Friday, August 28, 2015

Living room redesign without spending a cent

AFTER


One of the things I really enjoy is blending modern and traditional pieces.  Nowadays there are no rules to decorating, although one has to be careful how to visually present things cleanly and attractively. I like decorating for the pure purpose of representing the personality of the owner.  

The owner of this house  had used the living area as a children's daycare.  She decided that she wanted her living room now re-purposed for adult entertainment.  Beautiful pieces of modern and Victorian furniture and accessories were scattered throughout the house and it was fun finding matches and contrasting pieces to put together this current living room area. I didn't buy a single item to design this living room.

The owner's wish was to have two seating arrangements - but didn't know how to put it all together. 

I started with the colors of the curtain: maroon and beige.  I found rugs from different rooms and accessories from the basement and bedrooms. I also centralized the Rococo designed china cabinet which was originally planted on the very edge of the room. 


I arranged the furniture to show the modern on one side and the more traditional Victorian style on the other side.   I tied everything together by placing the rug with beige and pinkish florals in the middle of the room to highlight the colors of the Victorian pieces.  


BEFORE - coffee table hidden in the bedroom

These side tables were stored in the basement 


BEFORE - Stairs 

AFTER- Stairs



BEFORE - Victorian pieces of furniture hidden in another room.

BEFORE - Thai lady sculpture hidden near a fireplace  from basement


AFTER-  to lighten up the maroon color of the furniture, I used pillows from the beige sofa.


AFTER - Victorian pieces set in the other side of the living room
AFTER - The modern side 

AFTER - The living room worked well given the space and furniture







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