Can you help me love my sofa!
prettyvacant
10 years ago
Purchased this sofa and a year later I'm still trying to find, rug, cushions and a large piece of art to match it with.Would love some advice/ideas as it really spoke to me when I purchased it but now it just sits there dominating the room!
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prettyvacant
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Comments (12)Tip 1: Make sure the air quality in the basement is good, so air it during the day for 10 mins or so. Use a ambi pur plug in diffuser. The lavender ones smells strong and last the longest. You want people to enjoy the smell as they come in - it is inviting. Tip 2: The quality of light needs improving to invite as much natural light as possible. It looks like you have blind therefore some natural light comes in during the day so leave the blind completely open during daylight and close them as soon as it gets dark. I have blinds but also curtains because in winter it keeps the cold of the window coming in, in summer it keeps the light out when you watch TV and it makes a room feels homey. Curtains don't have to be expensive. Add lush plants and look after them very well. If you don't have a green finger buy hardy plants but the foliage needs to go up (not droopy downwards), the leafs should be rounded or soft (peace Lilly) - No spiky plants indoors (they are good guardians for outside window sills only). Retain the energy of the room by placing a round crystal on a red thread hung from the ceiling close to the window (50 cm or so) or just a beautiful chandelier (giving rainbow spectrum light) in the room. Your chi flows very fast from the stairs through the window so you are losing opportunities (if in the north, it is your career opportunities, in the SE it would be your wealth etc). Tip 3: For colors I would find what compass direction your window is facing to choose the color for the curtains as follows: North: silver, white, gold, blue, black (negative: pink, brown or yellow) South: reds, pinks, greens (negative: earthy colors like skin tone, aquatic colors). East and South east: blues, greens, browns. (negative: grey, silver, gold) West and N. West: silver, white and gold, pink, yellow, brown, metallic colors (avoid: reds, orange, blue, black. N. East and S. West: love colors, earth orange, reds, for S. west. green, earth brown, (avoid wooden tone of browns, wooden tones of yellow, metallic colors like grey, silver or white). Remember though too much of the same colors will make you a dull person. Pink can be used anywhere by the way. You don't have to change your sofa - if the wrong color, compensate by putting a touch of the right color with cushions, carpet, throw. I don't recommend leather sofas, especially not a red one or you will have problems at work. Position the furniture to enhance conversation in a kind of circle, pentagon shape. So add two more seats (always even number preferably). Put the table in the middle of the carpet when you finish using it. The energy flow needs to go around everywhere. Get organised and put homework, papers in a box a pretty one which you can use as a table for a nice oval bowl in which you can keep your remotes in. Don't stick sofas or furniture in corners. Add a tall Halogen lamp (nearest to natural sun light) in the corner between the wall and sofa . Choose a shade fit for the compass direction. Contrast a bit to have yin (calming energy ) and yang (vibrant energy). TV should not be the focus of the room - conversation is. Don't make it central. Tip 4: Carpet the stairs - expensive underlay, shiny carpet or two tones carpet to keep it interesting and put a safety panel wood or glass Do not go for stripes (encourages arguments). A lush plant at the bottom of the stairs to keep the energy going to fast. Put a light under the stairs, have an office there for example. Tip 5: Add romance - Place a pair in the S. West for love. Place candles in the South or bright lamp. Where you are dining put on the table a bowl of fruit and a mirror on the wall reflecting the table with the fruit. This is to represent abundance/wealth. The mirror needs to be framed and flush to the wall. A mirror needs to always reflect something nice. If you reflect paperwork you will have more work. Tips 6: Houzz has thousands of living rooms/dining room - get inspired. Velvet, throws add luxury, good lighting adds warmth, a whisper carpet in the right tone would be lovely. Jan will bring sales. Tip 7: Canvases are reasonably prices. You have a big room so you can have two or three. Bring nature in with landscape (not sad or lonely), choose inviting, cheery, romantic. The dancing theme on your is good. If you can afford it go for a wall mural with a beautiful scenic image. Trees, beach (open window mural), New York skyline, blossoming pink trees, https://www.transformawall.co.uk/shop/product/atlantic-ocean-coast?cid=181# Tip 8 One of the most important tip is keep the place tidy, keep it spotless and do this often. Cleanliness is next to godliness we say. This also applies to your car and patio. Good energy flow will bring luck. I won't cure you or diseases or make you rich but it will make your dreams come easier to you. Get rid of any clutter. This is the biggest fault to a lot of bad luck in peoples lives. You don't need hundred of socks - 10 should be enough. You don't need 30 dresses, 30 pairs of shoes. Have a few, buy one, get rid of one. Never keep things for just in case I need it. Making room will actually make sure that when you need it you can buy it. Spread good karma, give to the needy. The runner on the table is good - it soften the sharp edges. It may even look like you have a kitchen at the back - all open? No doors? That should give you a start. Places like Wayfair.com or lightinthebox will give you good prices for what you need. Good luck. Val...See MoreCan anyone help me with reconfiguring my home /kitchen layout please!!
Comments (13)Whilst I understand the constraints of budget I think you are approaching the planning wrong. I think the way to do this is to decide on the layout that works best and then work out what you can afford to do now- perhaps you can make economies on purchases such as the kitchen cabinets to get a better Gliw in your home. An architectural designer or a concept planner are worth considering to help with this- they would also help you visualise the finished space too. If this were my house I would be thinking the entrance wasn’t big enough for the size of house and I would be concerned about privacy of the bedrooms at the front, I also don’t like the current kitchen being some distance from a window and being a heavy traffic area. Although I can’t see the layout properly I think I have got the sizes about right to show how I would do it. I have moved the front door to the middle of the house, shown a vaulted hall with stairs to two big upstairs spaces, shown the living space as completely open plan but with the option of using one of the downstairs bedrooms or one of the upstairs rooms as an extra living room. In my opinion there are often houses with long narrow extensions across the back that should have been better considered as invariably people need bigger spaces rather than more small rooms and retrospectively opening up the original house into this space is more difficult that building in the steels originally. So my plan doesn’t change any of the external walls of the original property but a couple of internal brick walls have been removed. I have just shown what is commercial and probably wouldn’t cost the earth but a designer would spend time trying to better understand your needs....See MorePlease help me and my not so lovely champagne bathroom suite
Comments (10)I've been waiting for someone to ask me this :-) I think your first idea is a good one. You could go one of two routes: 1. part tile in white satin ceramic and edge with chrome or satin strip or a pencil tile - something from Original Style Glassworks range would look great but they are pricey- then paint two walls in a strong but not saturated blue toned grey: something like F&B Hardwick White or Little Greene's Urbane Grey and Inox - if possible get two shades on the walls. For the floor I would go with a grey and white lino check and accessorise as you've suggested - I would steer clear of anything orange that is going to accentuate the orange tone in the suite but ochre tones would work, for example macrame plant hangers. I would stick to chrome and satin nickel. Choose an off white for any woodwork - Flake White has a very slight hint of brown which would balance the champagne without you being conscious of it. 2. Again use white satin tiles and edge with chrome or satin nickel strip or a glass pencil tile but this time "lose" the champagne tone among other neutrals as you've suggested: from the Fired Earth colour card, shades like Canvas, White Ochre, Old White, Papyrus and again Flake white would work well. Again a grey and white check would work for the floor or even this wood effect, which picks up the brown tones. Accessorise with dark blue/grey accents and plenty of greenery. I always advise use of a sample board. Play about with paint samples. We sell painted A4 sheets for £1 each plus postage - cheaper than tester pots and more effective. If the different elements work together on the board, they will work in the room. Alternatively we offer sample boards to buy or hire - £30 or £15 respectively. Each board includes a range of compatible samples which you then pick and mix, eliminating what you don't like until you arrive at the scheme you want. Good luck!...See MoreCan you help me remodel this flat
Comments (21)Thanks everyone SO MUCH for your ideas and input. I think we have decided to scrap the 2 bed idea for the moment (not permanently though so your plans will come in handy down the line!!) due to costs as getting the ideal layout will involve so much remodelling and we have the other 3 to do as well. Plus we may extend out in the future so could create the second bedroom then! My head is exploding from decision fatigue and frustration with it so..... I have a new plan. Leave as one double bed but I like the idea some mentioned about moving the kitchen into that middle room! So now the lounge will be a lounge diner with the table in the window as kindly suggested. It will double as a spare bedroom with sofa bed(s) in! Then drop down to the kitchen with keeping the fire door into the hallway (hall will wall off so it's part of the one flat and not accessed from the hall and that gives us a storage cupboard over the old set of 3 stairs). Then the current bathroom we will create an entrance from the hall and push the shower back to the outside wall so it's a good size. Door from the hall stays for the main bedroom. (help with bathroom size would be good?) We figured if you have bedrooms at either end then either party can use the kitchen and bathroom in the middle of the flat without walking through the lounge! And the same for the bathroom. What do you think???? (if I could delete all my other posts I would as I've cluttered up my thread now, LOL)...See Moreprettyvacant
10 years agoI will have to take some room pictures as I have so few! I included a view from outside as when doors are open the room feels part of the garden if that makes sense!
prettyvacant
10 years agoOk here are a couple I just took (excuse the big box which isn't normally there!)
I feel like the tv is too far from sofa?
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10 years agoStrongly wanting to purchase the artwork in my ideabooks ,its working out rather costly with the shipping fees to the uk hence why im so hesitant in my purchase!
The room as is is doing it no favours but with new (bigger?)rug, matching cushions etc can you see it working? would really appreciate all thoughts.
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10 years agoget some Lila Begum Cushions, or other colours. Made of 100% Benarashi silk. The room need a little bit more soul, here some examples
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