by nan7
11 months ago in Design Dilemma
Recreate this look for less?
Trying to recreate a look like this picture for my living room. If you know of where I can find any of these items (or close to them) it would be helpful. The rug in particular seems to be hardest to find! Thanks!
 
audreyhwallace For the vase in the back, I would try a local glass blowing company. They are pretty good about getting it close.
For the light fixture, you can try Ikea: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60071344/
This one has the same effect, but white.
11 months ago ·
ecco design inc. architects If you're a consumer who isn't looking to hire a designer, I suggest you look into sites like Overstock and Wayfair. Other designers might cringe when they read this because you always take a risk when buying something you can't see in person.

As a designer, I like to purchase from reputable local dealers with whom I deal with often and have a working relationship. That way, if something goes wrong (project scheduling, delivery, installation), I, as a professional, have a relationship with the dealer and can make adjustments when necessary.

But I understand - believe me! As a consumer, I've bought furniture online and have had good and not-so-good experiences. Reading reviews are helpful but let's face it, you're still taking a risk since returning large pieces can be a pain.

I found a couple of arm chairs with the same look as the Elle Decor photo. I really like the low profile seat - gives a traditional style arm chair a contemporary flair. You have great taste!

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Barrel-Leather-Dining-Chairs-Set-of-2/6510907/product.html

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Soho-Creme-Leather-Arm-Chair/4039201/product.html

Sometimes, you can see a company name on the page detailing the piece of furniture; you can further your search using any information you can find on these websites.

Let's not forget looking at places like Crate & Barrel and West Elm. You can shop online and if you see something you like, trek out to your nearest store. Good luck!
11 months ago · ·
portpiro I have seen a multi coloured rug in Ikea that I really liked. It wasn't cheap though. Here is a link to Anthropologie who have some unusual rugs http://search.anthropologie.com/controller?N=&Nao=0&Np=2&Ntk=primary&Ntt=rug&Nu=p_group_id
If there is a place in your city that sells ex hotel furniture you might find a couple of chairs like the black framed ones. Any modern furniture shop should have a coffee table like that.
For the curtains and valances they would be a cinch to make your self. Use unbleached calico and plenty of it, get a wooden shelf installed over the window, doublr the fabric over and staple it in pleats like the photograph. Using triple the width of the window for your curtains, a simple gathered top will be hidden by the valance. You buy gathering tape, sew it on and add hooks that slot into the tape. Really simple.

Light fitting will be hard to find in that colour but as someone else said Ikea do a white one that's similar. There are also some funky multi coloured chandeliers that are inexpensive. Check ebay or online stores.

Ikea do a picture frame in black and they have black and white photo prints to go in it.

And don't forget Ebay. Type in 'furniture' and sort on 'nearest first' and see what comes up locally. I waited months but found the perfect sofas for a third of the price and only 1 year old. Ebay is great for coffee tables too.
11 months ago ·
Stanhope Design For your DIY project there are a few places you might search. First is www.zgallerie.com, a great place for designer trends at reasonable prices. They are a national chain so there might be a store in your area. Another chain is Homegoods, owned by the same company that has TJMax, great source for glassware. I certainly agree with eccodesign on the risks of online shopping, but if they have a return policy and you are willing to take the risk, the options are nearly endless. Try ebay & etsy for vintage furnishings (mid century) & rugs & lighting, allmodern.com for contemporary chandeliers. Two other sites that offer high end furnishings at sale prices are: www.onekingslane.com & www. joss&main.com, they have a wide variety of vintage & antique rugs at decent prices. Also ever-changing vintage lots, they do not honor returns for merchandise purchased. Again colors are deceiving on monitors, so be cautious.
Portpiro nailed it on the curtains, really simple to fabricate. If you do not sew, buy ready made draperies & purchase an extra panel for the valance. Pottery Barn has a dupioni ivory silk in a double width that is lined & easy to install. The headers are less than perfect as they lose their shape easily but will be covered by the valance. If it is in your budget, find a seamstress to fabricate these for you, if made correctly with inter-lining they will out last the trend. Make sure you use enough fabric for substantial width to ensure fullness.
11 months ago · ·
JAN MOYER If you were my client, I would instead ask you to spend some time with the photo, and ask yourself specifically what items you are in love with, or is it the general color scheme and feel of the room? All rooms are the sum of their parts and there are many many many "routes" to a room you can love. So when we are presented a pleasing finished result by way of an image in a book or magazine,....it often does not need to be THAT coffee table, just one that is low and white. Or it may not need to be THAT rug.. just one that has a modern feel and colors you adore. The chairs could be white, and the sofa a pale blue/grey. You may even like your "own" room better than that one! The whys are important as they encompass proportions, color, texture, LIGHT, and all that is part of the finished product including art. If your room is facing north with only one lonely window....you could re-produce that room to the last detail and be very disappointed.... your result will be very different I guarantee. So consider your natural light as well, and yes, even your ceiling height!
11 months ago · ·
livinglovelyblg I would try Homegoods for the glass vase and bowl. That rug is tough, you may need to switch the colors up a bit so instead of a silvery purple rug and blue chairs maybe you do a rug with blue and silvery purple chairs. Instead of purple sofas and cream curtains, maybe it's cream sofas and purple curtains. Hope this helps!

West elm chairs: http://www.westelm.com/products/curved-upholstered-chair-f814/?pkey=cdining-chairs-seating

Target chairs: http://www.target.com/p/swoop-upholstered-slipper-accent-chair-velvet-smoke/-/A-13831680#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink

Rug: http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Springtime_Rug_I/

Rug: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Surya-Rug-Floral-Tamira-TAM-1000-Contemporary-Rug/14569525
11 months ago ·
JAN MOYER May I add something? Before you get to the vases and the bowls... long before...take a moment to consider if the coveted room "sits" well, with the rest of your rooms, in terms of color and feel. Then, assuming it does, begin with the RUG. Go online to "Rugs Direct". See if there is another rug you could love, and my bet is there will be. You will look a lifetime for the one in the photo, and likely find it out of your price range, or it could have been a flea market find! Then, rug in hand,... and only then.. you will be ready to address the remainder of the room. Begin at the beginning and do the most difficult thing first, as your palette of color/road map... will be the rug.
11 months ago · ·
Kathryn Peltier Design For the rug, try looking at carpet discounters who may carry commercial/hospitality carpets. Or, go to a carpet retailer who carries these same carpets - often you can find large scale patterns in commercial lines (because they are meant to go in large spaces). You can usually have them bound on the edge for under $1/lineal foot, or check DIY tutorials for adding a carpet edge yourself.
11 months ago ·
janestav try serena and lily for the pillows
11 months ago ·
lessismoore Looking at the photo, it seems that the rug is the "leader" in making the color choices here. It seems to have the gray of the sofa, the bright orange (?) of the books on the table, the fushia/purples and probably the blue tones as well, and every pulls together with it. If this is the color palette that you want to key to, it might be easier to commission (or create yourself) a large abstract-ish painting with the same colours - to replace the one shown (a white shadow floral image) and just look for a rug that picks up on one or two tones, rather than having all the colors on the floor? Might be easier and create the same effect.
11 months ago · ·
JAN MOYER I hate to be a nudgekin,( see my earlier comment) but a great, and TRULY PERSONAL room can begin with an inspiration from a photo, but it should end by being uniquely personal. When you take ideas out of context, reproduce a "look" without considering the elements unique to you and your own home, you end up disappointed. The most difficult thing is to look at a picture, and translate that "feel" you are loving into one that suits you, and your home. It's the overall FEEL, and not necessarily a specific item, or even a color. I could put an inexpensive large sisal rug on that floor, top it with a zebra skin rug.... place an open, light, low table (even glass) on it...add a pale grey sofa, with some magenta/ deep lilac whatever pillows......have a friend paint me a "canvas" for the wall, and ps.. someone forgot the lamps in this room!!! which could be a sparkly jewel tone in glass....modern, retro... fantastic. You see? There are a thousand or more more ways, which could start from art, or even a great fabric!!! Proportion counts too, and if you look closely, it is the height of the ROOM, which makes the sofa look low and modern. Drop that ceiling to eight feet,...and it is just a gray sofa. The green of the funky chandelier is picking up a color from the hall wall paper.... note it is the only green you see in the photo, but it could be turquoise or not even in the room if there were some great lamps! Designers are translators...we take the "language" you like and help you write a story that is YOU. This reminds me of instances when I get a call saying "I want so and so's room just the way you did it!" Soooooory... no. NO NO No. A thousand times no.
11 months ago · ·
pcmom1 Jan Moyer (could be a relation, Moyer is my maiden name!) is so right on in what she says above. So take all of that in. But I am a real cheapskate, so I will pass on some of my sources.

1. Drapery and large glass signature pieces are to be found at the store "Tuesday Morning". Got my living and dining room 96 inch long tone on tone silk ones there for a steal.

2. Rug: definitely start with it. "Home Decorators" has a ton of them.

3. Replicate large art piece by going to Aaron Brothers and buying a large canvas. Then hire art student or cover with large graphic fabric or wall paper.

4. Books to stack: go to the thrift stores all around your town. Can buy in large hard cover books in bulk, since it looks like you will need many.
11 months ago ·
elijah If You LIKE THE similar that was mentioned in white from Ikea but love that green....see if you can dye the white one pale green with good ol' Rit dye mixed to tne shade you want,say in your laundry sink(use a dollar store shower curtain as a liner for the liner in the sink You will be amazed! Try dying something smaller first,don't change the dye water,just the time until you get it perfect. it worked for me in a like situation :)
11 months ago ·
stacytea There is a similar sofa on Overstock.com by JAR designs.
11 months ago ·
JAN MOYER Nan7, I don't know what you have in mind when you say "less". Less is very different from "on the cheap". I don't know if you own a stick of furniture, or are beginning from an empty room! I will just say that before you hit every Home Goods, Tuesday Morning, TJ Maxx in town and every online version of same, and wind up with a room full of junk.... consider your sofa and rug first, and try to put some quality in those. Even if the decorating process takes longer than you'd like. You will be happier in the end, and happier longer too.
11 months ago · ·
pcmom1 Jan is right, buy the best sofa you can. You don't want to compromise there! You will be living with it a long time. That is another reason to stay in the neutral range with your sofa!

And another place not to cut on the look and quality is in the drapery. Kind of makes the room! But, many times, you can save a ton by sewing side panels yourself out of great, wide, rich fabric you buy on the bolt. Side panels can mean just sewing a straight stitch!

But some things you can do where you really won't be ending up with junk, but you will save $$$. I have found a couple of great rugs at consignment stores. Looking at one now that is anchoring the living room! And, Tuesday Morning (PS, the restock on Monday nights) does you some great large glass pieces.
11 months ago ·
PaintColorHelp.com Dallas Well, everyone has pretty much given all the advice I was going to impart. And some good advice it is, especially from Jan Moyer. Nevertheless, definitely hit Home Goods for beautiful glassware at a bargain. Go more than once; their merch changes weekly. JAR Designs does have several cool sofas on Overstock, including the Flynn, the Cary, and the Bond. I'd encourage you to find your rug first - it will be the toughest thing to replicate, even in spirit. Just guessing, the rug in the photo is probably a vintage Persian. It's hard to find new rugs in such vibrant tones. Flea markets and vintage shops might be your best bet. A sale site like One King's Lane is another possible source. Then choose your side chairs, pillows and accents from colors in the rug. Good luck!
11 months ago ·
Merlyn Bost, Artist You might try Designer Guild for the area rug. Looks like it may be one of their fabulous designs! designersguild.com Good luck. Love that room!
10 months ago ·
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