Interior Decorating your Living Room and Dining Room

Designing a dining-cum-living area in a small flat 
Hi

I got a flat where the main entrance opens up into a L shaped area surrounded by rooms and kitchen.

The area when looked from the main door seems ...

Ideas for Displaying China 
I would like to display my great grandmother's pink depression china and old family photos in my dining room but don't know how to display them on the ...

Living room - purple and red scheme 
Hi Charlotte, we spoke via facebook...

Sooo, I uploaded some photos of the way my place is now. I live in a 1920s character home.



The main ...

Living room - pale green and chocolate 
Hi: I have no idea how to decorate my living room...

I have a chocolate brown sectional with Pine cathedral ceilings.

I have just purchased a very ...

How to decorate a narrow L-shaped, odd ceiling height living room 
My particular room is a little difficult to describe. It is a long relatively narrow space with a small L shape at the one end.

The long space has ...

Centering of Chandelier 
We are building a house and the dining room is part of the den (not a separate room) and the ceiling is coffered.

Question is how to correctly place ...

Dining Room Asian Style Makeover - and a funny story! 
Charlotte - I just want to say thanks for your e-zine and all the links therein, I bought a 130 yr. old house that needs tons of work.

That's the ...

Positioning a Plasma TV in the Living room 
I am replacing my TV with a plasma and am not sure if I should wall mount it or what. Any ideas/help would be appreciated, thanks.

Which Wallpaper would Suit? 
hi, my sofa is red and at the minute my walls are cream but I would luv my fire wall done in nice paper.

I dont want one with too much red as my living ...

Redecorating a TV room 
Hi, I am currently redecorating the TV room.
I already have cream and gold curtains with matching valance as well as two cream pouffs with two matching ...

Faux brick or stone paneling around the fireplace 
We are wanting to cover the area around our fireplace with either faux brick or faux stone, but we want to also keep the decor contemporary and modern,...

Lightening up the Living Room 
I recently rented a tiny NYC apartment. I currently own a nice dark brown leather small couch with clean lines and an antique persian rug which has rich ...

Help for a Cluttered Living Room 
Hi everyone!
Our small living room has the piano and a bookshelf along the right hand wall.

Our large blue couch is on the opposite wall to the left ...

Dining room - elegant and sparkly! 
I'm looking to make my dining room look elegant and sparkly, with eye catching/bold colors (blue, brown, gold, silver, or white.)

My major dilemma is ...

Where to put the TV in the Living Room 
I have an L- Shaped Living Room/Dining Room combo. The house was built in the 1930's so the space is smaller, and the very even dimensions make it hard ...

Off center chimney and fireplace causing problems 
I have an ugly two sided white tiled fireplace with an off centered chimney (and high ceilings).

I can't seem to make it look right, help! (picture ...

Flora oil painting above the sofa 
Hi,
A friend of mine painted a beautiful floral picture for above my sofa. I love it, but the problem is its just about 24 inches wide, and framed makes ...

Walnut dining set in a red dining room 
We are moving to a new house which is bigger and has a nice formal dining room.

The dining table and chair that we have is nice, but not too stylish....

Old tile on concrete in corner of hardwood floor 
We decided to pull up the carpet and refinish the red oak floors underneath in our new-to-us house.

The living room is basically 17' x 12', with bookshelves/...

Making the large lounge room work. 
How would you paint/decorate a large lounge room which has an opening to the kitchen (galley) and also the front door/hall opens onto it.

The lounge ...

Built-in TV problems - it looks unattractive 
I like that there is a built in tv area, but it doesn't fit my tv, the black distracts from the "beachy colors," and I HATE the marble fireplace next to ...

Family room and adjacent dining room 
Just purchased a house on Lake Michigan. Very tall ceilings, walls of windows, lots and lots of natural light and views of the beach and lake.

I want ...

Painting to Go Over My Sofa 
HI,

I am looking at the Monet 'Chemin Dans Les Bles a Pourville' ocean painting for over my sofa.

I have a standard sofa and I want to add two ...

Stuck for Ideas for my Living Room 
I really want to redecorate my living room, but I'm not very creative and I don't have much money. I can't even decide on a good color scheme for it.

I ...

Living room with low and sloping ceilings 
Our living room is a large square shape. The ceiling is very low (only around 7 foot).

Two sides of the room have sloped walls incorporating a velux ...

Help for a Narrow and Dark Lounge 
Hi. I have a flat on a farm. My biggest problem is my lounge/living room.

It is a long narrow room. It has dark brown carpeting and unfortunately ...

Want a cozy, warm living room 
I would like to change my living room to make it more cozy and warm.

I was thinking of changing the furniture to darker furniture (dark leather) and ...

what i can do with this mess? 
Hello, I have this problem,

I don't can find something to put beside the tv for the dvd because under the tv I don't have space,

ANY IDEA, PLEASE ...

Modernizing a small living room 
My husband and I bought an antique house a couple of years ago (built in 1920).

My living room is relatively small, but with a very high ceiling - the ...

Disapointing living area's colors :( 
Dear there,

U can't believe how happy I'm to find such a helpful website! it's over than great, really!!

My problem is sooo disappointing. I'm a ...

Living room ... ideas please? 
I live in a 2 story Townhouse and the problem is with my Living room.

I purchased 3 large pieces of furniture separately and now find that they are ...

Help for a long narrow room 
This room was a patio that we enclosed.

It measures 9 x 20.

As you can see it has a patio door on one side. Also, on that side behind the chair ...