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kimmie014

Need Help Choosing Pillows

13 years ago
Over the past few months, I've been obsessed with updating my home making it more (modern) transitional. I have some rooms that are modern (see office) and some that are transitional. I'm trying to pick the right throw pillows to tie all the rooms together. My kitchen is light green and my front office is light blue and I have pattern chairs. Please help...I'm stuck!
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  • 13 years ago
    Wow....look what my beautiful wife started....now she has taken her argument to social media!!!! .yes she is obsessed with redoing our home....and it HAS been driving me crazy......lol. I never knew there was such a design community "out there"....but I guess as a man who knows nothing about design and goes into deep depression when football season is over...I wouldn't know and understand. I don't tell her enough how much I do love and appreciate what she has done to our home.....it is comfortable and a reason I enjoy being and coming home....she may be obsessed with redecorating...but I am equally obsessed with her......yes I have been grumpy through all this baby...and I am sorry for that.....and as Luther Vandross famously crooned..." A house is not a home"....but all the love you put into making our house comfortable and inviting.....that has made it a HOME worth coming home to.....i love you...signed...."Grumpy Husband".

    PS. If any of these great ideas cost us a lot more money....then I will be posting the bills next to your usernames on this website !!!! Lol.

    Comments (44)

    • 13 years ago
      last modified: 13 years ago
      I am typing as I am looking at your photos, so no offense. Office: paint, horse good. Leather chair overpowering and rug too small. Could you run the rug and desk horizontally with the horse picture?

      Living room: bring those cute chairs into the office. Dining room rug, possibly in front of the sofa?

      Dining room furniture is overpowering; if you could replace that with something else that would really help. The sponged wall treatment should be repainted with a pale gray and the chandy lowered.
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    • 13 years ago
      Unfortunately, I cannot change the dinning room furniture right now but I will take your advice on moving the rug. Where would you put the chairs in the office? If I move the chairs, what type of chair would you use in the living room?

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    • 13 years ago
      Since you asked about pillows, these are my picks:
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    • 13 years ago
      I know these do not have all the right colors, but look maybe some similar to these with all your colors? Could mix in some black and white also.
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      I dont see why you want to tie all the rooms together? I think it's nice when they have a character that is individual. That is a tall order for a humble pillow.
    • 13 years ago
      I love your horse art! Where is it from?

      I have a brown leather sofa and I am also trying to update my space with throw pillows. I just bought some blues and oranges in some fun trellis, greek key and chevron prints. Not sure if I'll keep them all, but the color combo is different (for me!) and definitely is modernizing my drab room. Etsy has some great throw pillows. If you find a "shop" with pillows you like, send the shop owner pics of your room. They are sometimes helpful in giving suggestions of what would go well.
    • 13 years ago
      Totally channeling Judyg! Definitely take the small chairs from the living room into your office.

      Anyone else out there have a problem with a pillow on leather slipping? I have a wing chair I would love to put a pillow on. I try and it slides right down!
    • 13 years ago
      Try pillows with a texture for leather sofa. I have a teal "velvet" and other pillows with an embroidery type design and no slippage!
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      I would add ethnic pillows, Like these Kuba Cloth Pillows, they are available on e-bay.
    • 13 years ago
      I see that you have yellow in the drapes of the dining room, a nice brighter color that will go so very well with all of your other rooms! Throw pillows in a mix of the yellows, blues and green would look fabulous, and draw all the rooms together.
    • 13 years ago
      Thank you so much for these great suggestions, I will make sure to post a picture of the room when I am done. The horse picture came from z gallerie.
    • 13 years ago
      Ooooh, love the kuba cloth pillows. Wish I'd thought of it. They're cheaper at World Market though.
      http://www.worldmarket.com/product/rectangular+kuba+pillow+cover.do?camp=ppc:GooglePLA:none:goobase_filler&gclid=CJ-hpa2vy7UCFad_QgodIWcA4A

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    • 13 years ago
      What a beautiful room! I think these pillows would look fabulous in your room, and tie in colors from your other rooms! http://www.etsy.com/listing/114824308/decorative-throw-pillows-chevron-pillows?ref=sr_gallery_20&ga_search_query=green+pillow&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all
    • 13 years ago
      Take the leaf out of the dining table and it will be more proportionate with the rug. Also take Judy's advice and paint dining room gray.
    • 13 years ago
      leather and beautiful fabrics….a problem. Hubby, right now, on his leather sofa, my beautiful pillows between his shoulders and you-know-where. Velcro him, the pillows or the sofa? A new design dilemma? :>)
    • 13 years ago
      last modified: 13 years ago
      As for another chair, maybe a black frame and a lighter fabric?
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    • 13 years ago
      I love having shots of colour and texture on my leather but the pillows don't cut it in the real world. Instead a purchased two throws with a ton of colours and many textures. I hung them on the backs of the seats spreading them out more than just throwing them in the corner. You get all the great colours, lighten up the heavy leather and it is husband freindly
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      I am loving the orange and blue combo pillows on this below sofa....
    • PRO
      13 years ago
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      13 years ago
      You are on a great start with your modern transitional updates throughout these rooms! For pillows I would look for some with a little texture to them and with the writing across them. You then have the option with the varieties available with that style to purchase the more "plain" style as pictured and add some colored pillows with or there are some out there with color integrated as well! Good luck with the final touches!
    • 13 years ago
      BTW..you have a beautiful home and have you've done a great job! Sometimes we forget to mention that as we nit pick! :)
    • 13 years ago
      Throw one of these pillows in the mix!
      Cream Mongolian Wool Pillow · More Info
    • 13 years ago
      kwhite, I love your house, it's very tastefully done.
    • 13 years ago
      Love those chair ideas judyg!
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      check sequins101.com for pillows.
    • 13 years ago
      Thank you so much for the compliment cani and Darzy, I've lived in this home for 10 years and after coming thru a major illness, I felt the need for renewal and change. Although it is driving my husband crazy, I've had a ball ;-)
    • 13 years ago
      This is what my rooms use to look like.
    • PRO
      13 years ago
      I always find it very funny how someone asks about pillows and everybody ends up redecorating the whole house! Not sure what you're using the office for but unless you plan on interviewing people, I would leave the leather chair there. It ties in with the ruggedness of the horse but adds texture and warmth to the metal table. You got some great suggestions for pillows. Stick to the blue-grey from the office and some greige.
    • 13 years ago
      I agree Lydia. And the changes cost thousands of dollars, something people have sitting around...good for the economy I guess. I love judyg's suggestions but I disagree with the dining room change. It is cool. It is an old world look and I think it is cool. I can see where you are suggesting a total update with the new looks which are cool but she asked about pillows. To me it is boring having the same look in every room and different feelings in different rooms are fine. I agree to move the chairs in the family room. I see some window treatments and pillows to pull the room together. Textured beige would look nice based on some of the pics above especially the houzz one that all for show pulled up.
    • 13 years ago
      I agree...I think the chair goes nicely with my bookshelf
    • 13 years ago
      I think it was suggested to move the two family chairs into your library. I can see that and moving the desk on a diagonal.
    • 13 years ago
      If you are looking for some modern and bright throw pillows this websight has some really nice and unique ones that will work for your living room .
      http://www.zazzle.com/modern+pillows
    • 13 years ago
      I think a nice patterned throw blanket will work nice for the office or any room really.
    • 13 years ago
      I am also thinking a little color will work for these rooms. Even the littlest of accessories for the room will make it more modern and unique.
    • 13 years ago
      I thought of these ones

      http://www.google.com/search?q=grey+pillows&rlz=1C1CHMD_enCA371CA371&aq=f&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=H_EoUdCGLZOpqQHMkoGIDg&biw=991&bih=702&sei=IvEoUc__EZDyqwGpioGYCg#imgrc=l_C5dXfDBstejM%3A%3BxhOmZ1Lfv_CMWM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.zgallerie.com%252Fis%252Fimage%252FZGallerie%252Fhero%252Fspiral-pillow-20-grey-040010050.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zgallerie.com%252Fp-12692-spiral-pillow-20-grey.aspx%3B364%3B364
    • 13 years ago
      Well, Mr. kwhite014, congratulate your beautiful wife on her great taste (and you may now go take a nap on the sofa where you belong).
    • 13 years ago
      Wow...sweetie I wasn't planning for you to see this ;-). Love you, too.
    • 13 years ago
      I'm thinking about moving the chairs into the office; can some if you give me some ideas on how to reconfigure the office to include them.
    • 13 years ago
      Awww, how romantic is this? Lovely :-)
    • 13 years ago
      Kwhite014, your husband made me cry. You are a lucky lady. Pillows; try lumbar size, they won't be tall enough to slide. And they fit nicely under his neck while viewing TV.

      Office: try desk on angle as suggested above, with it set overtop of the center plug. You could keep the horse pic over your left shoulder, and shelf behind your right, or on another wall. Perhaps a cowhide rug under the desk? Love the leather chair In here.
      If you switch chairs, could the leather chair go I the room behind the sectional? (I see another arm chair in there) maybe it could go in place of the 2armless chairs. Lovely home! Loving couple!
    • 13 years ago
      Thank you so much...I think I'll keep him around ;-) I love your ideas, I will definitely try moving the desk. I guess you figured out my problem, if I move the leather chair I have no where else to put it, every room is full.
    • 13 years ago
      Kwhite014, I like it in the office, and the 2chairs where you have them. Keeps view outside un-obstructed. You have done a great job! Just get a few lumbar pillows and relax with your hubby!
    • 13 years ago
      K, with a husband like yours, you need nothing else. He is a dolly.

      I have to ask his favorite team?
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