Displaying posts labeled "Living Room"

Michele wrote in the other day looking for a bit of help: “After much negotiation (and compromise on my part) my husband got the leather couch of his dreams, but I am finding it hard to find inspiration on the web for how to decorate around a dark leather couch in order to make the room look fresh and light as opposed to looking like a men’s club or cigar lounge. Perhaps I am asking for too much. I noticed you don’t have a “Leather” category so I was wondering if I could give you a nudge because I could really use the help!”. Here is a photo Michele sent in which I was pretty relieved to see because at least the couch has clean lines.

I went through my photo stash and came up with some dark leather (and fabric) couches in living rooms that hopefully can provide inspiration to Michele and anyone else out there who was convinced by their significant other to jump on the leather couch bandwagon. I’m seeing a spicy colour on the wall behind the sofa, with jewel toned pillows, a beige with brown spotted cowhide rug and a mid-brown (teakish) wood coffee table, or glass. It’s not as difficult as you may think.

Jason Loucas	Kelly Wearstler
Domino	Homes & Gardens
Sköna hem	Dixcot Locations
Annette English	BNODesign
Burnham Design	Tim Beddow
Zownir Locations	House and Garden

Jo thought it would be a great idea to post our 12 favourite rooms. She posted hers here, and didn’t follow the 12 rule, and I’m not one to follow rules either. Plus, I am feeling guilty for all the posting Jo did while I was moving. So for the next few days I thought I would post my favourite rooms organized by room type. This one features living rooms.

Nicholas Haslam

Domino

Mark Christofi

Kenneth Brown	Paul Costello

Andrea of for me, for you emailed with a contribution to my grey post from the other day. Check out this glimpse into her home, complete with some mid-century classics THAT SHE FOUND ON CRAIGSLIST FOR $170 (FOR BOTH CHAIRS!!!). Everyone could use a little Cherner and Saarinen in their lives don’t you think?? (Thanks Andrea!)

David, who has a 32″ flat screen TV, sent us an email about a design dilemma he has and it goes a little something like this: “Why does it seem that no one in the magazines or design sites has a TV? We have a micro-sized house with one living area. We like to watch movies every now and then on our couch in said living room, but we don’t want the TV to be the focal point of the room. We feel like a grouping could be done that would minimize the impact of the TV while still having it across from the couch, but I can find no inspiration in magazines or online to help me find the answer I seek.”

I personally think flat screen TVs are kind of nice to look at and don’t need to be distracted from, but hey, I see David’s point. My favourite is when the TV is positioned in a convenient place in the room in terms of design aesthetics, but you can’t view it easily from any given chair or couch. I saw this exact scenario this afternoon on an old episode of Home to Stay. Gimme a break people!!! So I went digging around my photo stash and came up with some photos to help David and anyone else out there with this common problem. Hope this helps. (I added a photo of my living room – I found that by filling the wall around the TV with photos, the TV was way less obvious.)

kontakt Magazine	Christopher Gaona
Form Architecture	Domino
Studio Ilse	Kenneth Brown
Robyn Karp	BKSK Architects
fernlund + logan architects	Jerry Jacobs
The Lawrence Group	Pappas Miron
PointClickHome	Domino
Nicholas Haslam	my living room

I cannot begin to express how much I love black and white colour palettes. It is just so classic and modern, and easy to switch out accent colours if you tire of things easily like I do. So here are some photos of black and white living rooms.

Bernstein & Andriulli	Riehl Designs, Inc.
Domino	Ghislaine Viñas
Studioilse	Tocar Design