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Breakfast room decor

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Hello,

i have ave previously posted on this site about my breakfast room decor. I would like some input on what to do. It seems unfinished and unbalanced. is there any way to accomplish a balance looking room with the Buffett where it is? I’m ok with changing decor, removing, adding suggested items. Brutally honest welcome. Mo

need to spare my feelings. my goal is to walk in my breakfast room and have a feeling of balance. TIA



Comments (8)

  • 7 years ago

    I think what is throwing it off is that it doesn't seem centered -- the table needs to be in front of the buffet (but then I'm not sure you have room for chairs! It would probably be easier to move the table and chairs in front of the buffet than to move the buffet (if it's like mine, it's full and heavy!) but you could see if that wasn't a better look and if so, then you could move the buffet itself.

    lgberrios thanked User
  • 7 years ago

    Hard to tell from the angle of the photo, but can the table go any closer to the window? I'd center the table on the window, if possible, and fix the chairs so they are symmetrical - one toward each corner by the window and the other two placed symmetrically on this side of the table. How it is now, the chairs look wonkily placed.

    lgberrios thanked Olychick
  • 7 years ago

    Start by lowering your art. It should be eye level when sitting at the table. Put a tall fiddleleaf fig in the opposite corner.


    lgberrios thanked groveraxle
  • 7 years ago

    what you have is a good start, it just needs some tweaks.

    a sisal rug under the table, diff chairs w/some pattern on the seats, maybe lighter colors, and for sure a really nice lighting fixture over the table.

    paint color, artwork (hung lower) and you could also string a rod just over the shutters and have drapes hanging on either side of the window.


    In these pics, notice all the details...rug, lighting, table, chairs, colors, etc

    see what you like.


    see how the drapes hang off the sides of these shutters? like this. with a light, cool wall color


    I like this table and chairs with the circular rug:















    lgberrios thanked Beth H. :
  • 7 years ago

    I agree with the suggestion to lower the art so it is at eye level when seated at the table. The top of the painting is currently above the top shelf on the opposite wall, and the sideboard pulls the visual weight of the items on that wall even lower. That's what most struck me as unbalanced.

  • 7 years ago

    I hate to be disagreeable, but with the complex corner ceiling treatment and the arch of your shutters, I don't think drapes have a place here. You don't have room for a rug either because it should be 36-42" larger than the table top, yet not run into walls or furniture on the walls. The issue of balance is the off-set of the table and buffet. The only way to solve that and keep it all visually in the dining area is to put the buffet in front of the window and pull the table 36-42" from it. Forget about your shelves for now; lower the art so it is centered 5' above the floor and then get out your sliders and change it up.

    lgberrios thanked decoenthusiaste
  • 7 years ago

    the drapes would be hung below the decorative molding

    lgberrios thanked Beth H. :