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Need recommendations for lighting and coffee table

5 years ago

Refreshing our sitting room. We have a great travel gallery wall that’s my pride and joy (dismiss the missing piece- dealing with an unruly nail at the moment!), and just picked up some leather stools for overflow seating. I am stuck on coffee table and overhead lighting, floor lamp or a new table lamp options. Don’t want anything to compete with the gallery wall but also don’t want anything bland! Any help would be appreciated!

Comments (23)

  • 5 years ago

    I think something like this would look nice & compliment the space.


  • 5 years ago
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    What a nice, personalized and cozy space. Think about getting two slim reading lamps for people to read by.

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    Or non-hard wired sconces on both sides that can be pushed toward your photo wall when not reading. Make sure lamp can take bright enough reading bulbs.

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    Why don't you place your stools under your console to be pulled out when you have company? An acrylic or glass coffee table with wood base matching floor and chair legs would allow some of your lovely rug to show through and takes up little visual space, keeping your room airy. Any coffee table should not be too deep since you have a small space. Also get an oval or rectangular table so it's reachable from all seating.



    whitrob810 thanked housegal200
  • 5 years ago

    i would create track lights for you gallery wall and conrinue in that vein with a modern fixture in the center of the room. If i can find a photo i will posi it.

  • 5 years ago

    How about if you put a smallish black directional light in each corner of the room to wash ligh on the gallery wall and hung this in the center from the ceiling?


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  • 5 years ago

    Actually, for each corner, install a 2 headed downlight, one to shine at the wall and the other to shine on the chair for reading

  • 5 years ago
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    For the coffee table get a circle or hexagon on a black metal base that’s criss-crosses or like a nest or the black art object on your console


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  • 5 years ago

    I would be careful about track or other “spot” lights on your photos. I appreciate that you love them - I have the same sort of arrangement in my main hall - but this a multi-purpose room not a gallery. Having strong light(s) shining on one wall make seem like the sole star of your room. You have lovely chairs, a beautiful window, and a very interesting rug. I think in the long term having balanced lighting in the room will let you enjoy all aspects of the space. Strong lighting shining to a space over your head while you are seated may make reading more difficult. I suggest a modern semi-flush light with a shade, not bare bulbs, to replace your current ceiling light.

  • 5 years ago
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    Decide how you want room to feel and then choosing pieces is easier. Ideas below for example are more earthy. The stools are a bit off size wise, so I‘d try to find a table that pulls them in style wise, so they don’t look as awkward.










    If you don’t mind me saying, and I know it probably took you a long time, but a tighter rectangle may feel more balanced. By not extending as far on the sides you could add a floor lamp behind one chair for better reading.


  • 5 years ago

    As to the pictures...one little thing will make it more stable and all the pics perfectly aligned...you will find in a hardware store..a double stick foam tape that is sticky on both sides..cut a little square for each picture...being sure it is level..and attach it to the picture at the center bottom and push it onto the wall...the foam type is better than the green paper thin ones over time and it assures a tight fix..

    whitrob810 thanked btydrvn
  • 5 years ago

    As for furniture placement and table ......it looks like centering the arrangement on the rug ...moving it away from the wall a little would solidify the seating grouping a little better...and leave more room for lamps........add a little more substantial round table that you could even put your feet up on..........leading to a more simple but substantial table under the wall display...since it is so vast and detailed it needs a solid and simple foundation for it size...avoiding a lot of clutter on the table.............lastly...the little stools are not really suitable for seating..lighter weight more moveable seating would work better here...to sometimes arrange toward the view ......or even move out of the way if needed....unless you want more established seating there..in which four similar comfy chairs would work

  • 5 years ago

    If you decide on a grouping of four seats....two swivel in front of the window and two solid in the rear would be very versatile

  • 5 years ago
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    I like your gallery wall - I am now thinking that maybe this would be the right chandelier


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    And a 2 or 3 light floor lamp for each chair might be the ticket. You can adjust and turn them to make the lighting good for the wall and for reading.


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    Presumably you are going to take the lamp off the console table


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    5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    This would have been the right time to consider picture ledges for your gallery wall. Gallery walls at best are difficult to pull off and not look like 52 Card Pickup.


    Have you stopped traveling??? If not this is where the picture ledge really makes sense because you can keep adding and adjusting to provide a rhythm to the assembly.


    Also painting the back wall would have linked all your elements together.



    Your console table with the hair pin legs is dwarfed in scale by the lounge chairs. A more substantial console would have been a better choice.





    I love the stools in the foreground but cannot imagine some adult perching on them.

    I would use white track lights to highlight your Travel Wall



    Select a round coffee table that complements the finish of the console table.



    whitrob810 thanked BeverlyFLADeziner
  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    Going to suggest that you move one of the camp stools to under the console, put the other stool between the chair and the window and place a tray on so it can be used for table. Buy 2 of these chairs


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    get 2 of these for the new striped chairs and use both sides


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    Move the ceramic pot to the chair furthest from the window and use it to store lap-throws


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  • 5 years ago

    I'm with Beverly, needs an accent color and the ledge will allow you to change the images up as you want to highlight images at times. pretty sterile looking now, needs to cozy up. those stool seats say to your guests... "Don't stay too long" is this a living room? or just a part of your great space?

  • 5 years ago
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    I'm curious what other finishes are nearby /, and how modern you like, as to LED or swirling types, sputnik etc.

    27 x 13"


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  • 5 years ago
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    30 x 15" expensive, but style like this?

    Lower price -- 25 x 13"


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  • 5 years ago

    Possibly this small one works cause of your large set of pics.

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  • 5 years ago

    Reminds me of bathroom lighting, but showing in case you like. $ 76.

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  • 5 years ago

    nice warming aged copper finish - like wood stain...

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  • 5 years ago

    Check this out


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