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What would do with this room?

10 years ago
New paint and flooring. Couch and chair going away. Everything else stays. Thank you!!

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  • 10 years ago

    What is the purpose of the room? Is this your family room that you will use the most? or is it more of a formal living room space? etc. The fireplace and windows in the room are gorgeous! With all the big furniture in the room, and the room layout, it makes finding a place to put a couch or seating tough for you. Unless you can reduce some of the bulky furniture, such s with the smart TV suggestion above you are pretty limited. You have a gorgeous large window with arch in the room which normally I would never suggest covering up at all but with your limited options you might consider putting a lower profile couch on that wall. You could mount the TV over the fireplace? If you want to keep the piano, the three bookshelves plus the TV cabinet, that does not leave much space for seating or anything else and may make the space look cramped.

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  • 10 years ago

    This room is a family room that is used, to be honest, mostly by the kids and myself while we are on our electronic devices or reading. We watch some tv in there but we just got a kitchen tv recently so I anticipate the tv watching time to decrease some but not completely. We have a family room with a large smart tv in the basement. In light of all that, I don't see us getting a smart tv over the fireplace although it is a good idea for the future. Whenever we have guests, people do not flock to the room even though it is a large size. I could never understand that but guess it's never felt cozy. I never thought it was difficult to decorate w/ all the large pieces, I thought it was my bad decorating sense. But with this recent endeavor, I am now realizing it's the room and not me. ;) For now, I am keeping the piano, EC and other book shelves. I am planning to put furniture in the center, using an area rug, we'll see how that works. Thank you for your insight, it's been super helpful. I unintentionally posted this multiple times but it has resulted in different perspectives. So thanks!

  • 10 years ago

    Look forward to seeing the finished piece! I think the pictures might have been a little deceptive as the room didn't look that large from here so it might have been the angle of the photos, etc which is why there were a few responses about the large furniture. I understand what you are saying about not understanding why or where visitors flock, for us they always seem to end up in the kitchen no matter what we do! I guess that is not a bad thing though. Best of luck!


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  • 10 years ago

  • 10 years ago



    DONE!!!!

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