Need DECORATING help! Living Room!!!

**Rachel** · 03-18-2007, 07:44 AM

This has been a fun thread to read through. Personally I thought your current sofa and tables went well with the formal style, but I guess what you are going for is a more eclectic feel, which is more of a challenge. I do like the glass wrought iron tables you chose. They are beautiful. Get out the glass cleaner. You will be using it often.

I agree with Catnapper's comments in her first post about the baskets, etc. Keep experimenting with what you put in there. You will find the right mix and all that really matters is that it pleases your eye.

**kimlovescats** · 03-18-2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Rachel

This has been a fun thread to read through. Personally I thought your current sofa and tables went well with the formal style, but I guess what you are going for is a more eclectic feel, which is more of a challenge. I do like the glass wrought iron tables you chose. They are beautiful. Get out the glass cleaner. You will be using it often.

I agree with Catnapper's comments in her first post about the baskets, etc. Keep experimenting with what you put in there. You will find the right mix and all that really matters is that it pleases your eye.

Yes, there is no doubt my sofa and tables "matched" but I was just sick of them! LOL! The sofa went "bye bye" yesterday ... put it on Freecycle and someone who lives in my neighborhood came and got it!

I was reading HGTV articles last night on the new color trends for 2007. It seems that orange is the new "red".

Of course hubby just spent all day yesterday putting a nice fresh coat of paint on my red walls! No way I'm going to change them now. Even though he loves University of Tennessee Orange, I'm not going to have lots of it on my walls! In fact his office in our home is painted in UT orange ... just for HIM!

Anyway, the new trendy colors for 2007 are orange, shades of purple, pinks, limes ... all the brights. The "new" black is chocolate brown. It does say that you can put the new oranges with red, pink, and all the other colors as well. I am totally confused as to what to use in my L.R. now with my red walls. *sigh* I really hope to find a piece of art or rug to give me my inspiration.

This thread doesn't have to be all about my re-decorating my Living Room. Anyone else who wants to share pics of ideas is welcome to post!

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 03:13 PM

Well, you wouldn't believe the steps along the way since I first started this thread ... but it was a big 360 back to VICTORIAN style! I guess I am painfully traditional!

After hubby put a "nice fresh coat" of the red ... we still ended up changing to "Sagey". We both LOVE it! We had to put primer on first though so the red would cover!

Here is the final result. (Of course I am always looking to add, improve, and re-arrange) It's a neverending thing for me!

I'll post the pictures in the next post ..... have to upload them first.

Kim

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 03:41 PM

There are still some areas that I want to improve, but I can't buy everything at once! Plus, I have to really think about what I want.

I tried to include all angles of the room so you can see how it all fits together.

Thanks for looking.
Kim

**critter crazy** · 07-20-2007, 03:47 PM

WOW!!! Kim that looks fabulous!!! I love it!!! Job well done! Now you realy have to come and do my living room!!! I Finally actually did something yeaterday, I took all the wallpaper down, and resanded and Varnished my bay window. But so far that is all I have gotten done!!

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by critter crazy

WOW!!! Kim that looks fabulous!!! I love it!!! Job well done! Now you realy have to come and do my living room!!! I Finally actually did something yeaterday, I took all the wallpaper down, and resanded and Varnished my bay window. But so far that is all I have gotten done!!

Taking down wallpaper is a BIG JOB! That in itself is a huge accomplishment! Now you can move on to the more FUN jobs! Hope you will post some pictures of your work!

Kim

**critter crazy** · 07-20-2007, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by kimlovescats

Taking down wallpaper is a BIG JOB! That in itself is a huge accomplishment! Now you can move on to the more FUN jobs! Hope you will post some pictures of your work!

Kim

I hate Wallpaper!!! He he he he he!! This house was covered n wallpaper!! I only have a a little bit to get out of the Kitchen, and then it is all done! The kitchen has been my biggest nightmare, as the wallaper was placed right over the Drywall!!

Talk about frustrating!!

I have no Before pics, as one day I just went ballistic, and tore my whole house apart!! He he he he!! we were prepapring to get our wood floors put in, and I just went nuts!! I took every door out, all the door jambs, window frames, all trim, ripped off all the wallpaper, threw away all my living room furniture ect.... Hubby called that a Bad maggie day!!!

so Far I have repainted all rooms but my kitcen, and my Living room. My living room still has no furniture in it. Right now it is just a large kitty room!

So I have been working on this house since last June! I still have no trim up, no door frames, or window frames. Some doors donty even have any door knobs!! he he he he Obviously I have been taking my time!! I dont even have any doors on my closets!

I realy need to get going!! But with the weather so Nice, I have not wanted to be stuck inside working on the house, so everything has been put off for a while. But yesterday it was cold and rainy, so I actually did something!!