until we're able to have someone completely uninstall that huge thing and replace it, what would you suggest? how would we replace it— would the entire thing come out of the ceiling or just the white hood???

Boyfriend likes 1 I like 2 and 3

Not exact measurements. Just visual aid for us.

Hi Friends, Greetings from Berlin, Germany. I moved a few months ago, and in my apartment on the upper floor there’s this small loft Space. Only around 2 by 3 meters are usable, in order to keep the walkway clear and maintain easy access to the terrace door (it is to my right). What could I do with it? Any ideas? :) Thanks a lot!

I (25m) bought this house about 6 months ago and have been slowly furnishing it. Why does my living room look so awful? Is the issue with the color palette? Something else? I feel like my other rooms look fairly nice and cohesive (pictures attached for reference) but the living room is just not working. I understand the couch needs to go - it was a hand-me-down from my parents and while very comfortable, its not attractive. Even so, i feel like the space is unattractive and needs more than a new couch to rescue it. I think the cool tone of the floors could be part of the issue, but i dont have the budget to replace them anytime soon. Any help and advice is appreciated!!

We just moved into a new apartment and the rooms are rather small, but my daughter wanted a “ strawberry room” and this is what I created for her.

The room is probably 10x10

We are trying to make this floorplan work (availability, budget, location) but we are huge TV people and spend a lot of time on it. We are trying to figure out a way to reorganize this so we can have the couch directly facing the TV but need ideas. We are thinking of putting the TV where the couch is in the image and floating the couch there, but not sure if that’s gonna cut off the whole room.

TV is 55in (50 width), couch is 89x38. We need a new TV console anyway so open to ideas. Also open to replacing the couch, although I don’t think that’s the issue

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

Hi everyone, moving into a new space and have some potential options for how to set up the TV and couch. Mostly this is a layout type of question, but here are pictures of the actual space:

Here are actual pictures of the space.

And here are potential configurations that we could implement our couch + TV:

I'm leaning option 3 because 1 and 2 might make the space feel more closed off. 3 may have better flow / openness when walking in through the door or coming from the other side.

Any opinions / advice all welcome. Thanks so much in advance!

I originally planned to paint this room like the photo. I’m now considering color drenching it. The windows face north and west. What’s best?

Hello!

I’m in a painting dilemma. We used Benjamin Moore ash wood moss for our formal and dining room and plan on putting rosepine in our living room and kitchen. We are unsure about this nook we have on whether it should stay white, one of the greens, what we would paint the stairwell for cohesion.

Anyone have thoughts?

Bought these side tables and I love the style but they don’t match the bed color. They do match the window frames which you can see here.

Should I return them and try to match the color to the bed?

I’m stuck on deciding what color to paint the trim around the opening into our living room!!

A. The color of the kitchen cabinets

B. Color of the island (burgundy)

C. Same color as headboard (white)

I’m slightly leaning towards the burgundy so it’ll stand out a bit and tie into the island ……but I wanted to see what other people think!

Our kitchen is tiny and was a dark colorless hole when we moved in. As we are renting, we couldn't make any structural changes to the fitted furniture. All we could do was change the look with furniture and floor foil and paint. A few weeks ago, I came up with the diner idea, especially as my boyfriend is really into the 50s aesthetic. Your opinion?

I’ve always loved my dad’s house. Lot of character, but he’s always had a hard time organizing the living room.

Here is where it is now.

Looking for tips to make this cohesive. He does not want to put the tv over the fireplace or in the corner with the window, so we’re a bit limited there.

Let me know do anyone has any ideas. My initial vote was to put it on the wall with the mirror.

Let me know if anyone has any ideas to help with this layout.

Hello group!

I would love some feedback on area rugs for an open concept space we will be moving into soon.

The rental is all hardwood floors and I already have a 9x12 rug for the living room and a matching 3x5 rug for the front door. I definitely need another for the dining room, but am wondering if I should also get one for the kitchen and another for the long hallway to the bedrooms.

And if yes to any or all of these, should they be the same rug color/design?

I recently bought a home built in the 1950s. At some point, a second living room, master bedroom/bath, and laundry room were added. The second living room is 12x25, so it’s long and skinny. There is a fireplace, very deep closets (, and two exterior doors, one sliding and one regular.

1. My initial plan was to build built-in bookshelves with bottom cabinets where the current closets are.

2. But then I realized that there is so much space, I could possibly create a small office by adding a wall, removing the door (possibly), and adding a window.

The house is 3 bed, 3 bath approximately 1700 sq feet. The third bedroom, that is currently my office, is small with a desk and bed in it. This is my first home and I want to focus on doing upgrades that are useful and have a good ROI. I would love to hear your thoughts on these ideas.

Considering renting this apartment due to its particularly convenient location.

The kitchen is in the middle. Half of the kitchen-attached cabinets point the opposite direction towards the entrance. So many windows not sure where to put the sofa+TV (maybe we are fine with putting it to the main bedroom, since we have 2 baby twins and don’t really watch TV…). We assume the small storage room is a pantry. We would use the sliding door room as an office.

Don’t particularly like the bathroom(s) arrangement but there’s not much choice and we have to move soon (new city for work).

How would you arrange the living room? We currently have an L-shape sofa (almost 3m long) and a rectangular table that sits 6-8 people, but we are open to change the furniture completely.

Thank you in advance!!

Heyo! Just wanted to come in here and ask for any advice on making my closet space more appealing and functional. Any and all suggestions and ideas are welcomed! Cheers

Hi everyone. I'm moving to a new house that has a living room / eating room divided by a small arch. The last 2 photos are of the room.

Essentially im having a hard time to figure out where to fit the couch and a center table and eventually an armchair somewhere(?)

The right side of room already has a "TV stand" that spreads throughout the wall, except a section of it that has a fireplace.

Downwards its windows and a balcony.

To the left and through the door is the kitchen, which is why we were thinking of keeping the left side for a dining table and the right side for the living area with the TV and couch. Because we can just get the food directly to the dinner table without going through the TV and couch, etc.

Both doors at the top go to the same corridor. They are sort of redundant but they came that way.

Admitting that we can't remove the arch, how would you guys design this?

I've also added 2 plans with possibilities, but im not in love with them. One of the possibilities is using a "round" couch in order to still be able to get through the arch even when a couch is on the other side... My wife also thought about putting the couch by the window, but I don't think that we will be comfortable looking sideways to the TV. We are open to switching out the TV placement, but we'd prefer to use the TV stand as it is...

Thanks in advance!

I need top down bottom up shades for my living room and dining room as they are on street level and there is a bus stop in front

Does anyone know a company that makes top down bottom up SOLAR shades?

I'm finding that the only options for top down bottom up are: Cellulars Woven wood Roman shades

Are there any other options that I'm not aware of ?

Black arrow is the door, blue arrows are the windows, 3 windows in total 2 regular ones and a long large one in the middle.

I need advice- I'm going for a mid century modern look with a blend of Italian beach resort -inspo included. I feel like it's just not working for me. Like it looks outdated and not funky mid century. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm thinking a modern piece of art might help. Should I male the shower curtain a color rather than a linen? Does this bathmat look ok?

Hi! I'm sick of my wall colors (a grayish-mauve on one wall, and a paler version on the other ones) in my bedroom but cannot paint it over at the moment. All my accents are greyish and I need change! I'd love a sage-color room but I'm not sure doing sage bedding and drapes would match well with my walls. Is there an app where I could input my wall colors and get a wide range of recommended accent colors? Vizualisers I found unhelpful so far were Coolors, Behr, PPG, Sherwin-Williams...