Art has to be what You like!!

The art piece you favor seems best on the big wall right of the bay window.

Maybe something a bit less bold/ competitive over the fire?

Show us the media cabinet? LOOOOONGER would be better, or you are going to want to clutter up the wall.: ) Eight feet ? : )

Which built in ?

Do you mean the bookcase at the right of entry from foyer? that is fine there where you have in pics above, ESPECIALLY if tv moves!!

I was duggesting shelving like this. Nice chair, too.

YES fine ! Just remember less is more,so three

nice thick shelves might DO IT!!

Hey, Joan, you are in SUCH good hands with Jan! It's so refreshing to see someone post a dilemma on Houzz and actually appreciate the free professional help they get. Not like some people. And you all know who I'm referring to..

What a joy to watch this all transpire! I'm glad you are able to use so many pieces from within your home and willing to let this evolve over time. I agree that you should take time to find a perfect piece of art for over the fireplace. I'd pay attention to not only how it looks with the stone, but that it is also in a somewhat continuous view along with the dining room wall too.

Such a pretty room with so much potential, especially with that fireplace - hope you keep us updated as you make changes ✨

It has brought me so much joy over the past few days to consider and implement these suggestions. I feel very fortunate to have gotten so much attention and, yes yes, Jan has been so helpful!

xoxo

Do colors matter? Does it matter where they go? How much, and blah blah can the eye behold? It's personal.....to a point : )

I'm here......

But I adore my blues!!!

I loove my rug,....

MAYBE less competition with my fire?

Maybe I don't need so much red?At least not in THIS spot? ( below ) Is It fire fight?

A bit : )

Everyone's tolerance is different.....but, which lets me enjoy BOTH art and fire?

Red..............will always ADVANCE.

It's the first color you will see among any other.

This is nice!! I pulled in my GREEN!!

I Still have that love affair with the brighter art?

Yes..... HAVE that ON big wall OVER by the book case!

We can see why those coastal chest weren't cuttin' it?

( Mock has Ballard window mirror. The Pottery barn was making me nuts, sorry!

HAVE FUN!!!

And here I am again this morning with another thought……I shopped my own home and realized I have another bookcaase identical to the green except painted off white. You know Im obsessed with that long wall…..I admit it….. but what about this arrangement with the other bookcase included. A large piece of art, mirror or TV could go on wall above coastal cabinets. Repaint all 4 pieces. I tried the console table there but did not like the openess underneath the table. If this is too much on the passage wall, I understand. A simple ” don’t do that” will suffice. 😊

The mirrors beside FP are coming down.

HELP ME LORD??: )

follow........

My wall is 17'=204"

math.............!!!! what makes it feel used, and not overwhelmed?

Proportions!!^^^^^^^^^^^ The 3/pc of Nathan James is 777.00 all in.

I DID say shop the house, and sometimes your house does not yield what you really need

You have a smart tv?

add art to it any time!!

PUT the darn green cabinet back where it was?

Yeah.....

You just tickle me to death. I’m trying so hard to do what you say. I do love TV the last piece. So leave the TV over the FP?

Don’t answer. It’s up to me. I can do art or TV over console on long wall. I’ll move bookcase back. Got it.

Here's the deal.

I'd be a liar if I said you could JUST use some bucks and that the rooms we drool on usually do need some money

Limit the RED. It will scream, it is IN the rug. You can do the art you love over by the green cabinet on that dead wall.!

Calm DOWN THE ART OVER THE FIRE.?

For just that reason. You don't want the fight.

Blend a bit...just examples here, they have no red because it ruins the fire.

Yes you can certainly have BLUE on the chairs! You should, as the green is a secondary color here due to your rug,, and the red? Way LESS THAN THE GREEN! Love red elsewhere.

Your bugaoo making you crazy wall!

You can do this down here for 1500.00!

It is more than enough statement

Put art on any smart tv! Tons on you tube or Etsy

Make it a favorite family photo if you want!

So!

Were you my client? I say you need......

Art over fire ........350.00 ( great Big Cnvas /wFRAME

The fire wall BOTH left and right: 1150.00 ALL

The drive you crazy 17" wall: 1500.00

Two Deep blue chairs: 900.00

Give yourself 500.00 for pillow. throws. etc access.

and the art YOU love near the green book case? 300?

Add it up...call it 5K

And then get wild and say bye bye to the grand ma end table with

Pottery Barn 400.00

Because it is right size everything.

LOl.......

I shall wait for the crowd to scream. No.......it is NOT even close to a lot of money. ...It's what would make you 100% thrilled with your room.

Even just ONE blue chair?) Okay...pays for the PB end table lol

And there you GO!!!

Up the road console behind couch? "Crosby" 679.00

In the meantime? Maybe throw some paint on the oldie? Just do a soft black, accessorize it.: )

I feel like I am your client. :) What a great summary! Thanks for all of your time and effort on my behalf. I’ll post pics as I make progress.

I do have a smart TV and the console behind sofa has to stay as long as I’m here…..sentimental to me. And you’ve changed my mind about the art. Will look for something calm.

Okay fine!!

have fun

Your colors with no cat fight, no blah's lol

the back corner

OH.....Just noticed you asked..." Leave tv over fire?"

This down below was HOW you can put "art" on any smart tv: )!!

So it need not be a black vacancy...

You can even stream your own family pictures. You tube has amazing/ mesmerizing revolving nature apps .

Bottom line is that makes a nicely proportioned wall.

Click this, Joan.......?

Mesmerizing : ) and beats a black vacancy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPGbUjSguMk

By the way.....

The green book case? What are dimensions??

The art you loved was fine!!! Just not over fire: )

Yes to something calmer over fire.

When you have TWO "dictators" in a single view of rug and fire, try not to add another, right?

Bookcase is 30” x 76” x 16”. FYI I can use a paint brush as well as a tape measure, if need be.

Im liking this art but cant find a large size. Will seaarch for something similar. Im learning so much from you.

Okay....... hang on, while I back up, get the other comments all considered as well, since many of us ...were clearly!!! trying to figure out a penchant for which of these? Green...or deep blues?

Watch...and ask, is my rug love affair making me fight what I love most?

I've no idea: ) But see your own adds to the thread, such as that screen shot of a green comfy chair?

A little brighter and greeeeeener below...

Calmer, earthier...a little organic

See your cabinet book case in the mix down here?It was a "just because idea" and then you painted the other white, or it WAS white, and you made it green? ms.handy gal?! lol

You realize......that if they are BOTH green, you could slide them in left and right of the damn FIRE??????!!!!!

But...before you do that? What is the real love affair here? The rug..dictating LESS green by a lot, or you find a different home for the rug? which MIGHT be freeing? All of our very inquiring minds would love to know!

You are so right. I feel like I’m in therapy. My rug must go. I love the earthy, organic feel of the greens but fight it because I’ve been partial to blue all of my life.. I also love texture, which has always been the reason I love the FP chairs.
I originally bought the bookcases to go beside the FP and they fit but looked straight up, if that makes sense. Now that I have a different mindset, I can try them again. Thank you.

As to the art??

Right size!!!

Not that far off and still calm.

Note??

Both sides of fire need not match, they can BALANCE

WHAT IF you use the ONE bookcase, green at the right of fire, paint the other leftover rattan low white cabinet the same green, and add a mirror and LAMP.?

Or vice versa?

Or wht!!!

go for it, paint them both!

I'm headed out for THERAPY!!

😂

Well, everything seems to be working into a good plan except………the rug. I was reminded that I had a PB jute rug before getting the current rug. I have small grandchildren and the jute rug was not soft underfoot. Let the expletives fly! I can take it.

Jute is QUITE soft underfoot, and your grands do not live with Y.O,U

They will live long lives minus any glass bubble, so .....no I will not go there and no I am not kidding.

Throw a quilt on the for "I'M learning to crawl".

I do mean that : )

Stop putting roadblocks in the way of a room you might love.

Understood……I’ll get on it. Thank you.

Someone mentioned this rug, I think it was Diana, that said she really liked it.

Just an option to check out.

SAFAVIEH-Area-Rug-8x10-Collection/dp/B0843H8XDH

*Natural fiber Collection
Handmade woven Jute

You can also go to a good broadloom store, look at the wools, the wool and nylon blends, You can take any 12" wide broadloom, and have it cut and bound to the inch. Geoffrey Hirst is quite well priced. Antrim has wonderful selections , more money.

At 11' ' by even 2o' ? Very little waste of the goods would result. Won't be possible at a Home Depot or similar. A good carpet independent source the designers use: )

Deal of the century.......Rugs Direct

closest to perfect in size too.!! 11 x 15

ETSY BELOW

ALL Below...Pottery Barn

Were this me sticking my hand in your pocket?

I'd order the Rugs Direct today, nothing to lose.

I'd paint the book cases same green

I'd pick the art over the fire, that one I posted was so close in feel to the one you loved

I'd give hubby a heart attack and deal with the damn BIG WALL......

I'd get rid of granny end table

I'd get 2 new lamps....one on the PB table, one on the console behind the couch. You can also prowl Home Sense....ya never know

Looooove...

Behind the couch......I realize the sentimentality. It's a tad dry and granny..? Because it belonged to Granny? Does it fit anywhere else?: ) I'd say paint it, but I'd rather you painted the WHITE cabinets.....and I will come back to that.

You paint the white/w rattan to black... , remember?

You also loved this!? 48 x 36 and hang it over your "paint job."

This mirror you have,below

Turn it!! Vertical

Put it over the newly painted cabinets

Have some blue/green too!

Right of the opening looking into foyer...

:) 24 x 24 FRAMED/GOLD

ADD a throw!!.....not that drab thing...lol

Etsy

Put some texture on the couches!! ()

La DI da..........

Yes to jute, mine is braided and it is very soft underfoot. I also have seagrass, which is not as easy on the feet. Sisal is the worst--it's very prickly.

This might be called "keys to the Vegas Casino..."

From all above, instructive screen shots earlier post.

You own everything Else.

Now.......Stand at the fire facing foyer

You paint the low white cabinets- they go on the 6'wall left of opening, butted together. Take the "window mirror, paint it a shade of watery blue..hang vertically and NOT up near the damn ceiling!

Back to the love affair picture?

On the 89" wall, facing /right of the Bay window!

Right of the opening?......NOT AT THE CEILING, EITHER

You know what to do with the BIG dead tv wall........

Is it worth it to get rid of the Grandma end table for P.B Tanner/ For corner of sofas? YES. Are the lamps worth it..absolutely.!!100% for texture, neutrality....yes 2

You paint the tall green cabinets... for left/right of fire, and don't clutter the hell out of them: )

IT'S A NEW ROOM all above, and hate to tell ya, Gram....but it's time!! It eventually becomes hard to keep cobbling leftovers/mistakes together to any cohesive whole.

Shake out a few moths if at all possible and it's done.!

Does this happen as above on any other site?No.

It definitely does not: ) and it was the epitome of

"E.d. i.t then Add"- as it began at the start of your thread.

It has happened here because the thread of contributors narrowed to only a few "voices", versus a four - ten year dialogue of Houzz insanity. Something that often occurs with ten , fifteen or more folks following closely, and all with a different vision.. It is VERY, very well intended ! It becomes a club! But, it can get very confusing and does a room need four years? Rarely.

This scenario was far more as if you went one on one with a designer in your home. Except for the moolah.: )

Good luck, and now it is on you....and DH

Keep us posted!!

Yes, Its now on us. I haven’t commented today because Grammie has her littles today. I’m grateful beyond words for so much help and, yes, i will post on this thread as I make changes. It has been so much fun. 😊

^^

More "fun": )

What gets what color PAINT?

( note, all below is called avoidance of real work here at the still dark hour.... .........)

Truth told?

You love two colors almost equally...blue, and green....

Does it matter the what/what of the paint? Yeah! Don't make double work in oy vey "shoulda woulda coulda!".

What did I do up there?

Changed the art

Changed your bookcases to soft black! Then I'd be inclined to either a great blue, OR green on those low cabinets that are now screaming white.

I added LIGHT cushions on your two chairs, also back cushions, a super easy thing to do.

Pulled the chairs forward, added a big pouf.

And ?

It's nice to have a change of landscape with the seasons ( waiting for you to tell me you're at temple as you read this.)

Pretty darn easy to haul out a book case!

I'd definitely hang around here, but I am not you.

All above is what is commonly caused in design lingo to ANY client, " no, I can't simply say JUST do this!.....because tweaks are moving pieces. It's alllll moving pieces/ moving colors, /changing textures on a chess board."

Your board, not mine, right?: )

My insides draw up into a knot as I prepare to say this but…….I can’t pull the trigger on that jute rug. I want and need softness…….coziness…….that I think are lacking in jute. The colors in my current rug are so beautiful. Jewel tones, I think. The pic I posted doesn’t do it justice but the blues (both dark blue and a light blue) plus the brick, peach and, yes, even a touch of green, are all there. I actually like the idea of painting the bookcases black and the screaming white cabinets a color. I am fully aware that the rug is holding me up but when I think of giving it up……😩. I can give up the chairs for upholstered ones……no problem. So, give me time, doc, maybe there is another rug somewhere, a solid wool that won’t shed like a dog, that will speak to me. I’m looking . And, no, Im not in temple. A Baptist. Hutch tomorrow. 😊

Church, not hutch.

The real points are just three. It matters not what I think, or anyone thinks. If you love the fire/and the rug as is? You do you. Everyone has their own personal tolerance for pattern!Lots..or less: ) It is your home, not mine, not ours. Only yours.

Third truth? You don't want to change the rug. At all. A"solid wool" will essentially be the SAME sort of change as the jute,, just a change in fiber.

Way less fight, your rug below.

Two STARS on the stage, don't make it three stars with art: )

The "peach" is in the stone... and plenty.

Did you remove the pic from your last post comparing the room with the existing rug to the room with a solid rug? This comparison was helpful.

^^^

This one, just below?

Maybe just go back, as this looks fairly accurate if you KEEP the rug

The point being stop trying to jam every color into every spot?: )

Remember how you began the thread.....

"I would love to have a navy board and batten wall behind sofa without art. grid type design. Is there too much business with rug and fireplace for such a wall? Thanks for opinions."

Uhhhhh...yes ?

It's quite possible you're asking the wrong person lol?

........ as in down here.

At some point? You will make yourself crazy. Step away for a couple days...it can tweak until you're Blue, literally

I can never understand putting a settee with its back to the window. I love to sit and be able to see out.

^^

The opposite wall, facing the window is NOT a good place for one of her two couches.

Read the whole thread : ) and look at the scaled drawings

Yes, I would add it to the walls. I would get rid of that lamp on 3 long legs - I guess that was just temporary until you could get a nicer looking one.

I’ve been moving things around to get an idea of exactly what I want to do. I butted the 2 coastal cabinets together and can get a third one need be. The rug is still in question but I may have a new home for it. It seems to have lost its prominence with the addition of other pieces. I put the fish pic there just to get an idea of how a bold piece of art would work. Just thought I’d let you see Im still working on this.

Where did the rug go, and I think it is not worth getting a third cabinet

Where is tv staying or going?!

the room is really shaping up! I'd be tempted to get a Samsung Frame TV for over the FP or figure out how to get a display image to show (works on any smart TV)

https://designertrapped.com/display-art-on-any-smart-tv/

Jan, that’s the same rug. I plan to get new art and table but will wait for Black Friday sale. Will paint console soft black. Plan to beef up bookcases with thick shelves and paint. I can put art on TV.

This rug is same as??? Not your original

It’s the original