How to make this 'through' room work
Chris Hopkins
8 years ago
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Need advice on how to make a dining/home office combo work!
Comments (2)Spray frost or use decorative cling film on the glass in the china cabinet so you can't see in it and use it to organize all the stuff. Pull the table away from the wall and use an upholstered bench in the nook to seat a 5th person at the table for dining. Use the opposite end of the table for your computer space so you can scoot all 4 chairs under it and out of the way. Replace the short curtains with fabric or fiber roman shades. Lower your picture collage so the center of it is 60" above the floor....See MoreOver-garage extension (master bedroom/ensuite) making narrow room work
Comments (22)We are doing the same. weve done our build in 2 phases so weve just conpleted the single storey rear extension and about to start building the double storey in April. Although we are making our front box room bigger by taking it out over the new attached garage to make hopefully 4 double bedrooms. the room will only be 2.38m wide and around 4.3m long with a 90cm space for a shower, toilet and sink. hoping it works and the above from man about the house gives me hope it will as i plan to do something similar with a small area at the back literally for the bed and some bedside tables then a small walk through wardrobe area and then a thin ensuite. will decide where to put stud walls once the shell and floor in built so i can determine the space needed....See MoreHELP! How can I make this grey sofa work in this room!
Comments (16)I'd go for raspberry & pink, not as harsh as red, but definitely warming. I'd be very tempted if you go for the darker curtains, to go for the same colour rug, just for a bit of unity. However, if you then put a wooden coffee table on the rug, the wood will warm it up. All the pinks above will go with any grey, Different texture cushions in paler colours will help soften the look. This rug and coffee table go well with the whole theme, softens it down, and although grey tones, when mixed in with the soft accessories, cushions, vases, curtain ties etc will look really cosy. Coffee Table Maybe a copper and wood floor lamps? Laura Ashley Rug...See Morethinking through room enfilade - how would you do this?
Comments (9)I still think that you can embrace bolder colours and should consider bold coloured walls a frame for your furniture and art. I hope that the enclosed pictures illustrate that if the dark colour represents less than 50% of the total surfaces in the room the room still feels bright. In fact I think that contrast has the crisp modern feel you wanted. So in your middle room that has reasonable light if you painted the walls a bold colour, the wood work and coving a shade of white and then the ceiling and the wall above the picture rail a pale grey on balance the room will have more light than dark (especially when you add in curtains and furniture and cover some of the wall with pictures and mirrors). Likewise if you painted your whole kitchen a deep colour a lot of it would be covered with cabinets and the deep colour will frame the furniture. So I think that you should have courage to paint your island and canopy a dark shade and a mid tone colour for at least one wall in the kitchen. You hallway is the least light space. You can play safe with a pale colour but in my opinion painting a room white doesn’t increase the light. Consider a mid tone colour confident that there will be well balanced as most hallways have lots of doors and other woodwork that you can paint in the white of your choice....See MoreChris Hopkins
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