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04-16-2017, 09:48 AM | #1 |
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Help! I stink at decorating!
DH and I just bought a new townhome and it's the first time I'll really be able to decorate because we are not renting...
But I really stink at decorating! I have no artistic vision, no eye for design, and no defined sense of style. I like tons of different styles, basically. Here are some pictures of our small entryway and of our breakfast nook/living room area. Ideas? We are eventually getting all new furniture except we already have this Target entertainment center (could I paint this...?). Help me brainstorm? Send me pins? Live vicariously through me? How can I make it kid/baby friendly, since our first little one is joining us in August Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04-16-2017, 10:04 AM | #2 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
Congratulations on the new home and especially the baby!
I love decorating. To start I would put matching roman blinds on the entrance window and french doors. Then co-ordinating or matching full length panels on the sides of the eating nook window. Overall it is scale that you will want to consider. You wouldn't want a huge sofa in your living room area, but something with small arms and not too deep. Also, the shapes of furniture should match the space. For example, if the eating nook is square, it would suit a square or round table, centred under the light fixture. If the space is rectangular it would suit a rectangular or oval table.
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04-16-2017, 10:35 AM | #3 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
I can see in the entryway, a thin console table along the long wall with either a mirror or a piece of art introducing the colors of the house along with a lamp, a dish to hold keys and mail, and a runner rug. Maybe in the corner by front windows, a hall tree to catch jackets and hats.
I adore Joanna Gaines country farmhouse design. What do you think of it? Or are you more modern?
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04-16-2017, 10:51 AM | #4 | ||
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
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I LOVE Joanna Gaines We actually went to Magnolia Market over spring break and I have a cute yellow vase from her store to put...somewhere in our house... haha Hall tree is a brilliant idea. Thin console table would be awesome, too Thank you!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---------- Post added at 01:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:48 PM ---------- Quote:
We hadn't considered roman blinds, so thank you for that suggestion!! When you say "panels," you mean curtains, yes? We have a circular glass table with four chairs that we are planning to put in the nook, which is square. Do I need a rug under the table/chairs...? Right now we have a small tan suede sofa and no other seating. No ottomans. No coffee tables. Nothing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04-16-2017, 11:17 AM | #5 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
Are you going to paint?
Will a bench seat or old pastors type bench work in the entry? Cute baskets under for shoes and such? ---------- Post added at 12:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 PM ---------- I mean for under the window. ---------- Post added at 12:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:15 PM ---------- https://www.birchlane.com/Zipcode-De...FU6CfgodeXsG4g Like this maybe
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04-16-2017, 11:28 AM | #6 | |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
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Oh that's cute. I like the bench a lot!! Thank you!! The builders told us to wait a year to paint. It may void the one-year warranty we have with them or something? I can't remember. So I doubt we will paint right now Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04-16-2017, 02:45 PM | #7 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
I would not do a rug under the table if you are going to eat there.
Possibly one down the hall entry though, or at least something to wipe feet on when coming in, and a rack or bench if you are shoes off in the house (to store shoes). Maybe some family pics in the hallway that can be changed out, and do similar frames, to match or coordinate with any other furniture (table etc). Can also do artsy prints if you like or a mirror might help it look bigger in the space. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04-19-2017, 09:06 PM | #8 | |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
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You can turn your baby's room into a stylish haven. You can adorn your plain walls with soft mirror frames. They can create a sense of space and light. My best advice would be proper illumination. You can place picture lights in the room to create a warm glow. Are you expecting a boy or a girl? |
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04-20-2017, 02:01 AM | #9 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
I am such an interior decorator wannabe but no good at it myself. I keep trying tho. I LOVE LOVE LOVE watching other people's transformations tho so definitely post pictures along the way so I can live vicariously through you!
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04-20-2017, 06:47 AM | #10 | ||
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
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Thank you! We are having a girl. We want to do lavender and mint green as the colors because they feel mature. Nothing "cutesy" or too "themed" (like to zoo animals or Harry Potter or Star Wars or whatever). We actually do need lights installed in our house. They ran the electricity to all the rooms but didn't install light fixtures. We will do that over the summer- blinds and lights are at the top of our priority list, but we need money first, haha. Any suggestions on light fixtures? Should we go ahead and install ceiling fans? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---------- Post added at 09:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:44 AM ---------- Quote:
I will definitely post pictures! Right now everything is still so bare haha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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04-20-2017, 09:27 AM | #11 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
yes to ceiling fans! yes, yes, yes!
and a whole house attic fan
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04-20-2017, 11:04 AM | #12 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
Absolutely yes to ceiling fans with lights!!
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04-20-2017, 11:33 AM | #13 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
From a decorating pov, no to ceiling fans. From a practical point of view, yes. I have one ceiling fan in my house because we have a central wood burning stove and the fan helps to move the air around in the winter. If it wasn't for that I would have a lovely hanging fixture in our great room instead.
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04-20-2017, 10:38 PM | #14 |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
I have a really cool design that is child-friendly. The blend of colors gives the room a really relaxing ambiance plus the bins can be used to store your kid's toys.
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04-22-2017, 01:35 PM | #15 | |
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Re: Help! I stink at decorating!
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Christine....I don't think you're a bad decorator. Maybe you just have family/friends who like 50 million knick knacks and so *they* comment on your clean, minimalist, modern style as being "bad at decorating?" Are you *really* bad at it?
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