Design Ideas: Lighting For A Kitchen Island
This kitchen has beautiful, dark cabinetry and gleaming stainless steel appliances. It needs a warmer, rustic finish for island lighting to coordinate with adjacent rooms.
Illuminate: with a large rectangular chandelier centered over the island or hang two large, matching pendants over the island. Select lighting with rustic, wrought iron finishes to match the adjacent family room.
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Design Ideas: Update A Den
This den has rich wood paneling and interesting cork floors. It has all the ingredients for warm and cozy family gatherings. AskDecor helps pull it all together.
Replace: existing upholstery with a new sofa that incorporates a chaise on the left & place the chaise up against the wall with the sofa facing the fireplace.
Repurpose: the small game table as a high cocktail table in front of the sofa.
Purchase: a large area rug and place it under the seating area. Buy a new upholstered chair and place to the left of the fireplace as seen in the picture above.
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Design Ideas: New Look For A Family Room
This family room boasts a fireplace and bay windows but needs more natural, rustic finishes to coordinate with the rest of the home. AskDecor recommends a whole new look.
Resurface: Add stone veneer on the fireplace wall. Remove the bookcases and beadboard for a completely new look.
Replace: existing furniture with new, organic colors & materials such as a stone topped cocktail table, wrought iron light fixtures, mushroom colored sofas, and tree branch inspired end table.
Layer: Add a red pigment area rug over the wall to wall carpeting. Place a sofa table with two lamps on it behind a new, matching sofa in the bay window.
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Design Ideas: Create A Stylish Living Room
This living room has large windows with beautiful views, inlaid hardwood floors, and an open floor plan. AskDecor recommends updates to pull it all together.
Rearrange: Move the sofa off the wall so that it is closer to the persimmon color wing chairs. Take away one of the cream upholstered chairs at the right side of the picture above.
Add: a sofa table with two lamps behind the sofa. Add an ottoman between the persimmon wing chairs.
Replace: Consider an updated cocktail table with clean, sculptural lines, a lighter area rug with colors that incorporate the upholstery and draperies, and new accessories.
Group: Fill the large wall behind the sofa area with a grouping of artwork. See our trade secrets “How To Fill Large Walls” for more ideas.
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Design Ideas: Transforming A Master Bedroom
This master bedroom has many great features. It’s big, with high ceilings, and lots of windows. But it needs the help of AskDecor. We can imagine this being an elegant, grown-up retreat.
Increase Scale: This room would benefit from larger scale furniture. Move up to a king size bed with presence. Make this a retreat by adding plush, upholstered chairs and an elegant side table.
Create Ambiance: Add mood lighting with a chandelier, larger bedside lamps, and recessed lighting on dimmer switches so you’ll look gorgeous!
Add Layers: Soften the space with full length drapes hung near the ceiling for the larger windows. Consider mixing it up with London Shades on the smaller bedside windows. Add a colorful area rug to anchor the seating area.
Change Colors: Create a more soothing retreat with soft, soothing spa colors.
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