Urgent interior design advice needed

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

My local MP is having some issues with his cable management. In fact, he might need assistance with management of people too, but that’s not what this website is for.

So help a guy out and leave your best ideas below on how he can sort out this horrendous room. (Look at those curtains!!)

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Wild Bear & Co Hervey Bay

6 years ago

Give the PM a decent recliner to put his feet up and a lamp beside his chair for the all important things ... it looks late at night so he won’t be wanting a beer or a vegemite sandwich.... my suggestion would be a nice cup of tea or a big glass of milo with some Tim Tams. Remove the curtains - they’d look better as bedspread in his caravan. Add some soft lighting, turn the volume up on the cricket & throw the man a Snuggie.... and he’s all set to watch the pitch report before the first ball is bowled.... howzat?!!!!

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Luke Buckle
6 years ago
Also, the TV is in such a precarious location, maybe someone can recommend a handyman to install the thing on a wall?
Sharon Bouchard
6 years ago
Oh, that armchair has to go. And why is there a painting on the floor. Assuming this is The Lodge, is he planning on moving out?
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Anneke - AM Designer Projects Pty Ltd
6 years ago
Maybe we could put the TV wall hung on the lower wall so he is not crooking his neck to watch and put the art on the wall above to feature it. Maybe even have a new TV and electric point installed behind the wall hung bracket to 'clean up' the area. Lol, all else fails there is the u chanel clip system that hides those precariously placed wires waiting to pull that TV down. Need better OH&S than that one.
annb1997
6 years ago
Well, he IS smiling, so maybe it's not such an issue. Maybe the landlord doesn't allow things hung on the wall. :0

Very funny apart from the fact you asked a serious question. I agree with the others. Hang on wall...then add a comfy ottoman, a side table and a good red and he's good to go.
94236633
6 years ago
Is this for real? Can’t imagine the big M being comfortable in a room like that. Probably used to the chaos.
angelah169
6 years ago
The whole room needs re-decorating, with a different wall paint, and lighter colour curtains. Is that is a fireplace to the right or a large mirror. We need another picture taken from a little further back to get an idea of the room size, etc.
siriuskey
6 years ago
Nik, do you think he'd enjoy some Stevie Nix during tea break
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Wild Bear & Co Hervey Bay
6 years ago
Siri - he looks like a man that would appreciate the musical stylings of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland” or James Brown’s “Get Up Offa That Thing” lol. He can leave the Gold Dust Woman to me :)
siriuskey
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Ha ha you missed "Mid Night Oil" , have you been yet x
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Wild Bear & Co Hervey Bay
6 years ago
Nah hunni - back has been terrible. 2 more discs look like they are about to prolapse so sadly had to sell my ticket. xxx
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6 years ago
Hire an interior designer, get back out in the fresh air and run the country instead of watching the b.... cricket!
Kat
6 years ago
he does not look comfortable, but then again when can a prime minister with decreasing popularity according to the polls, find time to rest? Yes the room has many issues, it is plain ugly, keep the drapes, paint the room moody green or grey to match the drapes for starters, give him a generous deep tan coloured leather arm chair with nice side table/nest of tables, quality standard lamp, then add bespoke cabinetry for his tv!
siriuskey
6 years ago
I think he's been kidnapped and being held for ransom, he would never be in a room like that, looks like a storage room
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Lavada Living
6 years ago
Hi there,

Without seeing the entire layout, it is hard to recommend what to do.

Here are some ideas which could help!

- wall mount tv with swivel arm and tilt to allow a better angle with out ruining the symmetry it creates above the fireplace.

-cables can be cover with conduit

-curtains can stay but extended to reach the fire place to create the illusion of a larger space.

-foxtel (or dvd unit etc) can then be tucked behind curtains where extended curtain is vertically the save space and remove clutter

i just finished a project where i did something similar. i will try and take a photo as an example.

lavada
Sheila Whittam
6 years ago
Looks like Malcolm Turnbull after his term of office!!
Margaret Barkley
6 years ago
Swapping that tv for a Samsung The Frame with a choice selection of artwork that conceals the screen and take the pictures on the floor to the op shop along with the drapes and the armchair if they'll take them. A nice stylish leather Eames chair with matching footstool would be the go and a wooden table for that nice glass of red and a modish standard lamp. Perfect!

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