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Living room

12 years ago
Hi everyone
I made this leaf in the ceiling of the living room, actually it should be as the colored one but that was what i get, anyway, i need first your opinion about it is it good or needs some modifications? Second i need to know can i paint it dark green with blue ceiling above? And what is the walls paint? I wanna make it a the "blue room" so how can i paint it? Including patterns n wall paper
Thanx in advance

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  • 12 years ago
    Hi
    Thnx a lot for your answer, i really started to think that my leaf wasn't as good as in the colored picture
    About the inspiration yes, i've many actually but can't organize them in one thought
    First 4 photos where my late idea then i found the leaf n i made it thinking of having it colored dark green n the ceiling above will be dark blue or cloudy sky, then the fifth photo should be the same color of the leaf ( the poster) and the other walls r simply plain but in which colors? White, light blue or blue?
    Also i can skip the poster and put the wall paper which in the same color in one or two walls and the others are plain
    What do you think?
  • 12 years ago
    I am assuming the blue and white rooms are inspiration pictures. The theme in the pictures is pretty traditional and all have white ceilings. I do not see a 5th picture nor a poster. I think I will need a more clear idea of what it is you are trying to accomplish here.

    1. What purpose will this room serve/ what activities will you do in this room?
    2. Are you planning to add lights or trim or other things to the "leaf"?
    3. Do you have any furnishings, rugs, wallpaper or anything else that will be going in this room?
    4. What is your budget for this room?
    5. What is the feeling/theme you want for this room?
  • 12 years ago
    paint the leaf green and the walls a very light blue.
  • 12 years ago
    Sorry didn't realize that the post allows only 4 pics
    Now the first pic here is for the leaf as it should be in the first place, i like its colors, green and blue ceiling or cloudy ceiling ( blue with some white clouds)
    Second pic is the poster and wallpaper, i think i should use only one of them coz that will be too much, either the poster in blue or in the same leaf color or the wallpaper in one or two walls and in both cases the other walls should be plain i guess
    This room is a living room. It should be comfy and it's full of entertainment facilities such as ( TV, hometheeater, xbox, PC)
    The furniture will be a big lazy-boy sofa corner , two bookshelves on the balcony sides (i took the photo while standing at the balcony) big entertainment unit and an arm chair
  • 12 years ago
    Hello everyone, any help?
  • 12 years ago
    OK I think I am starting to get it. Is the picture with the medium brown wood floors, with the sheer curtains with the alternating light blue and white scarf valence and the light blue leather chairs your room? IF so then are you keeping the drapery? Do you have any rugs for this room? Could you take a close up shot of the drapes if they are staying...
    I have some ideas forming....
  • 12 years ago
    Thank u so much for being interested. Sorry this is not my room it's an inspiring photo of my late thoughts n my recent thoughts are the last two photos. Still don't know how to manage curtains but have some ideas, one of them is the room u like and the other is this photo but different colors
  • 12 years ago
    Alright it looks like we have colors and patterns!

    I think I would pick the curtains and any rug that might go in this room 1st. Also please post a picture of the furnishings that will be going in the room, couch, chair, bookshelf, entertainment center. Then we can work on paint choices.

    . For now I am assuming your colors for the room will be dark blue, light blue, white, accents of muddy greyish green with tan or meduim brown neutrals and possibly a light gray neutral. Both the wallpaper and the poster have a large pattern. The wallpaper is sort of a geometric pattern. I think I would go with that. Then you can add a medium floral or leafy natural pattern, and a small stripe for a 3rd pattern.
    . I think I would find neutral white sheers for curtains on a double rod with a solid dark blue panel, the dark panels would be pulled to sides most of time, until you needed light control.
    . A medium sized floral or leaf patterned rug, of a size that allows the front feet of the couch and chair to comfortably rest on it, with your colors in it: dark and light blue, white, grayish muddy green.
    . Throw pillows in medium floral, small stripe, and solid, in your colors: dark and light blue, white, grayish muddy green.
    . Ceiling will be dark blue (no clouds for now)
    . Leaf will be muddy grayish green
    . 1 large wall will be wallpaper
    . Rest of walls will be white or a lighter color from the wallpaper that goes with the rest of the furnishings. (could possibly do a dark blue but have have to wait and see what the room needs. This is why you want the furniture, curtains and rug 1st so you can try different paint colors out to see if they help the room come together.

    Conclusion:
    1. Post some pictures of the furniture that will be staying in the room.
    2. Shop for curtains and rug, post pictures as you go along of course so we can help!
    3. Finish drywall mud and texture. The wall you are putting the wallpaper on should not have texture of course, then prime the walls and ceiling.
    4. Put everything in the room and take more pictures and post them here and we can finish this room with you!

    good luck, you have a great vision it will be nice to see it come together.
  • 12 years ago
    Hello again.
    First photo is the sofa i want it in, corner blue lazy boy sofa
    Second one is the chair that i already have
    3rd is the bookcase i want on balcony sides
    4th is the entertainment unit, i want a complete one but i don't know yet which color
  • 12 years ago
    I had some primary draw for the room coz im not professional

    I drew it on special app on ipad which is not very qualified but gives ma a general thought
    Now you can see my whole room from all sides, i painted one wall in blue pattern and another in green one then the others in white leaving to you choice, also i made up two alternate curtains in two colors blue n white may be i need more colors or change it in what you suggested panels n vail
  • 12 years ago
    Hi zahraaahmed, I love that program, super cool. How very nice to be able to see the size of the room and the feeling in the space. regardless of what you end up doing consider lighting and add up and down lights for cleaning and when you need a lot of light, and table lights for reading and rope lights for ambiance. Everything on dimmers will help too.

    Now that I see the chair you have we have a new color! Black.
    So you have a color palette of Dark blue, black, white, dark and light woods, greyish green.

    With a darkish couch and black chair and dark ceiling you are looking for a nightclub atmosphere. Here is how to do this:
    . Ceiling is darkish blue with a grayish green leaf
    . Darkish blue rug that matches the sofa that covers most of the room,
    . Cover that with a smaller rug with dark blues, black, light blue, grayish green, and white in it in a floral pattern, in a size that fits just under the front feet of the chair and couch.
    . Then paint the walls the light blue in the rug, the 1 wall of course in your wall paper.
    . The entertainment center and the bookshelves should match, white will work but you might want to paint the back wall of the bookshelves darker blue or black to even out the room (It will look lop sided with dark furn on 1 side and light furn on the other). Dark woods might work better, or black.


    A completely different direction:
    . Ceiling is light blue with a grayish green leaf
    . Gray couch and black chair.
    . White entertainment center and Bookshelves
    . Colorful rug in blues, whites, blacks, grays, greenish gray over wood floor that is a size that all the front feet of the couch and black chair can rest on.
    . Dark blue walls. 1 wall is your wallpaper.
    . Dark blue, or black inside back of bookshelves
    . Same green as leaf for smaller accents,
    . Throw pillows in gray, white, greyish green with small black stripe etc...

    Have fun with it and post as you go along!
  • 12 years ago
    Paint the leaf in White and ceiling in blue! Like the original idea! It will look fantastic and not to dark!
  • 12 years ago
    Sine the leaf is very modernist, I would try to find sleeker furniture that looks much more contemporary. The Lazy Boy sofa does not seem to be a good fit with the overall look you're going for.
  • 12 years ago
    Hi again
    I can't thank you enough, you are really very helpfull
    I think i'll go the second direction with:
    Grey couch and black chair
    White entertainment unit n white bookshelves
    So the walls behind the white things will be dark blue
    The wall against balcony will be blue wallpaper (or green?)
    The wall behind couch will be white (or light blue?)
    Curtains will be white drapes with floral dark blue panels (does it match with the dark blue wall beside them?)
    The floor isn't wood by the way, i don't like it neither material nor color so i'll made it grey like the couch
    The rug, i want a small white one made of fur but i think it won't be practical so i don't know yet
    Finally the leaf will be grayish green as you said with light blue ceiling (or dark blue?)
    Is the first photo what you meant by grayish green ? Can i make it in the second photo color?
    It's very dark i know but will pop up with the light blue ceiling
    And the 3rd and 4th photo are the curtains
    Thnx
  • PRO
    12 years ago
    did you run electrical up there/
  • 12 years ago
    Yes, the wires of electricity are there