dark lounge room
The lounge room in our seventies house is dark on all sides. One wall is "orange" knotty pine and the other is cedar panelling. The ceiling is knotty pine panelling with cedar beams. The semi circle brick hearth is mottled dark bricks. And the carpet is, well... dark orange.
This photo was taken at 3:30pm, on a recent mildly sunny afternoon. As the windows face south-east, this room is dark for most of the day.
We intend to replace the heavy red furniture with light coloured sofas/armchairs, a smaller coffee table and a large floor rug. With our current budget, carpet replacement in this room - and throughout the house ( it's that colour all the way through ) - is not an option.
Should we paint the panelled walls a neutral, like Dulux Natural White? I know the knots will require a primer/sealer like Zinsser B-I-N. Ripping the panels out and replacing with gyprock also not an option.
Has anyone had experience with painting knotty pine rooms? It also features heavily throughout the house and on the stairwell, which is dark and a little foreboding, even at midday.
Would also appreciate any decor/lighting suggestions.
Many thanks.
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Comments (13)I think the golds in your frames and other wall hanging would go very nicely with the red JudyG posted. You might start with just a couple of walls as it's going to be quite dark. I painted part of my bedroom a similar color--it was the color of canned chili, and my husband thought it was too dark so I changed it. I think your furniture would look wonderful with that. And with paint color, I told my husband that I'm not done with the bedroom until I say 'I LOVE IT!' You should do the same--you want to love looking at your living room....See MoreDark Lounge area...
Comments (5)Hi Liz! Your living room is nice and spacious! You can really open it up with a lighter coloured rug, perhaps a cream or even orange! Also, your walls in the photo look white - what colour are they really? This story can definitely give you some inspiration too! (https://www.houzz.com.au/magazine/what-colours-go-with-a-brown-leather-couch-stsetivw-vs~32221879...See MoreLounge room decor advice needed.
Comments (22)I would paint your bookshelf the same colour as the walls and stuff it with, well, books! I would paint the built-in corner unit to match and just use it for potplants - ivy that hangs down would look good. As for the coffee table, if the room is small, what I did in our little family room was hunted around and found a large curved hunk of tempered glass from Freedom and it sort of 'floats' and looks invisible in some lights. Seriously, I think the line was called Ghost and was very reasonable (they also had a side table to match). Throw a bit of cherry red around and see how it looks with the creams and the taupes. Here is a pic of the coffee table....See MoreL-shaped lounge room/dining room - help please!
Comments (5)You could flip the living 90 degrees to the left, making the tv along that longest wall but aligned more left obviously. Depending on how much you wanted to spend, you could invest in joinery which incorporates the tv and books, which then also adds massive amounts of storage. Could be too long of a space for this set up, but stretched out a little with a nice rug it could work well :) please show us pics when you decide!...See More
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