given the first floor proximity a large mirror such as 8 x6ft could be difficult in terms of logistics.. So smaller manageable ones can give a feeling of space if lined along the wall to the right as you walk into the room if you choose this idea... Which you could then situate a table in front for dining again like the above.... . So then you could have the sofa in the window, where you can read easily as light is beneficial here. It also means that the largest item in the room is not the first you see when you walk in as the width of that rear portion is quite narrow and I would not recommend anything more than a two seater here. You mentioned grey for the sofa so it could sit well with a colour scheme such as that above... A modular arrangement that perhaps is structured in a textural and interesting format... It is functional but interesting... The low slung wooden base is also rather nice to add a warm element to the room which compliments the above dining table and bench... In this way you're building the room up to a coherent scheme that is bright and airy... Another thing to consider is fewer pieces are better for a room that does not require a great deal.. Consider how function can serve multipurpose usage.... So perhaps a sideboard to houzz plates, cutlery, glassware. Above a drinks tray on top perhaps? This piece is long and low and perhaps if you situated the sofa to face the window ie in front of the rad wall past that door to the left of your image, with the sideboard behind it. It could have a vase of flowers etc, drinks tray and somewhere to put a drink etc, you have no need for a coffee table and you have a natural partition of the room... you see how considering fewer pieces and what are linked to creating a room that is perfectly functional with less... My specialty is the Lagom approach which is the Swedish term for "just the right amount" Which can be applied to any aesthetic... A few things that might be food for thought.... :))...See MoreDuck egg living room help
Comments (37)I've got my tv in a tall oriental cabinet and got the company to cut a hole in the back for cables which might be worth considering for the sky box. I really like the rug and the pattern goes well but is it too much of a block colour and tonally similar? I'm struggling to find a rug ATM and was just playing around with cushions etc in the 2nd pic but I wonder if something in a teal would work better (just personal opinion though)...See MoreCan you help me make my living room work?
Comments (9)Blue (sofa) and creamy/yellow (walls and to a certain degree carpet) will always fight so something has to give. I think the creamy wall behind the sofa is too light, too sickly and too yellowy. Whilst I'm not particularly keen on the wallpaper, I think the cream walls are throwing it out. If they were fixed, you may be able to keep the carpet, and perhaps add a rug. I don't think painting the walls blue will help either, it won't connect with the wallpaper. If keeping the wallpaper you may want to find a more taupey neutral that blends with the new sofa, old sofa and wallpaper. The curtains are yellowy too. A good plan it to keep to yellows, creams and warm neutrals of go for taupes, greys and blues. Mixing them is very tricky....See MorePumpkin
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6 years agoHi P P , duck egg color is fantastic and gives and instant lift to your room and the curtains look amazing,. I have some suggestions for you, hopefully they will help. The sofa is a bit darker and if you are willing to change it you should opt for a light brown or beige one( a big corner one as your room is a good size) and a coffee table in brown wood. Here is some idea i got for you
For your current sofa you can add some soft furnishings as cushions and a throw in duck egg, light brown, silver. I have a range of duck egg cushions, but you can choose the high street once
You can change the lamp shade to your existing one, or buy a new tall lamp for the corner
For the fireplace you don`t have to change it , just add some frames and a candle holder, my advise is to add a tall vase next to it, or a few small ones in different length.
The long wall you don`t like, if you are willing to spend a bit more a wallpaper will change the complete look of the room
For the rest of the walls you can paint with the duck egg paint you have been using.
Good luck with the decorating
kazza_hayward
6 years ago
Victoria