My parent's living room
My dear folks worked realy hard all their lives and always dreamt of building their own home. Now that dream is finally realised, the are struggling to decorate it.
They have kept their old furniture, but would look into replacing some new things to fit the proportions of the house. The first project is the living room - furniture, colour scheme, artwork, rugs etc. Any advise would be appreciated.
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6 years agoHard to detect colour on the screen is that a dark pewter grey or a dark grey blue wall? Are they hoping to have a T.V in the sofa area? The feature wall needs a focal point, be that a T.V unit, Artwork,or either an electric or flue less ( gas ) fire.
Presuming that the Wall is Grey you could either go for a darker grey of a lighter grey sofa selection. Maybe 'L' shaped with a separate armchair in a nice bold contrasting colour. Or you would go for the bold colour sofa with armchairs to match the wall colour. White sofa's also look great against wooden floors with dark feature walls.
A large rug for furniture to sit on.
So many colours go with grey, it's just down to personal choice.
You do need to get rid of the wooden furniture as it clashes with the floor. So again, you could go for a pale grey and keep it neutral or white as a back drop against the dark wall.
Something that will act as storage too is always good. You can then get all the books away maybe?
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Comments (2)My parents living room has a very similar dimension and layout as yours. The questions I’ve are if the double door area has high traffic? Do you watch a lot of TV? My parents place layout is two three seater sofa facing each other in front of the fireplace with a TV console on the wall opposite, and bookshelves on both sides of the fireplace. My father watches a lot of TV in the evening whilst my mum doesn’t and she uses the space during the day to read and receive friends. The sofas facing each other creates a more formal space for conversation. For your space, I personally won’t have two sofas but one sofa with two armchairs, maybe mid century style on the side to the conservatory. For the conservatory, I could see both rectangular, square or circular dining table work. It depends on your lifestyle again. For example if you regularly have a lot of people for dinner, then a circular might be better. Whilst if normally, you only have less than 4, I might go for rectangular or square. As it allows portion of the table to have a vignette of magazines, candles and vases / plants. I’ve a 6 people dining table and mostly just two of us. So we use it for coffee, reading, more plants and books on one end. If you’d like to spend a lot of time in the conservatory, I’d incline to add seatings like 1 or 2 armchairs, a little sideboard or table to put a lamp to give different lighting level. Again very much depend on what your lifestyle is....See MoreWhat colour/style of living room furniture would suit my living room?
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6 years agoAm loving that wall: the only problem with it at the moment is that it's the focus of the room rather than a backdrop. Opening up the space to make better use of the room with a feature sofa, a few bits of artwork, or display shelves for favourite pics, and some better storage elsewhere in the room would help enormously.
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6 years agoHi cynfoni,
We would suggest a different layout for all the furnitures. Assuming the white furniture is sort of a lounge/guest area, one could move the 3 seater sofa against the grey wall, move the 2 seater to the left and depending on the space could fit the 1 sitter. Presuming the space is tight, the 1 sitter would need to be removed and can therefore fit plant pot or tall lamp in the corner. The bookcase could move to corner, therefore overall layout is in a L shape giving you an open plan layout. A central and coffee table rug will then be appropraite. For the wall it is quite dark, a suggestion of possibly two halves, one with the original colour or light grey and the other coloured wallpaper (image below).
Might consider cushions that matches the wallpaper or it could be patterned.Consider moving the dining area west to east (-) rather than north to south (I), hopefully that makes sense.
We hope that helps! :)
Carina Baylis
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6 years agoI have a similar coloured wall which needed some interest-so have added these staggered shelves for artwork/photos. The frames can be changed around and different pieces added in for a different look and to add accent colours if needed. It's a constantly evolving wall and nice to be able to mix things up without redecorating.
I would definitely agree with others, that the room needs some other pieces to soften it, such as a nice large rug and perhaps some plants.
I would personally update the sofas to something more streamline and less bulky. You can get some beautiful velvet sofas which would also add more texture to the room. Reconfigure the seating area so it opens up into the room rather than blocking it off, and maybe add some funky mismatched dining chairs-I think the ones they have look quite dated.
Its a great space, so much they could do with it! Good luck!
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6 years agoYou could make the dark wall your feature wall with a media unit. Similar to the images below.
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