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What should I do with this wall?

16 years ago

At one point I was going to use brown transferware but DH isn't wild about plates in the LR. We don't have a formal room so this is it.

I can't seem to commit to art but that might also be because I'm not sure where to place it, or how many of whatever to put there.

I really like iron pieces and would like to incorporate something iron in this room. Perhaps this wall?

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I have this duck picture and the colors work in here but I'm not sure he necessarily should go there.

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Older photo I had saved so you can see the size.

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So what, how many and where for the wall?

Comments (12)

  • 16 years ago

    I think the duck would look great, but it might be more effective with a mate--another print in the same frame. But I like symmetry.

    The armoire is so large compared to the chair and the table that the scale is thrown off, making it hard to balance that wall, I think. And both the chairs flanking it are nice, but you can't sit in them and look at the TV, or carry on a conversation. Have you ever thought of moving them? Of course, you didn't ask any of this!

  • 16 years ago

    Is there a reason that the couch appears to be angled away from the wall?

    I would fix that, then switch out the end table by the couch with the end table by the spider-back chair. The one by the couch feels too high for the couch and wing chair arms, and the one by the spider chair seems too low and long for the arms on the spider chair.

    Once things are adjusted, I think you could have a pair of pix there, side by side. I think an iron piece there would be too busy.

  • 16 years ago

    Hey Ideefixe! Oh I agree the room is still off balance. I don't mind the suggestions. I've tried just about everything as far as arranging this room. The arrangement before this one had the wing and web back chair flipped but with suggestions on here it was moved to the way it is now.
    Like this.
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    Here's a shot of how the rest of the room is arranged. That mirror will move. Yes, yes I know some of you are smacking your forheads..:)
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    With the tv jack being where it is and the entrances this is what it come down to.

    I attached an old thread where I finally split the entertainment stand.

    Here is a link that might be useful: musical furniture.

  • 16 years ago

    I think busy object art, like iron, might be too much. Why don't you stick the duck up there for now and just keep your eyes open when out and about at HomeGoods or wherever.

    2 questions for you: I love your armoire. Is it a corner unit, or do you just have it angled that way? And what's your wall color?

  • 16 years ago

    The round table is 26.5" at the top crest and the couch arm is 25".

    The shorter rectanular table is 20.5" tall. The wingchair is 26.5" and the web chair is 23" high.

  • 16 years ago

    Groovia - Thanks! The wall color is BM Shelburne Buff and the entertainment stand is actually a wall unit. The "book case" you see on the back wall is actually the side pieces put together. That's why I have to have something (greenery) on top.

  • 16 years ago

    Shee, try swapping out the two tables, putting the taller round table by the spider chair, and the lower table over by the wing back. Leave the lamps for each where they are. Try this positioning before you hang the duck picture, because the lamp with the black shade will be lower, more in line with the height of the lamp on the round table. Having the shades at a more equal height will help balance the room better, and because the black shaded lamp will be at a lower height, it may affect where you want to hang the duck.

  • 16 years ago

    Your wall color is pretty. I just painted my walls that color but it looked so much darker. I wish it would have come out like yours!

  • 16 years ago

    I'll bag the iron idea for the wall. I didn't think about it being too busy.

    The duck print isn't very big so should I buy another larger print for below and stack them in the middle of the wall?

    Nanny - I switched the tables. What do you think? I think that helps with the black lamp. The gold lamp is only about a year old so I didn't really want to buy another but it's too tall isn't it? The recetangle table was my Mom's so I want to keep that one. I'm not permanently attached to the round one.
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    Trying - Thank you. I took most of these during the day and the room gets a ton of light. At night, it looks much darker.

  • 16 years ago

    I like your arrangement the original way. :) (There's always one in the bunch, right?)

    And I love the duck print and think it would look good there where you had put the newspaper. Fills in that space nicely, I think.

    Could you put some iron work on the blank wall by the half table?

  • 16 years ago

    How about a floating type shelf with the duck print propped up on it with some other small items? Like this:

    Here is a link that might be useful: Floating Shelf

  • 16 years ago

    Holley - Ha, which way is the original way? The way it was when this thread started or the photo where the web chair is on the main wall and the wing is on the side?

    That area near the side table is another spot I'm not sure what to do with. Every time I try and put something there it seems kind of cluttered. Yet, alone it think it's missing something.

    Maryelizabeth - I actually have three 3' casement shelves that don't have a wall spot. I could paint black. They're 5" deep.
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    Does it seem lost on the wall?
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