How to work with those dark tiles and room layout.??
Moving in to a rented town house. Walls are off white/cream may not be ables to change colour. But concerned with the very dark brown Italian floor tiles. Any ideas . room is a large open plan Living / Dining that opens to dark coloured kitchen. I have a 3 seater light pebble/ sand colour king Furniture lounge. White low TV console and White Buffet with marble top. Modern looking. That floor ??
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PRODr Retro House Calls
4 years agoI would be looking at getting two or three large matching floor rugs delivered from Ikea. Use each rug to define the functional are of the space. For instance have one rug centered under the dining table, one (or two) centered under the living area. Their external rugs meant for alfresco areas are almost indestructible when it comes to pets, kids and dirt.
https://www.ikea.com/au/en/cat/large-medium-rugs-10692/
There are also lots of online rug stores that can deliver with a much broader range in colours and sizes to Ikea.
Also, consider some standard lamps to uplight and brighten the space.
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julie herbert
4 years agoI would go for a neutral colour scheme to highlight the dark floors, rugs as suggested to define spaces. Looks a lovely area.
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