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Living Room Help!

6 years ago

I am trying to decorate my living room but I really do not know what I am doing. I love turquoise color but need help with finding the right wall art. I want a picture over couch next to two windows but need ideas. I also need help with accent pillows and possible lamp on one of end tables. Any suggestions or advice would be great!

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  • 6 years ago

    Done. Thank you!

  • 6 years ago

    What is the size of the room? Why is the loveseat angled? Have you tried taking the sofa off the wall and putting a console on that wall with artwork above?

  • 6 years ago

    There really is no reason why I angled the loveseat. No never thought to take sofa off wall. What kind of console would you recommend?

  • 6 years ago

    ypu need a much larger rug. 8x10 or 9x12.

  • 6 years ago
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    I don't know the wall dimensions, but maybe something like these.





    Maybe not this color, but the openness can give you extra seating.




  • 6 years ago

    Thanks for the suggestion on the console and rug size.

  • 6 years ago

    Any suggestions on rugs?

  • 6 years ago
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    Terri, you have a nice room size with some good colors to work with. what you need are some accenting. (you know this!)

    i'm not great at photoshopping but this just shows you a few things w/some color you like.


    (I had a really cool aqua bone inlay mirror for the wall in your entryway, but it made this photo too jumbled looking. I would do a shallow console w/ mirror above it on the wall where I put the plant.

    Or do a small bone inlay console in the turquoise and a simple mirror or art above it

    or, a simple turquoise console for that wall. this one is a little crowded looking, but you get the idea


    I also took out your boob light.

    Gave you a joanna gaines rug in soft blues/beige, and a teal velvet ottoman for your coffee table.

    Below I mentioned straightening out your loveseat. you could do art behind it, and a little side table.

    by your sofa I gave you a table lamp. also brought in a few pillows.

    not all of these colors go perfectly, but these are just a few things that you could do to tie in your decor, accent pieces and colors. does this make sense? See below on what else to do.

    as mentioned, you need a much bigger rug. at least a 5x8 or larger. To determine what might look best, get some painters tape and measure out the diff sizes ( your rug should have the two front feet of the sofa resting on it.


    see how this rug is positioned and where the coffee table and chairs are distanced with it? This is what you're shooting for

    look at rug position and the round coffee table on this one.

    coffee table. you need something about 2/3 rds the size of your sofa. We'll find you something else in turquoise , but that one you have needs to go in a smaller room.

    art. again, about 2/3rds the width of the sofa.






    Turquoise is a strong color, so I would limit it to art, some of it in your rug, some pillows (with other shades of blue/beige, and another color you like) and maybe a throw.

    could you put the loveseat against this wall and take another pic, trying to show us the whole room?


    You could easily do a nice piece of art over the loveseat wall too.

    It's a tall wall. don't put anything small there


    or a collage of art


    or maybe you want some shelving?




    BTW, see this book case?

    This would look cool along that wall in place of the love seat. Ikea has a great hack you can do to get this look w/their Billy bookcases


    what is to the right of the fireplace? and you try and get a shot showing that entire wall?

    wondering if you can move the tv on a console that is to the right of the fireplace


    then we could get you a turquoise painted credenza to go under the tv





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  • 6 years ago

    Beth thank you for all the suggestions. I love them.

  • 6 years ago

    Here is a pic to the right of fireplace. I straightened the loveseat.

  • 6 years ago

    I tried to see what it would look like with the sofa from the wall but i think everything looks too close together now. My fireplace is at a weird angle.

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    hmm. ok. did you do the tv above the FP because it was already there for hook up? just wondering what you think about doing something next to the fp.

    Look at the way all of these are places, furn. layout, and decor items.

    here's a few pics of a similar layout with corner fireplaces














  • 6 years ago

    Your sofa looks good not being on the wall.

  • 6 years ago

    Beth, actually I got the tv mounted above fireplace. I thought it was suppose to go there. Thank you for photos with corner fireplaces. This helps a lot. I love the idea of doing something next to the fireplace. Do I put a painting above fireplace? I really appreciate the help.

  • 6 years ago
    last modified: 6 years ago

    you could. but I say, cross that bridge when you get to it! lol.

    you can mount the tv over the fireplace, but that's usually a last resort. If you like it there, by all means keep it. I was just giving you some other options.

    also too, viewing distance is about 10-14 feet for a 65" tv. Smaller the tv, the closer the person needs to be to it.

    I think your tv is smaller than that so max distance would be about 12 feet.



    and no need to move your sofa that far away from the window. doesn't look right. the most you could do is about 10-12" and put a sofa table behind it.


    if you do plan on moving the tv down, you'd have to mount it much lower (see above) and do some sort of console beneath it. that would prob be more comfortable to view from the sofa.


    Any plans of getting a larger one in the future? if so, do the 60-65". that would be the proper size for your distance to the sofa

  • 6 years ago

    Yes I plan on getting bigger tv just did not know what size. So thank you for size suggestion. I will push back couch closer to wall. Oh and where did you find the wall art you placed next to my loveseat? I love it!

  • 6 years ago

    try Z Gallerie.

  • 6 years ago

    The glass console that I posted is about 10 or 12" wide and a good price point. You don't need anything fancy behind the sofa since it will be between the sofa and wall.

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