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Need help with large blank wall

5 years ago

This is the wall you see when walking through the front door. My style is neutral minimalist modern farmhouse.

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  • 5 years ago

    Please add photos of the adjoining rooms and your entry from the other direction.

  • 5 years ago

    Ge front door is on the right. The wall flows into my living room

  • 5 years ago

    Entire wall

  • 5 years ago

    You have a nice room, not over furnished which gives you lots of opportunities!


    I'd try relocating that console table from behind the sofa. There's already a wall there, and the table is a little squished in. Remove the runner.


    Move the sofa just a few inches so it isn't brushing the wall and curtains. And a little further from the pony wall. You can shift the end table in front of the window.


    Your two 'window' mirrors are hung very high (as is the windmill print). It's nice to have the center of wall hung items 56-58 inches above the floor, eye level for average people. Anyway, I wonder how the mirrors would look moved side by side above the console table.



  • PRO
    5 years ago

    A wall of mirrors in different shapes is fun and easy to collect 
    Start with 3 than 5 and stop at 7.
    I like odd numbers.
    This can have a darker background Hale Navy , white frames.
    I would raise the drapes to hang from ceiling.
    The lower line makes the room shorter.
    Keep it simple

  • 5 years ago

    @pbanos. Thanks so much for your input! Where do you think I should move the console table? On the bare wall?

  • 5 years ago

    @COCo thanks for your input. Do you have a picture of what you are describing?

  • 5 years ago

    Is that a pony wall near front door? If so, then move sofa table to your long wall. It's odd to see pony wall and table so close together. (If your sofa table too deep, consider a long, slim table or demi-lune table centered on that wall with a mirror over it to reflect light from the window across the way.



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    Also slide your sofa a little more so you can center your side table and lamp under the window.

  • 5 years ago

    @housegal200 I think my sofa table is too wide for the blank wall. There won’t be much space between the couch and the wall if there is the table there. What thin sofa table would you recommend? If I do add a mirror on that wall, is it too many mirrors since I have one over the couch? I appreciate your input

  • 5 years ago

    Moved the sofa table and moved the sofa down. The sofa table is not too big and there is plenty of room between the sofa and wall.

  • 5 years ago

    I would hang this mirror. Is it too small? If not, should I add 2 tall lamps on the table to brighten the space?

  • 5 years ago

    Here it is with lamps. I would hang the mirror. But haven’t committed yet

  • 5 years ago

    @pbanos love that! Thank you!

  • PRO
    5 years ago

    The table is too small. Should be longer , if you need a table. Why not start with an accent color or design wall with paint. You need color. What do you like? What is your passion. Gardens? Photos? Paintings etc.
    I would paint the wall a bright white with a Sheen.
    Place a thick chair rail (upside down ) and put up a lot of art with frames. Enough till you find what you like 
    What about an Asian scale, ocean, desert or go to Ashley. They have some huge art that you can hang. Movie Posters or a 3-5 free standing dressing set of panels. I have used fun ones yellow, red green and named it Picasso Shoe. Big flower posters 5' x 6' etc. Try it their prices are extremely well done. Surprised me.

  • 5 years ago

    Think about a chair or basket strategically placed to hide the outlet! It would also make a place to toss a bag or jacket for a visitor.

  • 5 years ago

    Have you tried the other long console on the long wall? The one by entryway? Then you’d have more wall space to decorate.

  • 5 years ago

    The sofa table is good there. I like the idea of the wall prints. Find an interesting chair to put to the left of it as shown in P Banos' photo.

    Please, please for future postings include views of all four walls. You didn't show the TV wall, which needs more attention than the blank wall. Do consider putting the TV over a very wide cabinet in white. (Or put two wide bookcases side by side to fill out that wall. This will balance the room. Now that we can see the TV wall, you need to move the sofa back for more comfortable viewing.


  • 5 years ago

    That is the only console table I have. I think it looked bigger when it was behind the sofa

  • 5 years ago

    @housegal200 when we bought the house, my initial idea was to put built in bookshelves. That will be a future project of mine. Thanks for the ideas!

  • 5 years ago

    It looked bigger behind the sofa because it was too big for there, and too tall. Extend it visually by adding a tall tree type plant on the floor to cover the outlet (which should be painted to match wall color.) Add a basket of comfy throws at the other end. Put that mirror back between the windows, but lower it to be 5" above the sofa. Does the one in the other room match it or not? If they were a match, you might hang both of them over the table, or stack them vertically somewhere.. Otherwise, shop for some big art to hang above the table; it can be as much as 75% of the table's width. Don't be afraid to go big.