Living room Design Dilemma- which Arm chairs???
Hi I am designing our formal living room.We already have provincial style 3+2 couches covering two sides. The third side is empty and I need chairs for this side. I am confused about the design and color of chairs to go with our sofas. Please advice, as I have searched a lot there are not many set ups for dark colors.
Sofa is printed and i may will need to get the chairs made from upholstery. Please suggest some designs. I can change the rug and coffee table if needed. couches are gold base and black print and black wooden trim all around. The chairs would be placed in place of white plastic chairs showing in photo
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10 years agoI am not sure what it is Provincial style you have ,it is more traditional to me . But if you are after Provincial then your artwork, curtains,rug, and coffee table must change as well. Here are some arm chairs you can use , definitely don't match the fabric, go for plain colour in neutral.
- 10 years agoFor windows plantation shutters would be nice in white, here are some examples for rugs
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Comments (5)Hello Emma-fleur, you are right, the red does emphasize the orange to does in the timber, which is not at all complimentary. Having said that it's an easy fix! Timber is still a natural tone, and you can easily reduce it's impact on your interior not by bringing in whitea and creams necessarily, as they will only high lit once again the orange tone in the wood, but try to introduce other materials and colour similar to it, therefore reducing their visual jarring. I mean that perhaps a sisal rope rug which has natural fibres and caramel colorings might help draw your attention away from the timber dominance, and introducing other mid toned timbers in hard furniture such as coffee or side table, mirrors or frames even lamp bases will actually tie into the timber, at the moment that is your feature which you are not happy with, so make a new one. Would keep a simple neutral palette across your soft furnishing,s sofas cushions and draperour both your drapes with a mushroom brown are lovely, and the chocolate ones make it feel a little more contemporary, and our roman pull down blinds are a good colour reference, as would be anything that must stay. Work with these permanent features rather than against them. I would suggest painting your walls a warm based coffee, to help mute the contrast of he kitchen cabinets and floor. Also, any cream or light clouded furniture that you fill the room with, will instantly standout as a lighter feature against them. As for colours, I would really lean towards natural tones, rather than colour. Tones are colours that have been affected by black, tints are colours effected by white, they are much more subtle and may include colours like olive greens, mustard yellows, or even teal blues, compared to their colored version of green, yellow or blue. These will compliment the natural textures in the materials you introduce. Good luck....See MoreHelp with living room design
Comments (7)I think the main thing to think about would be traffic flow. You need to make sure you have adequate space between the chairs and the kitchen bench to allow passage through to the meals area, and between the two-seater and the sliding doors to access the deck. You might want to use masking tape to mark all the placements out to see how they fit and how the traffic flow is. You might also want to think about whether you want to be in the al fresco area looking in at the back of a couch. Personally, I'd probably go for chairs there, but that's just me. I like some of the pieces you've chosen, especially the larger sofa and the chairs. And it looks like a very nice space to play around with....See MoreNeed design help with our living room
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Thank so much oskuee, I am thinking of these chairs the following chairs? Should it be low in height. And also I am very confused about the color of the rug. The rugs that you mentioned are they vintage styles (faded style?)
And do you think wall paper would look good instead of changing the paint color?
Thanks again for all your inputs
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Hi All, after all the inputs from you. I have decided to with either of these colors, but what shape of chair would go with my traditional sofa?
do you guys think , the plain beige color rug would work for this type of arrangement?
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thanks Oskuee, I dont have any particular pictures in mind.
My husband really like traditional style and purchased the traditional style couches. I am personally not much into traditional styling. So trying to create some balanced look between traditional and modern. But couldn't find any photos representing the mix of traditional and modern.
Could you please help me create a plan. I can change the rug and coffee table. I am planning to have the chairs upholstered in dark beige as on left in the older post but the chair style be like black chair (but fabric or leather?
I found these rugs.
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Hi Some ideas. To add a modern touch & lift the room inject some colour eg teal. See pic below. Not sure you have enough room for two chairs without cramming the room. What about a tufted teal ottoman for extra seating & keeps the room light looking - again see pic. Rug needs to be lighter but picking up gold of lounge fabric. Add a floor lamp - black & brass. Paint yellow wall same as other walls & add a black mirror. Also coffee table should be glass with a traditional look. Good luck as it is a hard lounge suite to decorate around.
- 10 years agoThis are all examples of modern /classic arm chair it doesn't have to be dark and depressing. I like the teal colour on the previous photo. Whatever colour you pick for chairs match lampshade to it ,unless it's dark or black. Rug must be light colour you are on the right track, use Google it's a great tool and look at images.
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PRO9 years agoI love the intricacy of your lounge suite and would be inclined to stick with a simple and sleek contrast to keep the room from feeling too busy.. therefore adding some grey tones would work nicely.
Drawing inspiration from your feature wall, some yellow accents could tie the room together...
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