Living room advice, wallpaper and curtains
I am completly revamping my living room. I am painting walls grey, having oak furniture with grey sofas. I am also having a wood burner. I love this lamp so would like this as my colour scheme in the room but struggling to find a wallpaper to go on the chimney breast wall and also curtains. Any suggestions?
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minnie101
7 years agoHi Beckie. You don't have an ideabook set up so what style/s do you like? Hints of purple/aubergine can also work well with mustard (ignore the style in the pic if this isn't your thing just the colour combo). Are the walls light grey?
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Two Orange Orla Kiely wallpapers, advice on which curtains to hang
Comments (13)Thanks for all your comments, I shall try to fill in a few gaps I'm aiming at a reclaimed oak floor throughout, but it will depend on the funds I can get together in the next couple of months (fingers crossed) The orange wall does look like a colour block on the picture but I've included a sample of how it looks close up I must admit that I did think it was a bit too much but it will be mainly covered with artwork with lighter frames ( I collect aboriginal bark art so that might have coloured my choice of paper ) The sofa is a really large ( 8 - 10 seat ) corner sofa, chocolate brown leather, cushioned in chocolate brown and lighter beige ( haven't got photos of it because it's still in storage ) as I've mentioned most of my furniture is mid to dark (20's / 30's ) oak bookcase, bureau and display cabinet ... pretty brown all round I took a couple of photos on the way past earlier but the light wasnt too good and the wide shot I took made the window wall look convex but it really isn't Thanks again for your input...See MoreWallpaper /ideas for living/dining room update please .
Comments (22)Hubby doesn't like the patterned one Kerry. His preference is to have the chimney breast in red and the rest in something plain like below for the alcoves and other walls. Would welcome your thoughts.Also we are planning an electric insert fire on chimney breast and have posted a separate question on that. Do you think we doing the right thing as we would need to widen the hole where it slots in ? Just thought it would add to modernisation of room. Suite and carpet would have to wait for another year . Thanks....See MoreLiving room wallpaper / toybox / decoration ideas??
Comments (7)Hi there! I offer an affordable E-Design service that could help you create a space you love, I have lots of wallpaper suppliers that I'm sure we can use to find the ideal look for you. I'm also very experienced in incorporating toy storage into living spaces (as a mum of a toddler!), send me a message if you'd like some further information on how the service works and pricing :) Take Care Natalie...See MoreAdvice on curtains to go with wallpaper?
Comments (5)Bedroom curtains ican't be too plush in my opinion. I'd go for a good weight slub velvet and make sure you don't skimp on the type of heading. A lot of ready made curtains have 2" headings which can look cheap and nasty. Pinch pleats look great, but if funds are tighter, then go for a 3" Pencil Pleat. There are many sites that offer them made to measure for fairly reasonable prices. This one, Curtains2Go are good and it's easy to put in your measurements, and pick your heading type. I chose these cafe au lait velvet curtains with pinch pleats in a rough size for a bedroom window:-...See MoreBeckie Cave
7 years agoI am liking this wallpaper but prefer orange. Would this be OK with lamp or would it be best to go for yellow?
lisasgardens32
7 years agohttps://www.janeclayton.co.uk/Product_Images/fullzoom/ColeAndSon-ContemporaryRestyled-CowParsley-959-049-01.jpg
This is botanical I know, but in a modern way. The yellow of the lamp and the wood suggest an earthy nature theme to me, with shades of mauve used as small contrast for cushions etc.
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PROMake My Blinds
7 years agoHi Beckie,
Who need's curtains when you can have blinds? But seriously, your colour scheme sounds really nice and we love that yellow and grey combo on the lamp. One thing that we see a lot is people installing real wood venetian blinds to match the wood in a room - so in your case it would be a matching pine colour venetian blind. (http://makemyblinds.co.uk/wooden-blinds.html) These are great if you need some privacy in the room, but also what is increasingly popular is layering blinds with curtains, like in the image below. Then you have the practicality of a blind along with the softness of a curtain.
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Juliet Docherty
7 years agoHi Becky, how about a plain but textured wallpaper such as seagrass? If you want to avoid the colour scheme looking too themed, then add texture such as slubby linen, wicker and maybe a vintage rug.
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Rénovation d'une maison des années 80 · More InfoBeckie Cave thanked Juliet Dochertyminnie101
7 years agoHi Beckie. You can put orange and yellow together, I've found a pic for you which should work with your neutral base. I like the way they've used a couple of darker accents to break up the warm tones. You could perhaps use the orange as the secondary colour so go for curtains with orange in with mustard as your accent, will see if I can find a couple of pics. Another colour that works really well with grey and mustard is teal or petrol blue. I've found a couple more geometric papers. I also like colourhappys idea of a textured paper, there are lots of faux grasscloth ones around and I like the rather expensive blue one I've pictured but the colour isn't true in this pic
Beckie Cave
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThanks minni101 for the pics and suggestions. I found this cushion today and love the different tones of yellow with the grey.
Denise Roberts
7 years ago
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