Ask A Designer: Cosy Living space

Q. I online in a fantastic old house with great deals of character. However, I’m having a hard time with my living room: it’s L-shaped, as well as I want to make it cosier as well as make the areas work together.

— M.S., Powell River, B.C. (To submit your own question, see our Ask A Designer™ page.)

A. fill in blank spaces.

Your eco-friendly velvet sofa as well as chair are best on trend, as well as work truly well with your existing wall colour. The other half of the space looks somewhat empty in comparison, so focus on filling it in to make the two areas work much better together. Take a look at the motivation shot (above) with four chairs grouped around a coffee table. This plan will make fantastic utilize of your area as well as be good for entertaining or playing board games. The Martha Stewart Maddox slope-arm chair (shown) is a ideal choice. It’s a great size, as well as will well contrast your existing sofa as well as chair.

Unify the space with accessories.

Once the upholstered pieces are in place, add in aspects in both areas to link them together, like lamps, accent tables as well as throw pillows. think about purchasing two Crate & Barrel Braiden coffee tables (shown). utilize one with the new chairs as well as one to replace the existing table. try the exact same with the Robert Abbey genuine easy grow floor lamp (shown): location one near the sofa as well as one with the new chairs.

Update window coverings.

Replace the vertical blinds (which can be severe looking) with sheer panels similar to the ones behind your sofa. Hang them on a decorative metal rod with drapery rings. one more great choice is roller shades in a sheer material that can roll up out of the way.

Bring in soft structure as well as colour.

Use the exact same type of rug in each seating arrangement, however select two different ones with complementary patterns. Elte’s striped flat-weave rug in Blonde as well as Grey would look fantastic under the chairs, with their Moorish rug by the sofa (both shown). Finally, add some linen pillows in shades of eco-friendly as well as blue on both sides of the room; try Thomas Paul’s Robin throw pillow in Moss as well as blossom throw pillow in Duck Egg (both shown).

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1. genuine easy grow floor lamp, Robert Abbey. 2. Martha Stewart Maddox slope-arm chair, Bernhardt. 3. Moorish (left) as well as Blonde as well as Grey stripe rugs, Elte. 4. Robin throw pillow in Moss (left), blossom throw pillow in Duck Egg, Thomas Paul. 5. Braiden coffee table, Crate & Barrel.