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Ideas for decorating a large, dark lounge.?
We have a very large lounge (it used to be a lounge diner but now the house has a dining room too). We moved in nearly 2 years ago and although we love the size of the room we've never liked the decor.
Our options are:
Keep curtains/carpet and redecorate in roughly the same colours (but not quite so bold/flowery) - the cheapest option
Or
Completely start from scratch with everything, but I have no idea where to start. I'm thinking maybe something a bit more neutral, but is that they way to go with a big room? Also, if we were to have neutral walls what colour do you paint the dado/fireplace to make them stand out? Or remove the dado and change fire surround?
The other problem is that the room is very dark as the only natural light comes from the patio doors at one end.
The fireplace is in the centre of one long wall but not the focal point as the patio doors at the end are the focus (due to lack of light elsewhere)
Photos here: http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/7636751
I would say you want to paint the walls a very pale neutral colour ..... cream ideally or even one of those with a slight hint of colour. Dark carpets will also make the room look dark, small and enclosed so if you can afford to I would change that to a neutral colour as well. You can always brighten the floor with a brightly coloured rug to match the rest of the colours in the room. Do you want the Fireplace to be a focal point? If so paint it a different colour. So if you wanted to keep your curtains for example, have cream walls and a cream carpet, a pruple and cream rug and paint the small wall that jutts out with the fireplace in it a bold purple colour. If you want to change your curtains then match the paint to them!
As a quick guide - keep walls and carpets etc very neutral and add colour in patches with things like rugs, vases, cushions etc
A large mirror will also help brighten the room as the light that you do get will bounce off the mirror and back into the room.
Hope that helps!
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