Living room advice

10 years ago

Please help me pick out new couches for our living room. We have two young children and my husband and I enjoy lounging and watching tv when they go to sleep. We also like watching football! I also want to paint the walls and was leaning towards navy blue or burgundy. Which wall would be the accent wall? Could I get away with 2 accent walls? Thank you for any help! I'm so bad with interior design but want a cozy inviting living room.

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decoenthusiaste

10 years ago

The perfect wall for your TV is the one where you've hung the big picture too high. Never hang art above window and door frames - 5" above furniture or centered 5' above the floor is perfect. Would it work hung above the master bed? Turn the table the other direction to gain some floor space for the new TV area. Please replace the chandelier with a light that shines upward, not down on the table, and hang it 36" or less above the table top. Down lights wash out the food and cast nose and other ugly shadows on the diners' faces.Dimmers are always a good idea for dining rooms. A sofa and a pair of swivel chairs will be most flexible and comfortable. If you each like your own sofa to stretch out on, get two of them and place them facing each other, perpendicular to the TV wall. Under the TV place a credenza or console (not a TV stand) that is 25% wider than the TV. Take the toy bin to the kiddo's room, and center the piano on the pony wall, adding a nice floor lamp beside it. Use a big storage ottoman/coffee table to have some toys and books in this room. I would eliminate the kitchen cupboard piece from the corner, and then paint the new TV wall in your navy blue. It is a hot decor color now, but burgundy is not. Just add a touch of burgundy for accents (dining chair seats, pillows.) Consider a floating buffet and art for the cupboard's corner.

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chiflipper
10 years ago
Kids / food / males = Sunbrella fabric. Many manufacturers offer it on their sofas. Not cheap but SO worth it.
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JudyG Designs
10 years ago
From your photos, I would flip the spaces. Put the dining room where the tv/sofas are now. Could you take another picture and not do a wide scope? The space is distorted for viewing.
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Amber Treston
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10 years ago
Amber Treston
Original Author
10 years ago
Do these pictures help? The dining table was placed under the light fixture.
Amber Treston
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10 years ago
Amber Treston
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10 years ago
I love all of these ideas! I plan to move this picture to the bedroom and put it above the bedframe. What a great idea. I did some rearranging for visual aide and I'm not sure the tv on that wall will fit the seating arrangement for this space. Any other ideas are greatly welcomed and appreciated!! I've been planning on getting rid of that corner hutch/cabinet thing for years. It houses all our art supplies and random kid things but I've been ready to give it away for too long. Thank you so much for all your input and hope to get a few more tips/tricks/pointers!
havingfun
10 years ago
well, went to the ideabooks and the only prevailing color is your orange fishing suit!
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havingfun
10 years ago

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erincarmody
10 years ago
Depending on how much seating you need you can purchase a sectional and place it in the corner, but not against the windows facing the pony wall over the stairs. Move the TV to the wall where the piano is and move the piano below the large picture by the dining room.
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erincarmody
10 years ago
In the meantime you can try the placement suggested with the furniture you have. Couch in front of long wall and love seat in front of window wall
Irene Morresey
10 years ago
Tan leather sofas or sectional, leather to me is money well worth spending, it's actually one material that looks better well worn, simple to keep clean, especially with children. Tan looks great with navy. If you put tv on that wall suggested by above comment you could have sectional facing tv with open end by dining table perhaps. I think I would like sheers at those windows, looks quite exposed, hard to tell
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Irene Morresey
10 years ago
I see now you have the blinds that come up from the bottom
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decoenthusiaste
10 years ago
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When placing TV be aware of the glare it will receive from the windows. That is why I think your large expanse of wall is best. You'll want blackout window coverings if you put the TV anywhere else. Your TV is now the focal point of your room, so move it to the focal wall and you will have solved your dilemma both ways.
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