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Sonja Hilliard, DVM
Any ideas for how to address these windows with the high ceilings, smaller upper windows, and lower picture windows? I am at a loss and sadly after being in this house for almost 2 years my living room still looks the way it does in these photos because I'm stumped. Any ideas would be appreciated!
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scarbowcow
sunnyvm2b, I'd be so tempted to build a loft going round three sides of the lower room (assuming the staircase is on one side) and put in a library all around the upper story. It looks like this is just a two-story room acting like a one-story room. Why not make use of all that height by creating a sort of gallery to use as a library, home office, 'futon' guest-room, etc.? A spiral staircase up or access from the existing stairs, if possible, and you gain so much more real living space - not to mention access to those upper windows so you can actually clean them! In the pictures, the room looks devoid of personality - like an unfinished office in an industrial park. A gallery going around the upper story would allow you to give it charm and personality in your own style.
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Lucia Kenworthy
Could you please tell me the paint color on the walls in the last picture? It looks marvelously soft, airy, and warm against the elegant black window frames.
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