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Liz I am also going to get an area rug for living room. Color suggestions?

Molly maybe paint the walls a pretty taupe like this?

Liz I apologize for the poor quality photos. This is my first post. The reason for posting those pictures was more for you all to see the layout of the room since I anticipate a lot to change color-wise (sofa, pillows, wall color, rug, etc). The below photo is the PB curtain.

Manon Floreat Since you have a smaller room, I encourage you to edit out some of the furnishings and consider smaller scale items. I think your idea of a sectional is a good one. I would consider one on legs, as it will show more floor and impart a feeling of spaciousness. The coffee table you have is large and is dominating the room. Consider a smaller rectangular glass one, as it won't intrude so much visually. The leaning shelf, while nice is unnecessarily taking up valuable floor space. I'd remove it and hang art or a mirror on that wall.

The curtain placement can be improved to give your room a sense of more spaciousness. Mount them to the ceiling (it will visually expand the height of your ceilings) and lengthen the rod so that there is sufficient stack. Currently, they are eating up some of the window. The more light that comes through will result in a feeling of more space. Lastly, I'd consider a simple area rug, without a lot of bold pattern or color to lighten up and soften the room.

Here are a couple of furnishings to consider.

Manon Floreat A couple more options:

Liz Thanks Manon. Great suggestions. I love the rug and the tables. I know the coffee table takes up too much space. It was an expensive piece from my parents house... I know I should store it until I move out of my townhouse into a bigger home. It really does it up space.

Liz How am I able to see where those items are from? Love the rug and tables you selected.

Manon Floreat You're welcome lizw. I'm glad you like them. I really like gold and grey together.

The sectional is from Crate and Barrel. They also have a chaise model if you prefer that.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/klyne-3-piece-sectional-sofa/f42873

Round glass table:
http://worlds-away.com/product/rollo-round-gold-coffee-table

Area Rug:
http://www.rugs-direct.com/ShopDetail/Details/156281/Surya/Naya/NY5189/GrayIvoryYellow

Rectangular table is sold out. It was buy Nate Berkus for the HSN. The style is the French Directoire coffee table. It's a classic, so a comparable one shouldn't be to hard to find.

Tina Tyminski_Jones I recently purchased a similar rectangular table from Drexel Heritage (aka Thomasville...a combo. store). Love it...

Liz Sorry

judyg I think Manon has solved your dilemma. Wonderful suggestions to make your grey/gold plan work for you.

trasgorshek You are going in a beautiful direction! Love the curtains and the lamp! Manon has given you some great selections. Pls let us know how it turns out. Have fun!

apennameandthata Gold is a high status colour. If you are not REALLY carful, you will make your house look pretentious. The colour of the floor boards is not a natural match for gold either, IMHO. It would just as well match with silver. Two-tone interior of the dining room is already veering too far towards the too-formal and too-pretentious.

I truly hope I'm wrong. Whatever you do, 1) plan every single thing before you spend any money and 2) be prepared to replace every single stick of furniture, decoration, paint and surface by the time you are finished. And then, be prepared that you might have needed to, or need to, change the outside of your house, the garden and the street your house is located in before you can say, "job done".

jansgirl Gold and gray look lovely together. Manon's choices are genious. Hope we get to see the changes.

trasgorshek Apennameandthata I think you completely lost us.

olldroo Liz, I note you have two posting going at once here. Manon's rug suggestion is gorgeous, she always finds great things. I am curious to know the price of the sectional in $US. I automatically get it in $AUD and I just love comparing prices - usually we are sooooooo ripped off.

Tras - Appennameandthata IS lost!!!

Liz Olldroo, unfortunately the rug she picked is outside my price range. They grey sofa I like is $999 from a store called Havertys. I am still looking around though.

olldroo liz - you sound like me, all the nice stuff is outside my price range. Never give up though, at least you are getting ideas to pull it all together so once you have found colours and styles you like, and you have decided exactly what you want for your room, you just never know what you will find when you start seriously shopping and the thing is now, when you do see something you will immediately know if it is right or not. The $999 sounds a very good price, although I'm not up on US prices. Does it come with a warranty? My last lounge had a 15 year warranty and has lasted me 25 years, I'm really only replacing it because it is too low for me now. My new lounge has a 10 year warranty, so if I get 15 years out of that, well it might even outlast me. Also helpful if the cushions have slip covers so they can be washed in the event of any accidents. How much was that sectional Manon found in $US? Here it is $AUD3,553. I can't get the thingy to pop up that lets me change my location to US and I am curious to compare. Happy shopping, do keep us posted.

trasgorshek Liz, try rugstudio.com, I've always had good luck with pricing and selections there, huge selection and they are super nice. I called the store once, talked to a gentleman about my concerns over a certain rug. It was in the showroom, he walked right over to it, described it and sent me pics from his phone. Can't beat that! Plus free shipping and if you sign up for emails, I believe it's additional 20% off.

Liz The sectional Manon picked out from crate and barrel is $2,800.

GARY FINLEY, ASID paint the walls red as in the dining room! should be nice with the drapery then use a lightish toned section and a patterned rug

Aja Mazin lizw484,

here is basically the same grey sectional for $799.

http://www.asfurniture.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchDisplay?searchType=1000&resultCatEntryType=2&pageView=image&catalogId=10051&orderBy=0&showResultsPage=true&categoryId=17242&beginIndex=0&langId=-1&storeId=10151&sType=SimpleSearch

or a similar grey sectional for $599

http://www.asfurniture.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchDisplay?searchTermScope=&searchType=1000&filterTerm=&orderBy=0&maxPrice=&showResultsPage=true&langId=-1&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&metaData=&pageSize=&manufacturer=&resultCatEntryType=2&catalogId=10051&pageView=image&searchTerm=&facet=ads_f2_ntk_cs%253AGray&minPrice=&categoryId=17242&storeId=10151

or the most extravagant model for $1299.

http://www.asfurniture.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchDisplay?searchTermScope=&searchType=1000&filterTerm=&orderBy=0&maxPrice=&showResultsPage=true&langId=-1&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&metaData=&pageSize=&manufacturer=&resultCatEntryType=2&catalogId=10051&pageView=image&searchTerm=&facet=ads_f2_ntk_cs%253AGray&minPrice=&categoryId=17242&storeId=10151

And this is well built furniture that is warrantied.

Aja Mazin Manon's exact same rug from Domestic Modern

http://www.domesticmodern.com/gray-rug-with-white-and-yellow-pattern.aspx

+ Available in 5' x 8' for $660
+ Available in 8' x 11' for $1,453

or
this Hand-Tufted Blantyre Grey/Yellow Wool Rug (8' X 11') - Today $549.99
at
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Hand-Tufted-Blantyre-Grey-Yellow-Wool-Rug-8-X-11/6450041/product.html

or my personal fav

Hand Tufted Gray Wool 'Jeweled' Rug (5' x 8')-Today $239.99

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Hand-Tufted-Gray-Wool-Jeweled-Rug-5-x-8/6479656/product.html

GARY FINLEY, ASID I suggest no rug unless it is the proper size......the dining rug here is too small, has that been adressed?

GARY FINLEY, ASID the dining rug seems to be a 5 x 7 is needs to be at least a 7 x 9

GARY FINLEY, ASID that dining rug might be an interesting choice for the living room to go only in front of the sectional...then correct the issue in the dining room with a larger rug....win win

Liz i know the dining room rug is too small.. i don't really like it so down the road it will be replaced with the correct size. Would it be better to just remove it all together and not have a rug in there? I kinda thought something in there was better than nothing (even though it is too small).

Gary Finley, ASID, I already am sick of the red dining room haha. So I don't think I want to do the living room in the same color. I was thinking a very light grey for living room and above the chair rail in the dining room to tie the two together?

GARY FINLEY, ASID well, your choice......the wrong rug ? or no rug? .........think the decision is easy!

as for the gray, nothing in your space suggests gray to ME. you have a very warm color palette and a cool gray seems off. A green gray maybe....what part of the country is your home?

Liz I live in Baltimore, md. I took some suggestions into use already... Here are two pics. As for wall color, maybe a "greige"?

trasgorshek A greige would be quite pretty.

olldroo Liz, thanks for the price - $750 difference isn't too bad, normally it is double and considering our $ is above yours, I get so annoyed.

Aja - you have outdone yourself again - what HUGE price differences.

As for no rug or the wrong rug in the dining area - chairs scraping on timber floors would annoy me more than the wrong rug, especially when it is only temporary.

GARY FINLEY, ASID have you consider appling protective 'glide pads' of 'felt pads' that will take care of your concern for being annoyed

GARY FINLEY, ASID just trying to help and keep on target with the appearance of the spaces

Liz Moved the ladder

GARY FINLEY, ASID of as for the sectional......I would never suggest a large uphlostery piece for $650.00 to be a good investment....by the time redecorating is completed it will be time to begin again....if you invest and not spend....there is a huge difference......you will be ahead in the long run.....just saying.....as the cheap stuff will have a poor appearance in no time at all

Liz Lowered artwork to left of sofa. Maybe I don't need a new sofa? Starting to like the room without a sectional. Might just need to paint the walls, replace coffee table and get an area rug to tie the room together? I'm starting to think the grey scheme I was originally hell bent on wont work.

This is tough!! Don't know how you all do it ;)

GARY FINLEY, ASID the gray wont work because it is a cool tone.....try gray greens before giving up

GARY FINLEY, ASID waht about a soft terra cotta

olldroo Gary, her room faces west, I would hesitate to use a terra cotta colour.

I carpet my home so I don't have any noise issues at all.

olldroo Liz - clear your mind and play around with a whole new range of colours.

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You can also go onto the Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams websites and downloada photos of your room and "paint" them online to get colour ideas.

Liz That blue is gorgeous. I would love to do something like that but with my dining room a deep red, I don't think it would work.

olldroo I hate giving people work and expense, but you said you were over the red in the dining room, can you change that to the blue too and leave the top white. Not a lot of painting there to do it and if you really do like the blue then it is a pity to let a small amount of red paint stand in the way of 2 rooms you will really be happy in. It will definitely cheer both rooms up a lot.

The curtains in the photo look reasonably close in colour to yours and I was looking at the teddy bear for the lounge comparison.

You definitely need lighter area rugs in both rooms to break up the furniture and the flooring - they will make a huge difference.

If your sofas are still perfectly good, then you are saving yourself the cost of them, you don't need to replace your curtains, you have already culled some furniture, bought yourself the new lamp and your walls need painting anyway, so really you are just coming down to two area rugs as far as expenses go. It is the end result that is important.

Liz If I were to paint over red in dining room and paint the living room, what are you thinking? Would below the chair rail and living room be the same color? Would you leave above chair rail white? Hallway/ entryway outside dining and living rooms is a subtle gold color.

olldroo Yes, Liz, I'm just thinking of tying the rooms together to compliment each other, rather than a full on match. You have a lot of brown in the dining room and I do like blue and brown together and the white above the chair rail would keep the room really fresh.

Wanda McGhee Use the blue in dining room on the bottom and white on top and do living room in blue. Keep your furniture. Get new area rugs in lighter color. Play wirh rhat first and decide later if u want the sectional.

Wanda McGhee I still love the coffee table. Keep it To big or not or send it to me.

olldroo Sorry, Liz, I missed the bit about the chair rail - yes I would keep it white, the same as the skirting at the bottom.

Liz The coffee table was from my parents. I've always loved it.

olldroo Then keep it Liz, there are probably other options that would work better or look trendier, whatever, but if it is special and meaningful to you and if you love it so, it will always look great - not everything has to be perfect and you do have the room there for it too. .

Liz I am fine replacing the coffee table. I know eventually I will be able to incorporate it when I move out of my townhouse at some point down the road. I was just commenting to Wanda McGhee as she said she loves it :)

tennisanyone Thanks Olidroo for sending this thread. LB and I are working with her on the other thread. Didn't know this one existed. Liz made some nice progress from where the room started. Liz, what are your thoughts now about the gray palatte? Like I said , I knew the Houuzeers would weight in on paint. I am better rearranger then picking a paint through the screen. I happend to agree with Gary, about a warm gray green. Looks at your current pillows and look at the green in them.

Liz Tennisanyone- now I am uncertain about the grey idea. I was originally thinking I would redo everything and got a little a head of myself. I was just liking the idea of greys but don't know if it is the right choice for me. Now that things have been moved around I like the space better and am starting to think a sectional might be a little tight in the space. I like the idea of painting over the red in dining room and painting the wall in living room. I am open to different colors, but would like to work around my camel sofa, gold curtains, and the entryway/hallway area is a goldish paint.

olldroo Liz, why don't you call by your local Home Depot (or similar) and pick up some paint chips - any colours that catch your eye and you like - bring them home and sit down and check them all out. I think you need now to be more hands on with actual colours and I just have a feeling something is really going to jump out at you that will be perfect.

Liz I definitely will do that. I think i will go with something darker in the dining room and perhaps a lighter shade in the same family in living room so it has some flow. I do like the blue idea... I will go in with an open-mind though!

LB Interiors Thanks olidroo, I finally see this second thread. That's why I was so confused on the other one, I missed the townhouse and the coffee table and carpet stuff. I hope that houzzers only use one thread because it also must have been confusing for you too Liz. With all these comments, going from one to the other.

LB Interiors coffee table - On second thought, a lighter piece and smaller with glass may be nicer to feel more open. Less weight in the room. I'm agreeing with others on either of the threads, it's been mentioned before from some others.