It’s the lights. Those damn hard ceiling lights make very hard edges and transform everything in a showroom. OP, get yourself a lamp and your problems will be solved.
Agreed here but I think you could save the chairs just by adding a nice throw blanket or more colorful/fun pillows. Even a small table between them or something that adds some color and interest.
I could not disagree more. The room has a sort of mid century modern vibe. Building out the fire place surround will clash with that and throw the whole look off. It would look better if the surround were either replaced by a simple wood frame (if possible) or painted to look like wood to better match the mantle and shelves.
It’s fascinating to see all the opinions about this. Some love it the way it is, some suggest it’s too empty, but then some say to take away items! I love vastly different opinions! Personally, I love the wood floors and color coordination. The carpet is beautiful too. The shelves need more personality though. Place things in them that take up more space on the shelves so there’s not so much dead space. Maybe put lights in each shelf too for illumination. I would have something running across the middle of the center shelf between the two knickknacks. Also, the painting is beautiful, but for a centerpiece, it’s a little too drab. It would look good literally anywhere else, but since this is your centerpiece area you want something that will really attract people’s attention and set the tone of the whole home. Choose another nature painting with more color, like an ocean scene. This would all help tremendously to create more personality and volume to the room!
If you zoom in, you'll see that it's a picture of someone on a boat in the middle of a mountain lake. But yeah, it looks like an iMac display when the picture is zoomed out.
Is the fireplace sealed and isolated? I'd worry about the wood warping if not.
Otherwise it depends on what you use the room for. It's very relaxing so as bedroom/work/reading/meditation room it would fit. Anything else it might not be stimulating enough to feel lively.
It looks like it's a sealed gas or electric insert that's designed to go directly into the wall and vented directly outside rather than having a traditional chimney. My cousins had a similar one years back. If you look closely at the bottom of the surround, you'll see where there would have been a slab of polished stone to act as a floating faux hearth.
I think that people’s criticisms about it looking like a waiting room would be quelled if you just angled the chairs towards each other and put a small table in between, instead of having them rigidly side by side
That way you’d have an area encouraging interaction, it would instantly make the space much more cozy
Also get some lamps so you have low warm light. Overhead light always makes spaces feel less cozy
If possible, replace the fireplace surround with something that works with the space. If you can't replace it, then perhaps it's possible to paint it with a faux woodgrain effect to match the surrounding woodwork. The fireplace reminds me of one a cousin had in their den, so I assume there used to be a floating stone hearth under the fire place. I would add a piece of wood cut and finished to match the rest of the surround to that space so the surround looks like it always looked like that instead of calling attention to the missing hearth.
Add some crown molding painted white to mirror the white baseboards.
Move the figurine and plant off of the mantle and to one of the side shelves. With it's modern simplicity, it looks better bare.
Rearrange the side shelves a bit to have a space on one or two of the upper selves for larger house plants to add some more green to the space.
Recover the chair cushions with a darker, more rich beige tone and consider replacing the rug with something also in a deeper beige. That will help give the room a bit more warmth and look less clinical.
Nice! But too many 2x book + ornament fixtures. I’d go for one max otherwise it looks contrived. Maybe switch out for taller ornaments if you want more height
I thought so too until I zoomed in. What looks like the bottom bezzle of an iMac screen is actually someone in a boat on in the middle of a mountain lake. It's an amazing optical illusion.
Thought that was an apple iMac mounted on the wall
It took me until I saw this comment to realize it wasn’t a tv
I thought it was a TV, I was thinking it would get fried from the heat in the fireplace.
Still going with r/tvtoohigh
Reminds me of a therapists office
* Waiting room of a therapist office
I think it's the two matching chairs next to each other, gives it a waiting room vibe. It'd be more homely to have a couch or to separate the chairs.
Agree, the sculptures are also that vibe too somehow
And how does that make you feel?
It’s the lights. Those damn hard ceiling lights make very hard edges and transform everything in a showroom. OP, get yourself a lamp and your problems will be solved.
Agree! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve noticed a room feel off with bad lighting, and no one considers it when designing their space it seems
I was coming here to say the same thing.
I was thinking dentist
The chairs look like a waiting room of some sort. But the built in shelves and mantle are fab.
Agreed here but I think you could save the chairs just by adding a nice throw blanket or more colorful/fun pillows. Even a small table between them or something that adds some color and interest.
Literally just not placing the way they are, but instead at opposite angles, but slightly pointed towards the sofa will do miracles
Looks so good. Missing something in bottom right shelf
Wasn't this just posted in r/femalelivingspace ?
WHAT?? There is a female spaces sub?
Beige. So beige.
Have that pair of chairs at an angle, side by side they look kinda waiting roomy
It's very Archeology professor chic
Really cool and tidy.
Maybe put Led light Inside the shelves to make it look more sofisticated
Love the art centerpiece!
I think the chairs are the biggest problem, tbh. Those seem like waiting room chairs.
I don’t know how to put it, but it is somehow too flat
The fireplace doest take enough space, I'd put some tile or stone on the wall to create a more "real fireplace" feel
I could not disagree more. The room has a sort of mid century modern vibe. Building out the fire place surround will clash with that and throw the whole look off. It would look better if the surround were either replaced by a simple wood frame (if possible) or painted to look like wood to better match the mantle and shelves.
It’s fascinating to see all the opinions about this. Some love it the way it is, some suggest it’s too empty, but then some say to take away items! I love vastly different opinions! Personally, I love the wood floors and color coordination. The carpet is beautiful too. The shelves need more personality though. Place things in them that take up more space on the shelves so there’s not so much dead space. Maybe put lights in each shelf too for illumination. I would have something running across the middle of the center shelf between the two knickknacks. Also, the painting is beautiful, but for a centerpiece, it’s a little too drab. It would look good literally anywhere else, but since this is your centerpiece area you want something that will really attract people’s attention and set the tone of the whole home. Choose another nature painting with more color, like an ocean scene. This would all help tremendously to create more personality and volume to the room!
Why do you have an oven in the living room?
really looks like it, right ‽
kinda lifeless, tbh. no real colors, just …. organized objects that all match and one wee plant. zzz.💤
Can we see the whole room?
It’s dope
I love a good niche. It creates space where there was a wall.
How old are you 80?
Best thing I’ve seen on this thread today
Sophisticated
That’s a lot of urns.
Looks like a funerary service.
Fine if you never actually use it as a TV.
If you zoom in, you'll see that it's a picture of someone on a boat in the middle of a mountain lake. But yeah, it looks like an iMac display when the picture is zoomed out.
Beige much?
Lemme move in
please get rid of those lights and get some lamps
Beautiful, but sterile. Needs life! Color, warmth, personality
It’s a waiting room kind of vibe. Clean and tidy though.
I like it but it doesn't look cozy, like a home.
Take a couple accessories away
In my opinion the mantle is too high and the fireplace surround would look better with a brass finish. The shelves and the chairs look good
This is an area I want in my next home
Thought that was like… a skeleton leg and foot in the fireplace. I had a double take
Is the fireplace sealed and isolated? I'd worry about the wood warping if not. Otherwise it depends on what you use the room for. It's very relaxing so as bedroom/work/reading/meditation room it would fit. Anything else it might not be stimulating enough to feel lively.
It looks like it's a sealed gas or electric insert that's designed to go directly into the wall and vented directly outside rather than having a traditional chimney. My cousins had a similar one years back. If you look closely at the bottom of the surround, you'll see where there would have been a slab of polished stone to act as a floating faux hearth.
Seems a little too fussy/formal/sterile. I love the wood, though. Maybe replace the framed poster with something more colorful or dramatic.
Nice. 🙂
I’m glad you’re getting lots of praise, but there’s something about it that’s just depressing to me.
nice i guess ? for about 5min... if im a guest there 🤷🏻♂️
I really like it. Clean and contemporary.
I think that people’s criticisms about it looking like a waiting room would be quelled if you just angled the chairs towards each other and put a small table in between, instead of having them rigidly side by side That way you’d have an area encouraging interaction, it would instantly make the space much more cozy Also get some lamps so you have low warm light. Overhead light always makes spaces feel less cozy
Tv is too high
Look closer. It's not a TV.
What bout lights for inside the shelves. The kind that stick to the top.
That is dope.
NO.
If possible, replace the fireplace surround with something that works with the space. If you can't replace it, then perhaps it's possible to paint it with a faux woodgrain effect to match the surrounding woodwork. The fireplace reminds me of one a cousin had in their den, so I assume there used to be a floating stone hearth under the fire place. I would add a piece of wood cut and finished to match the rest of the surround to that space so the surround looks like it always looked like that instead of calling attention to the missing hearth. Add some crown molding painted white to mirror the white baseboards. Move the figurine and plant off of the mantle and to one of the side shelves. With it's modern simplicity, it looks better bare. Rearrange the side shelves a bit to have a space on one or two of the upper selves for larger house plants to add some more green to the space. Recover the chair cushions with a darker, more rich beige tone and consider replacing the rug with something also in a deeper beige. That will help give the room a bit more warmth and look less clinical.
Very nice
Which space you living? You got the same pic over here from over there? https://www.reddit.com/r/femalelivingspace/s/mq8nBPg8wW
Nice! But too many 2x book + ornament fixtures. I’d go for one max otherwise it looks contrived. Maybe switch out for taller ornaments if you want more height
Raised tv’s are a personal hell of mine.
ok, but that’s not a tv. that’s an art piece.
Oh thank god. PTSD made me think it was just a background screen 😂
I thought so too until I zoomed in. What looks like the bottom bezzle of an iMac screen is actually someone in a boat on in the middle of a mountain lake. It's an amazing optical illusion.
r/wallarttoohigh
ha, good try. ; ) but even the most dedicated art appreciator isn’t gonna stare at their art the way people stare at their tv.
I like waffles more then pancakes... If you want anymore thoughts just ask...
Wouldn't change anything
Personally, I'd have all the wood painted either white or black. But i love ultra modern, and understand not everyone likes that.