Living room makeover

8 years ago

Hi i am wanting to redesign living room. Get rid of horrid laminate, maybe add silver carpet, light grey walls, not keen on fireplace. Keeping sofas. Any ideas or suggestions.

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special morning

8 years ago

I would either use chunkier shutters in painted wood at the window, or replace with a sheer blind (assuming you need the privacy) then add more luxurious curtains in a fabric that goes with the new walls - with a pole all across.

whatever colour you paint walls you could do a darker tone carpet. And consider painting the firplace same colour as walls?

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minnie101
8 years ago
Hi. I must admit I don't mind your fireplace. The beading round the hearth looks as if it's too deep though? If so I would replace and paint black to tie in with the hearth. You could if wanted paint the surround a mid to dark grey. Perhaps try the mirror hung the other way. I like the plant adding height but it looks too big for the cabinet. I might replace the cabinet with an old slim tallboy and add a table lamp and have the plant on the floor. Perhaps an antique trunk to bring furniture into the room which can be accessorised. Personal preference would be a wood floor with rug as the wood adds warmth and I'd add pattern for the rug but a carpet would also look good. Do you want to add any colour at all? If not, add different textures with cushions, throw and accessories. Maybe think about slighter bolder patterns for the cushions. If possible I'd move the 3 seater up so you can pull the sofa out of the bay a little. Perhaps a small arc lamp over the sofa? Your window treatment looks nice but if you have the budget I might go for something richer in fabric
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amordesigns
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8 years ago
Thank you Minnie would love wooden floor but husband wants carpet. Like idea of painting fireplace and beading and yes richer fabrics a definite
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I LOVE your wallpaper!! How about wallpapering the full length of the wall with the alcoves and the fireplace, the wall around the window one of the darker blues and then the rest of the walls in one of the greens? Then replace the lights with big, modern brassy/gold ones to contrast against it? Lighter curtains like you have in the moodboard (or a nice mid grey?), and a big fabulous white (ish) rug with bits of grey and gold through it? Pull the sofas out from the edge slightly and get a large curved standing lamp with a big brass/gold ball that hangs over it? I think the colours you have will look FABULOUS if you contrast them with some metallic and if you soften with a rug and nice sofa dressings
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Karen Lockhart
8 years ago
Hiya I like your mirror and lamp they lighten and add glamour to the room. If you don't like carpet I would suggest natural floor covering like sisal. There are lots of colours and textures including silvers and greys. Using your grey paint scheme I would add silvers and rich fabrics like velvet and sateen to build on the glam and a piece of mirrored furniture would look great. I like you window treatment and you could just bulk up the voile and add glass hold backs to complement your lamp. I hope this gives some more food for thought. Enjoy your makeover. Karen
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amordesigns
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8 years ago
Love all your ideas. Have just finished spare bedroom and love the colours so thinking of duplicating something similar in living room using bedroom colours, But not sure if the yellow and silver would go with brown leather!
minnie101
8 years ago
The bedroom looks lovely. I must admit I am not the biggest fan of yellow and brown (must be my dislike of over ripe bananas! ) If you were to add yellow, i would add in small doses for the cushions. You really have a wide choice of colours. I really like teal with brown but would go for a warm grey on the ŵall. Maybe add a splash of raspberry pink for flowers, if you can't go fresh all the time then try oka, and maybe a little in a cushion pattern etc. Or Extending on the copper that would work well mixed with blush/dusky pink
tamp75
8 years ago
Hi, your bedroom looks great ! What colour is the grey paint please. We have similar lounge dilemma with dark brown sofas which husband loves & I hate but we're stuck with them for now. I'd also like grey on the walls but don't think it goes too well with the dark brown. But, like Minnie suggested, teal goes with the brown & I also like it with grey so that could tie things together.
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amordesigns
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The grey on walls is called manhattan grey
archilou
8 years ago
I quite like the shape of your 3-seater couch, but would you consider removing the two seater and building in a window seat? It is quite deep and you could put a nice thick, colourful, textured squab cushion (Google this term as I'm not sure if it's only used in New Zealand) in there, with contrasting scatter cushions or bolsters.
I agree with another comment that the fire surround is very deep. However to use the depth it implies, you could build in shelves up to a height of 1 to 1.2 meters to the left of the fireplace to house books on a few bottom shelves and the large TV on the top shelf or on a bracket on the wall in the nook. Paint the shelves and the surround the same.
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amordesigns
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8 years ago
Love this plum colour scheme with brown leather sofa or gold accents

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