Living room color and?
I have not been happy with this room ever. I have painted it twice and still...... I love the furniture! Keep in mind I have BAD allergies so carpet is not an option. "Some" cloth is ok, so i will get pillows when I get color down. The side thrown chair can be re upholstered, not sold on that. I do tend to lean toward a Ralph Lauren/ Milling road by baker furniture look. I have traditional furnishings but tend to have odd and or modern art. (I am looking for more art and lamps/accessories) The dining room chairs have bee recently upholstered in black/brown houndstooth. I love the armoire, this is the ONLy room in the house it will fit and that is the only wall. I know its massive but i like the presence of it. I have been collecting prints/art in gold frames and thinking about art work from floor to ceiling on the back wall of the diniing room. Also have contemplated using different sizes of black frames and white mattes of different sizes and using pictures of my travels. thoughts? I had thought about painting the walls Dover white (sherwin williams) that would then match the the moldings,shutters and doors. however, it would then fade out my antique dome slag glass chandelier. (ignore the partial weathervane LOL that is another project I am working on)
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I wonder if the furniture arrangement can be improved. Currently the sofa is directly opposite the entry - which can be an unsettling feeling. I'd like to see it on the wall opposite the armoir to open your room some and create a focal point. To provide some subtle division between the LR/DR, consider an upholstered bench in teal to pick the colors of your floor lamp.
Attached is a possible floor plan. Maybe something like it will work for you.
I think an area rug would help for the seating area. Check out Target.com or Capel. You can purchase a Hoover to keep it clean (easy to use) and you can do it whenever you want. They have combo ones for hard floors too.
If you decide on an accent color, check out Etsy.com for some great home accessories. Use their search engine and input what you like. They have decorator cushions and wall decor. I would either choose new wall art or photography and pull a color from it to use as an accent color to give cohesiveness to your look. Repeat that color several times in your pillows, vases etc. And if you have time, check out my etsy shop, nancyhehmann
IKEA has some nice cheap frames, but they are in European sizes.
If you can't get a rug, perhaps you could consider a floorcloth in the living room to help define the space. Basically it is a stenciled or painted canvas dropcloth with heavy poly on it. Can look very sophisticated. You can find stencils that replicate old floor patterns or go with something that echos something you love, like maybe Chinese art deco rugs--would go nice with the Armoir.and leather furniture. Abstract expressionist (like Jackson Pollock or bold calligraphic style) could work too. Pull some colors from your favorite photos and artwork (like that big painting).
I think Mallard is a bit dark myself--but one wall could be nice, or turquoise or charcoal and greenish grey or even something in the red family or purple family, and it will look great. Your floors are very warm in tone, as is the furniture, so don't go too cold with the color.
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/brooksidemoss
Or this one: http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/paint-color/sycamoretree
Try this for frames: http://www.picture-frames-warehouse.com/ or even Target: http://www.target.com/s/black+picture+frames
would love to see updates when you have finished the room.
While the current paint color is lovely it doesn't do anything for your funishings and the existing art work. The floors have warm undertones (gold) while the paint seems cool (at least on my monitor)
Hope you will post updates as you go!
The sculptural tree on the window sill looks lonely. Perhaps it would like the company of a scattering of Japanese smooth river stones (3?)
or a few books Spanish Oaks Hacienda
Cannot decide what I'd like on DR wall. I'm leaning toward something architectural, textural and sculptural. I love these wood pieces painted the color of the wall. Living room
or these circles painted the color of the wall Michelle Kaufmann Designs
- Traditional Family Room design by Minneapolis General Contractor Stonewood, LLC
Traditional Living Room design by Los Angeles Interior Designer Abbott Moon
These images are on the site, but I can't get them to embed here :-(
What about an Apricot shade for the walls? That would key in with the lightest tones of your existing upholstered pieces and make them more dominant. I'm attaching Apricot, Warm Gray and a Teal tone to consider.
What do you think?
However, your furniture is mostly dark, rather than mixed like the picture. Some chair covers in the dining room would help and art in white mats might be enough to balance it out. Light flooring could help. If you don't like the floorcloth idea, maybe a piece of painted vinyl scap would work to give the space some definition and would be really easy to keep clean..
http://voices.yahoo.com/how-paint-own-floorcloth-405052.html?cat=30 plus lots more on google.
I like the coffee table, but it looks a little stranded without something on the floor and next to the heavy sofa. Would a trunk look more grounded perhaps? Maybe moving it would help--be great for plants near the window perhaps.
Anyway, the color is worth a try with a sample though and do the old paint a piece of posterboard so you can move it around and see what it looks like in different light. I painted my living room in a similar grey color with green overtones, and painted the woodwork and ceiling and one large wall antique (creamy) white. Worked well--the white reflected the window light and made the space feel less boxy, and the green-grey gave it warmth, but wasn't too dark.
Not my first choice in color actually, but it was a mismatch marked way down and I figured it was worth a try and it looked great.