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Living Room Design Help needed

8 years ago




I'm looking to update our living room. It opens up to a very open downstairs. The 27 yr. old Ethan Allen mission furniture needs to stay, although I know we should get rid of some of the end tables. So I'd like to replace the area rug and get new seating and lighting. I'm seeing a lot of sectionals again. Are they "back in." We do not use this room a lot, but it's seen immediately, used a lot during the holidays and I would like seating for at least 6 people. I don't know what will go with this furniture. The walls need to stay the same color and I'm thinking I'd like the sage green for the accent color. I'm open to suggestions!!

Comments (22)

  • 8 years ago
    A sectional won't give you the flexibility of a sofa and chairs. They are only "in" because the stores have so many to sell. Reduce the number of pillows. Reduce the number of accessories. Pare down the number of books. Maybe remove a small table or two. If you have less in the room, it won't look so cluttered. Art on the walls, soft window treatments, but not so much of everything. You can store some stuff and rotate what you display by season or color.
    tweingartner thanked felizlady
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    https://www.rugs-direct.com/Details/Capel-BiltmoreCentennialVista-CentennialVista/128304/206763 I think a new rug would make your room look beautiful. I love these rugs. There are many sizes to choose from. I found this one in a soft green color and I think it has some brown in it, so your seating would certainly be beautiful with it. There are many many many area rugs to shop thru online and some well known catalogs are having great sales this weekend, online. Change the rug, and than see what else you can do to make your room have a different ambiance.


  • PRO
    8 years ago
    I would consider slip covers for the sofas in light color. I would try reversing the long and shorter sofa creating a space for two chairs facing long sofa. Pull long sofa away from wall/windows and put sofa table behind so a lamp or two could add ambient lighting. Once you get the seating right then you can figure out rug and size of rug. The coffee table you have will work between sofa and new chairs. Just getting furniture away from walls will help create better, warmer seating area.
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Your upholstered furniture still looks nice. Instead of new seating, I think a better use of your budget is new cream paint on the walls, new rug, new pillows.

    The two problems I see in your room are 1) the wall color 2) the sofa color is not repeated elsewhere in the room.

    Here's a suggestion from Maria Killam.


  • 8 years ago

    I'd replace the rug for sure. The current one doesn't look like it belongs at all.


    I like your armoire, but not the shelves on either side. They also don't seem to hang with the rest of the room.


    Let's see if I can find you a better rug.

    tweingartner thanked groveraxle
  • 8 years ago



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  • 8 years ago
    I love that area rug, the green chairs in pic look great, pillows, throws and lamps. Painting needs gold frame and perhaps off white curtains. Take away a some of the other bits and pieces. Just another option
  • 8 years ago
    Armoire and shelves all one colour perhaps and trunk coffee
  • 8 years ago
    The only tag I would change is the color of the walls ...to WHITE or off white ...! It all looks so dark because of the walls . You do t need to change anything else ..., just a little less clutter ..., less is more .
  • 8 years ago
    Not tag , the only THING I would change is the wall color ....
  • 8 years ago
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  • PRO
    8 years ago
    Agree changing wall color would be huge plus.
  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Your seating still looks good. Walls are a bit gold and the small flowers are a bit 'sweet' for a living room. If you repaint, add new art, a new area rug and select accessories that are a bit more bold, the room could take on a completely new appearance.

    Either of these rugs would work for the room.





  • 8 years ago

    Everyone wants you to paint, so I did. This is a light warm gray.


  • 8 years ago
    Wow! Lighter walls and the newer darker rug that Grover got you makes that room go from dull to dynamite!
  • 8 years ago

    Can you paint the furniture all one color?


    Move the chair and a table to the other side of the room to break up the wall of furniture?


    I‘d remove the throw pillows, update the lampshades and group the smaller items into a collection on the sofa table as an Attempt at a quick and easy fix.

  • 8 years ago

    i am leaving the couches brown. and you wanted green so the rugs will pull that in, you should paint once you decorate.

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  • 8 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    Maybe I misunderstood. What stays in this room and what goes? Are you just keeping the case goods and replacing the sofas and chair?

  • 8 years ago

    In that case...


  • 8 years ago

    Yes. I like this arrangement. All of this has been very helpful.


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