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Style Expressions: Ask a Designer
by MONICA ROLLING cdeca, csp, pcc


Q. I needed help placing furniture in the living room. Wanted something hip and
Modern.


Looking at your picture I can see that the living room area is not very big but narrow. I would suggest you move the cabinet into the dining room and the mirror might be better off in a hall entrance or bedroom.

The rug seems the wrong size and I would suggest a white or cream. The furniture for the living room should be at scale with the size of the room, be sure to measure room dimensions before buying anything.

I would suggest you get a sofa and two slip on chairs in same colour fabric to match your dinning room chairs.
Furniture should be grouped into conversation areas and away from walls as much as possible. I would suggest you place the sofa parallel to your window and way from it; with a sleep on chair at each side and two side tables on each side of the sofa with a lamp on each table. If you have no room for the cabinet in the dinning room, I suggest you centered on the wall and place the sofa on adjacent wall with the slip on chair parallel to window. Place end tables on one end of sofa and one in between chairs with lamps.

Also I suggest painting the living room and dinning room a muted blue grey colour which would complement the browns and beige colours of your decor. This continuity of colour would also make it seemed more spacious.
This colour would also give it a modern and elegant look. Introduce pillows in lime green and coral as accents colours.

I like your dinning room set and chandelier they are modern. Take runner off the table to show the lovely wood. A floral arrangement with light lime and white colors would compliment the room.

I hope this helps and gives you ideas as to what you can do with your space.

Thanks Tammy.





Have a design question? I will answer another Oakville Moms' Member again next month. Send me your décor dilemmas questions.

Enjoy your summer in style!!!!!


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Style Expressions

Style Expressions providing stylish functional and practical interiors.
Tel 905 847 4693
monica@styleexpressions.ca
www.styleexpressions.ca

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
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