Just purchased a home and redoing the living room in french counrty reds and yellows
Redoing my living/family room all in one. I have a floral print (large) in red from country curtains for my window treatments this is my inspiration fabric. my walls are painted butter yellow from Glidden. I want to do a red coventry/burgess plaid sofa and love seat or a red tapestry print with different shades of red because we have grandkids my sofa can be no longer than 87 inches and my love seat no longer than 64 inches. Also if I go with plaid my curtains are a large print floral so what size print should the sofa fabric be in plaid?
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Thank you so much for your help!!!
Thank You!
An honest to God Provencial print could be nice in a pillow or something--like a foulard or a border print, stylized floral with stripes, depending on how big the room is to absorb the different textures and patterns. The fabrics you have are sort of a modern interpretation in some very pretty colors. Posting pictures of the space can help.
It also depends on your personal tolerance of business and clashing patterns--it can look fun and interesting, or cluttered and jangles the nerves. I like serene rooms--for other people LOL. I like lots of visual stimulation, but that is because I'm a visual omnivore with a way higher tolerance than most people! Both the more is more and less is best options can be lovely in their own way.
Please post pics of the whole room, even with the fabric draped everywhere. I helps to see.
It pays to invest in quality in the long run. Solid wood construction, dovetail joints, reinforced corner bracing, etc... make a difference, as you pobably well know. What are you thinking of buying? Are you going to post pictures of what you have and the room?
Perhaps a professional interior designer here can help you with that. :) I'm a historic preservationist who has always loved anything old--art, clothing, furniture and buildings--my whole life, and a textile nut to boot, and have developed an eye for historic design over the years.
Did get a nice painted hutch and sideboard in Germany after oogling them for years--decent price, comes apart, and in pine from the 1920s rather than some heavy thing in oak from earlier, even though I loved those too. Too fancy and it would make the rest of my stuff look shabby in comparison. Kind of wish a got a few other things, like a Dutch or English style hall tree, though now that we have more elbow room.
Chalk paint discussion: http://www.houzz.com/discussions/265490/Need-to-decide-how-much-taupe-and-cream-paint (scroll down to bottom)
http://www.amazon.com/Creating-French-Look-Annie-Sloan/dp/1907563954/ref=la_B001H6UE2K_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1355850378&sr=1-2
Interesting blog on French and country inspired tablescapes http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/p/about-this-blog.html
Merry Christmas!