Advice on town house on family room / living dinning room
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Hi,
We’ve just moved into a town house.
I am looking for advice on how to best decorate this room. It’s meant to be a family room but so far it’s just the two of us and we like hosting. We would like it to be suitable for a dinner party with small lounging area and a dinning area.
There is a living room on the first floor.
The large sofa couldn’t fit up the stairs to living room, it will go and the dinning chairs will stay with a new dining table.
Looking for ideas of furniture and ideas on places to get the furniture, and decorating ideas.
Thanks in advance.
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last monthSo you want to change it into a grander dining room? How about a nice big wooden table, centred down the middle of the room. I think darker walls will cosy it up, perhaps a blue to go with the chairs, maybe F&B DeNimes or Oval Room Blue. Remove the sofa and tv to centralise the table. Then add some nice artwork and a large landscape mirror and some plants, like palms. Add some floor lamps to give a cosy light. Furniture depends on your budget but Next are nice as are Wayfair (online company but good customer service).
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