Need a make over
My living room needs a make over, not done for over 10 years, want to change from green, it is North facing so the only sun is late evening, also keeping the suite and furniture, Want to change colour, paint walls get rid of paper, should I remove it or paint over it? Also the wall lights, and carpet, curtains. At the moment the walls are green plain over fireplace and rear wall, and light green curtains.
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoDo you want to change style and go for more modern? In which case, although I can see the sofas working as they're nice and neutral, it may be difficult to work with the older reproduction furniture. How old is the carpet? is it in good condition?. It would be a little easier to work with the carpet and sofas and change the other furniture as they are what dates the room. The ceiling too, although not mentioned is a bit of a sticky wicket.
There are some good things in the room, like the beautiful mirror, the fireplace, that can be worked with. You could pick up on the colour of the tiles in the fireplace and have a feature wall of that colour, with the rest a nice warm creamy neutral that won't clash with the sofas.
Take up the darker colour for the curtains and a quantity of cushions, mixed with a lot more lighter ones.
Swapping the coffee table and side table for chrome to match the mirror.
Having a more modern flooring will help too, and again, carpet is fine, but a pale biscuit would help with light.
The only thing that has to go as it's just never going to fit in is the display unit at the back of the sofas.
I can't quite get the flooring right on this illustration, but you get the idea.
Swapping the bulbs for a cool white, will help take out the orangey yellow hues and give a more modern bright look too, especially in a north facing room.
p.s you shouldn't really paint over wallpaper. It needs to be stripped, the walls filled and sanded, then again until smooth, then painted.
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