Need decorating help!

2 months ago

Just moved into a new house and need some help tweaking my decor. House has a cottage-y feel and all interior walls are painted warm colors -- mustard, cinnamon, rust etc.. I'd like to work with the wall colors and furniture I have, but feel like I may need to edit a bit in the main living area which is a fairly small room off of the kitchen that has a sitting area in front of the TV and a small dining area. Here's what it looks like right now:

My questions:

Do I have too many pillows in the dining area? Should I eliminate the burgundy colored ones so the room doesn't feel so matchy matchy?

Recommendations for decor on the small dining table? Or should I leave it as is or empty?

Should I add another color to the room? Right now it feels like it's all burgundy, mustard and black. There is navy blue in the rug, I was thinking I could find a piece of art for above the small bar cabinet that has some blue in it to tie into the rug?

Recommendations for wall color for the entryway? That is the one area I would like to change the wall color.

Looking forward to thoughts/comments. Thanks in advance!

Cheryl

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JUDY GRAHAM

2 months ago

last modified: 2 months ago

Try the rug and coffee table with the sofa.

Try the table and two dining chairs in front of fireplace.

Keep the two armchairs as is..maybe pull them back a few feet. (Hard to judge space with no measurements of the room given).

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tracefloyd
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
I don't have a lot of ideas, the house is nice. I would move the two easy chairs/carpet back closer to the french doors to open up the room and not so close viewing the tv.

I agree the entry color is too dark. Maybe cream?

I like the gray/blue in the carpet and the cool gray tile in the entry and would spread those colors around the room with pillows and accessories as a nice contrast in color to the earth tones

A black lampshade would be nice for the floorlamp.
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kcooz07
2 months ago
It gets confusing to have duplicate threads going. Here's the other one from a day earlier if anyone wants to take a look.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6510659/seeking-decorating-advice-for-my-new-home#n=23
soverychic thanked kcooz07
soverychic
Original Author
2 months ago
@kcooz07 Thanks for that. When I tried to post the original one that had both spaces it seemed like it was going to time out without posting, so I assumed that it was too big and I needed to split them up. Then when I went to post just the bedroom one I saw the larger one had posted!
soverychic
Original Author
2 months ago
@JUDY GRAHAM The constraint I have with this is that the only place for the TV is directly above the fireplace. I do think I could play around with pushing the two armchairs and carpet back a bit further. There is a post somewhere in the thread with the floor plan and dimensions, but it's probably pretty far back at this point so I'll post the image again here.
soverychic
Original Author
2 months ago
@tracefloyd I'm definitely leaning toward cream in the entryway. I also plan to play around with pushing the armchairs and carpet back a bit more, but I think it's hard to see from the photos that there's not a ton of space behind them so I have to figure out how to maximize the room and still leave a pathway through the room to the stairs.
Kendrah
2 months ago
Third post on the same topic.
tracefloyd
2 months ago
last modified: 2 months ago
Thanx for the response. There is nothing wrong with having to pass in front of the tv if need be. For game day just wait until the play is over.