Ideas look book started
Thanks again for everyones fab ideas :-)

Wendy, there's no sense of scale, but how big is that dining rug? If you can't push all the chairs out from the table , and still have them on the rug, it's not big enough.

l would like to say go bold and go orange and white coushions and orange rug big one as its going to make a statement in your room trust me it will look amazing. good luck jackie

Its just a rug i am trying and I can get the next size up. He has a great try & return policy & bringing them down next week.
I am in an apartment so I some how have to find a balance between rules for rugs and my apartment size. I wasn't even looking for a rug for under the dining table but when i saw it I couldn't resist it. Stunning.
Rug size 160 x 230
Table size including chairs 121x227

Dining table on its own
91 x 131
Guess thats the good thing about, hes made some suggestions I like with the measurements of my apartment & bringing them down next week. If I don't like it, no go or different size.

Thanks Jackie but can't do orange rug, I am not that brave but I will oit lots of colour around the apartment I do have a stunning throw rug cover that was given to me that I might use as colour palatte. A gift from my mum a few years ago. I love it

So dilema with lounge rug after playing around with the area today. I think the smaller rug is a little too small following the rug rules the bigger rug will cover most of the area leaving about 50cm wall to wall, windows to bedroom door if I centre it.
Is the bigger rug the best option? Rug man is bringing them all down next week & hard to gage with the temp lounge I have.
Beautiful soft beige Hufflet Rug.
Lounge area
295 x 395
Modula size
286 x 108 x 182(chaise)
Small rug
160 x 230
Large rug
200 x 290
Think i might leave the rug for dining table atm. Will have a look but smaller rug will fit dining setting larger rug might overtake the space.

Thoughts please be as honest as you want I need it :-)

I will leave the beige comments to others.

Lol thanks Trib honesty is what I need & thank goodness this guy brings the rugs down as he didn't have samples. Theres also camel & grey . Would they work better? The beige was closer to cream depending on angle you look at the rug but I am concerned about wear & tear & there are sliding doors going onto balcony & courtyard.
What colours would work better?

Camel or grey

Different rug colours textures against floor colour lounge colour

Take your colours from your painting and you can't go wrong. However, grey won't work next to your couch.

Ikeas new stock

occasional chairs for living area

http://www.templeandwebster.com.au/Nohlay-Tuscan-Accent-Chair-AF000030-ASHF1002.html?refid=GPAAU447-ASHF1002&device=t&ptid=76074685500&gclid=CIPntPrps80CFQqbvQodwbQG0A

Light Grey rug as goes great with orange as your painting shows will pick up grey in painting wch has no brown so not brown rug and maybe grey with whitish fleck yo keep room light

http://www.templeandwebster.com.au/JMH-Furniture-Solutions-Opal-Chair-with-Arms-Opal-Chair-JMHA1028.html

$239.

http://www.templeandwebster.com.au/Honnally-Floral-Accent-Chair-5330260-CLLE1015.html

I can't see a difference between the Tuscan and Honnally chairs, you'd have to ask. There is a price difference.

IKEA new stock, shelves.

http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/categories/series/28102/

Thanks Trib I see what you mean now I have added that painting into the mix.
Either I add those colours in or I leave that painting out. Loving this enlight app layering photo upon photo really helps

Matt Blatt. Some of these things are on sale. The original price is often on the menu but not on individual pages. Designer or replica designer pieces

Wendy, I suspect you're a young adult, am I right? If so, I advise you go for colour. The colours in your painting are coming into fashion in 2017. It's a nice painting as it takes you to another place, and it works beautifully with your dining suite.

No Trib I am 42 and I really appreciate all the advice I really do as I have never been a colour person. I love alot of the ideas as far as tables lamps etc but really stuck on the rugs. Inspiration is at a loss I am not a bold colour person I love my reds, blues greys & the pieces I have are recently inherited that won't go with that painting which is why I am thinking of putting it in another room or leaving it out. I'd much rather hold on to my family things & memories & have a home than a painting thats been in a cupboard for 8 years that means nothing because the colours are in trend if that makes sense.
Trying to find a balance a have a great comfortable home.

Your colourful throw rug, painting, display plate and dining setting all work well together. The fact that the colours are coming into trend is a bonus.

Take what you like from Houzzers recent posts and add them to your ideabook.

I am thinking maybe that painting should go closer to the dining setting if I do use it and find something else on the same wall but above the lounge. i will figure it all out
Never thought picking a damn rug would be such hard work .
Thank you though
Appreciate all the advice. :-)

No worries, mate, don't stress, you will get there.

Completely out there for me but I love the red and I would wear it lol I live in red
Has the orange in the painting & throw rug red in the throw rug.

Have courage. If you go physically shopping, take photos and measurements with you, and take the painting.

The few places I have been to have pretty stock standard sizes 160 x 240
I think it will be too small once a coffee table went on it but the next size up will almost cover the area but they are
200 x 290
The main things i am told either keep furnishings & rugs plain put colour in cushions & throws pics & bits & pieces or go bold with colourful lounges rugs etc.
I don't even wear patterns on clothes haha!!! I will learn alot so its a good thing

Wow, stunning
If only

Details?

Its a one off I think.
https://www.houseofhome.com.au/news/21-pia-s-retro-finds
Teak mixed with rosewood.
Found a great website though . Retropia.
Great stuff.

The history of Parker Furniture

http://thedesignfiles.net/2014/10/tony-parker-of-parker-furniture/

Thanks I will have a good read. There are some scratches on my table that can be to my twin sis & I have claim ti fame climbing up & playing blocks in it. Who can get rid of a table with memories & stories like that.

You don't get rid of a design classic that's so well made. There is lots on Houzz and the Internet about getting rid of white marks and scratches. Do a search.

How did you go, Wendy?

I haven't done much at all, crazy work hours & I hurt my back again but lounge arrived rug is down & coffee table in. I found out i have manchourian pear trees in my court yard that are really pretty but getting them cut back 1 is already 2 stories high other 3 not too bad but need to keep them maintainable.

You are on your way!

You have a mixed colour palette & an eclectic range of
furniture which means that you will end up with a very interesting room indeed.
First suggestion: reposition rug so that all of the sofa sits on it equidistantly.
At the moment your main colours are: chocolate; white; tan and grey from your
sofa, entertainment unit, dining table, kitchen etc. These colours always look great
together particularly if they are teamed up with black. So I think if you
choose the right artwork with these colours; add copper items to top of your tables
and choose cushions in these tones the whole room will come together. You will
successfully mix old and new & it won’t be too bold for your taste. Note: artwork should be purchased first & be landscape in orientation. Could your
existing artwork hang in the kitchen or hallway as it would be seen
from the main room? To give you an idea of what I mean see pic below. Not
suggesting that these items are what you would personally choose but focus on
the colours and how everything is tied together. PS you could put some of your
ornaments on the coffee table.

I can't move that rug any more it is right on the border of a bedroom door. The smaller rug just looked ridiculous. Lots of things there not staying. Just adding bits & pieces but you have to remember this is a 67sq apartment. Not a house. No hallway. Dining/lounge in one room. Thought I would deal with art later.

Love the cushions. Am on the look out atm the moment but again its a time thing. Very little of it and I want a home not looking for a designer magazine picture which my place is far from lol. Finally found a couple of furniture refurbishers that will bring my dining table back to new without charging $3000 to do it!!! Teak seems to be the in thing atm the moment so people are charging insane prices. Quite a few stores I have been into coffee table hunting had teak everywhere but no where near the quality of this setting I have. Plus I can't let go of it with all the memories of my parents. My entertainment unit will go and I will replace it with another but one thing at a time. My lounge came with walnut wooden arms, i took them off and put the material ones on but I am thinking I might put the wood back on. I will always have them so i can just play around. I have a big 5 burner candle from dusk in the middle of the coffee table.

They're all very neutral tones so any colour would go with it really. If it incorporates some black in it, it'll all tie in wonderfully.

I found a black cast iron mirror that i think i might put up on entry wall. Cushions are black but need to find a few more pieces. Thinking maybe a couple of stools for the kitchen counter area but I also need some kind of shelving/ storage area for books photos plants etc. Was tossing up between timber with cast iron coffee table or this one I have but I kept coming back to this one as its a bit different. It did come in black but I didn't like it as much

Disaster has struck!! :-( I am losing my parquetry.

Oh Wendy, what happened to the beautiful floor?

Flooding & building fault. Everything has to be pulled up. Carpets already gone, dehumidifiers in, once all the faults are found & fixed hopefully I can have new parquetry put down. All covered by bc ins thank god!! Living in a hotel until its all fixed

OMG. Hope you didn't lose anything irreplaceable sentimental.

No not yet, i want them to get my dining setting out as that belonged to my parents its parker teak not massive value but worth the world to me with all the family memories. Everything else replacable under ins but its king living so not cheap