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How to make this room more warm and homey??

7 years ago
I always feel theres smth wrong or missing in my living room. Can someone help me redecorate it or how can i make it more cozy?

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  • 7 years ago

    I think your main problem is that wallpaper - it's too busy, too cold, and it steels attention from cosier elements, like that lovely curtains and furniture.

    I think brighter and warmer wall colour would look much better in your space. I would limit blue for accents like that nice blanket and pillows.


    Another issue I see is tv console/unit. It's too modern for the rug and some of the furniture..

    Also, that wall colour is cold and IMO doesn't work with the rug and curtains.


  • 7 years ago
    Thank you for the comment. So what do u suggest for wall color?! And any thoughts about a new console style?!
  • 7 years ago
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    I've tried to mock your room with Benjamin Moore Balboa Mist:


    And a bit darker beige:


    dinajaf thanked daneejela
  • 7 years ago

    For the table wall, I would go in this direction:




    But I think it's best for you too wait for advices of pros.

    dinajaf thanked daneejela
  • 7 years ago
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    How do YOU define warm, cozy and homey? You need to hone in on those images. Perhaps another look at your inspiration pictures is warranted? See if any common elements in them strike a chord with you? I noticed a lot of large wood elements (walls, furniture) and gallery walls.

    I'm not a pro but when I look at your living room, what doesn't strike me as cozy are the coffee table, the chandelier and the TV area. My suggestions: find a rounded-edged coffee table (simple curves in wood perhaps), a less blingy light fixture (it doesn't have to match the one in your dining room just relate in style) and find something warmer toned for the TV area. I'd also be tempted to warm up the picture frames on the sofa wall. Perhaps muted gold instead of white.

    Just to give you coffee table shape ideas and materials:





    A chandelier with a drum shade, for example, strikes me as softer than your current one:


    Hope these ideas help.

    dinajaf thanked tartanmeup
  • 7 years ago

    I agree with the chandelier and coffee table being to cold.

    dinajaf thanked daneejela
  • PRO
    7 years ago
    It looks like you have a water view. Is that correct? I agree with removing the wallpaper. I would change the rug to a navy and white print ( I love the navy pillows). I would move the couch away from the wall you could put a narrow sofa table with two lamps. Also because you have children I would get rid of the coffee table and get an upholstered ottoman. (Many offer additional storage). I agree with the previous post about the entertainment console being replace and larger art work. Please keep us updated.
    dinajaf thanked Susan Tiritilli
  • 7 years ago
    The low black line of cabinets and the big tv clash violently with the traditional furniture (I like), and the low white leather sofa. The fancy chandelier is out of place with all the mixed styles. The wallpaper is overpowering the room...remove it and paint the wall.
    You can have an eclectic mix of pieces, but they need to relate to each other in some way: color, shape, size.
    The chandelier would be okay with the traditional furniture, but the black cabinets and wallpaper need to leave. Put the tv on a wood cabinet which is wider than the tv and just tall enough to put the tv face-high to a seated adult.
    dinajaf thanked felizlady
  • 7 years ago

    Thank you so much. do you have any thoughts of a paint color? i feel all is too bright and need something to warm it up! and i am facing the sea.

  • 7 years ago

    Thank you Susan, yes facing the sea.

    do u mean i should add a console behind the sofa and remove the wall frames?

    will look for a new tv console/entertainment.

    where do u mean to add the big art?

    Thanks

  • 7 years ago

    Thank you tammy, i guess i will be looking for a console to add behind the sofa this will bring the sofa closer to tv and makes it more warm. and will try to find a fix for the tv unit.

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    If you feel the space is too bright (It's really hard to tell over photos), try to replace transparent and shinny and reflecting items (like coffee table, chandelier) with more solid materials, like wood, iron..

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  • 7 years ago
    What do u suggest for a new tv unit idea or style?! I have a huge tv.
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    You have a beautiful space, but I agree it can be warmed up. I would swap out that coffee table for something earthier, wooden. And I would change up the rug to something more colorful and cozy. Colorful textiles are a great way to warm up the space.

  • 7 years ago

    Hmm just a thought but what if the TV which looks like it is in the walkway to the patio/beach area, were put on the wallpapered wall, face the sofa to the sea and the chairs on either side of the sofa? Recliner to the left of the new TV place facing the sea on an angle? The you can put really slim floor to ceiling closed storage for video books etc and a pretty runner on the tile from entry to sliding door/windows.

  • 7 years ago
    UPDATES!
    Wall paper is removed. Painted wall in Mochiatto color.
    Removed everything on the wall and the room seems very empty now.
    So happy with the new paint.
    Need suggestions for the empty walls.
    Thanks.
  • 7 years ago
    I would paint the vents the same colour as the walls so they don’t stand out as much.
  • 7 years ago
    @Anette your absolutely right will get it fixed.
    Thank you
  • 7 years ago
    I think your console is fine. Can you remount the TV so it is off center, to the left or right of the center of the console? That way, you can use the top for decor. I’d also remove the shelves, and store the videos in binders, baskets or boxes. I’d put artwork on the wall surrounding the tv. We had a similar issue, and did this,
  • 7 years ago

    Salamander console


  • 7 years ago
    @teamaltese yes i removed the shelves as u can see in my updated pictures.
    Will try to do so and send you images.
    But any ideas about my empty walls now?! What shall i add to them?!
  • 7 years ago
    Thanks
  • 7 years ago

    Hello

    I would paint over the tapette with a white primer and then paint over the whole wall with a touch of very pale translucent pastel turquoise. Also new curtains in bright yellow ocher, beige / sand, or even very noble in a noble gold. The vohange can be even more beautiful, embroidered with gold ..... in satin or silk ... (the business I have written to you ...). a few pillows on the seats, depending on the taste in the same colors or very colorful. (I personally prefer colorful) My favorite shop with you in USA for curtains is ....

    https://www.hyenaproductions.com/

    I also have my curtains from there, a dream shop ...



    Good luck ! Your furnitures are perfekt, also the beautiful carpet, I sure it lucks after perfekt...

  • 7 years ago

    I woud take there

    The Hamptons Collection - East Egg - Gold

    or also the

    ROBIN MASTERS COLLECTION

  • 7 years ago

    Excuse me, in the first writting to you I have written, the" vorhange", it should have been written the curtons, and also "the tapette" is wrong, that is the wall paper. Because I am in Switzerland, so my desc translated the words again in German, please excuse..

  • PRO
    7 years ago

    The couches would be better in a fabric instead of leather and a distressed wood coffee table instead of glass. It's a great space!

  • 7 years ago
    Great big room, nice tall ceilings! Not one big tall piece of furniture!!!
  • 7 years ago
    It’s about scale. You need to bring your up and around your room. Large art and furnishings of different heights and scale. Yes you have a beautiful view and you want to enhance that too! This is a very nice size space. You should hire a designer.
  • 7 years ago
    So, the real question is, “What’s on your tv?” LOL
  • 7 years ago
    Just added these, let me know ur thoughts.. tv unit will look better in 2 days with a bit of fixing and change door colors.
    I just have that last wall empty (forget the silver stools) i am not sure what to put on it
  • 7 years ago
    Looking very nice, much more serene and comfy looking!!