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so I’m buying a home

24 days ago

The great room in the picture is the living/ kitchen/dining with 5 huge window and sliding glass door. The finishes are white quartz countertops, white tile backsplash, muted gray cabinetry. I usually decorate with bright colors, but my daughter wants me to create an intimate space with a forest theme. She likes the space to be more ornate, and I’m gonna try to make it so we both love it. These chocolate velvet curtains plan to hang across on the 9ft ceiling walls, with white sheers underneath and a brass rod. The rug is 9x12 with one runner also in the kitchen and one 8’ round rug under the glass table. I plan to put a large solid wood book shelf made of hardwood from Belgian in between the kitchen and living room space. What should I do to tie this together? (Over time I’m sure). I want it to be tastefully ornate, exciting and interesting but not smaller- and in the daytime although I do not worry we won’t get enough light in these areas due to so many windows and I live in Colorado, I wonder how I could get some good ideas for this space going forward?

Comments (14)

  • PRO
    24 days ago

    Also, the countertops are quartz ice white, the canbinetry subtle soft grays like the LVP flooring. The backsplash is white tile

  • PRO
    24 days ago
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    Will your daughter be living with you, and what is her age? I'm not seeing the rug with the curtains unless that's a bad picture.

    Ice white quartz and "muted gray" cabinets, and a glass top table don't feel very organically forest. Nor does a flooring with a gray tone.

    This is a builder spec home? Who made the selections for flooring, counters and cabinetry. please?

  • PRO
    24 days ago

    Yes 14

  • PRO
    24 days ago

    I'm not the mom, but perhaps the "forest" of luxury should be in HER bedroom, help her create her own look and sorry Mom, but none of the "builder" selections thus far suit that look.

    Gray floors ( already well on their way out, and "bright white " tops .....

    In a few years she will go on her merry way, and.............??

    What is YOUR look? Post an inspo, as if your daughter had never made a request beyond her own bedroom.

  • PRO
    24 days ago

    I agree. We are going to have to … refigure. She likes the looks of these. And I do as well, just don’t wan to also make my great room seem smaller too.

  • PRO
    24 days ago
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    Do you see any bright white or gray in those? What do you notice about the paint,rug.furnishings? : )

    You have an open, builder spec......get with him and change flooring, tops , cabinets, or do not jam a square peg in a round hole

    No plan begins with curtains. It begins with exact dimensions, a seating and rug plan. What, where and what size? Where will the tv be located?

    Sorry.......YOU are in charge, you give her her own space, let her create a tomb, and you do YOU. She is paying for .....WHAT? : )

  • PRO
    24 days ago

    Agreed, except window treatments are at the top of
    My list bc they are needed and on sale. I agree re my space ty

  • PRO
    24 days ago
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    There will ALWAYS be a sale, and they are not the curtains for this space, You are still at DRYWALL.

    Give her her bedroom. My heavens.......you don't have aplan yet, and you have a buggy ahead of a horse.

    Show me in your "plan" where the couch will be? Where the tv? What about a cocktail table, ?


    You are .........here Show me where everything is going


  • 23 days ago

    You do not want chocolate brown curtains with muted gray cabinetry.

    You could add some forest theme with wallpaper or curtains. A little wallpaper goes a long way, so you could put it on a smaller wall.

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    You'll want some plants.

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  • 23 days ago

    Use removable wallpaper for the daughter's dark "forest" bedroom. It is far cheaper than having a bedroom with dark paint repainted with three coats of primer and two coats of new color after she gets tired of the dark forest look.

  • 23 days ago

    Yes, lots of inexpensive peel & stick murals available these days. Perfect for a teen with changing tastes.

  • PRO
    23 days ago

    Awesome. I can’t change the builders color cabinetry. It’s too far along. I have decided on teal curtains and this rug in the living room and the round under the round glass table.

  • PRO
    19 days ago

    Is your daughter paying the mortgage ? Do her room any way she wants but no way wold I change what I like for any of my kids .