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I agree with the statements above that advocate for refinishing rather than repainting wood. The piece is beautiful and i would LOVE to have a similar one in my home! As some pointed out they might have been veneer, but from the marks left from the previous drawer pulls it looks like wood...

Regardless...

that is not my problem with the redo. The paint choice matched with the wood and those knobs completely robs the piece of anything truly mid century modern. Even if you had painted the piece another color more in line with the era would have at least kept some of the original integrity. I really think that this paint job and knob choice makes the piece look cheap and almost prefabricated.

i love the color the chair is already! it fits the original style of the chair and if you say your home decor contains a lot of gray, the chair will pop perfectly!

what is wrong with a normal white toilet?
it would seem wrong to use a toilet that fancy and expensive...

i think a nice teal would look good in this space. and yes on the rug, i have a rug in my kitchen and i love it--- but it must be dark and washable. the kitchen is a messy place by nature, and you will want to wash your rug without having to pay super expensive prices to have it professionally cleaned.

ditch the red and green. way to christmas and not a modern color combination at all.
add in a new color
paint the walls
change the bedding
get new frames for the art or paint the ones you have

beautiful. but what a pain to keep clean.

painted brick?
exposed is always better.

that chair is hideous.
replica art- tacky! you can find local artists work for less than 100 dollars or art students work.
but even the original room i find hard to look at-- the styling of the room could be much better, the knock off room is even worse.

since this room has to serve many functions, mainly a living room, hallway of sorts and dining room, it is probably best if you try to section off the space by purpose. The fireplace should most certaintly be the focal point of the living room portion. Rather than doing the boring square formation of furniture (fireplace on on side, couch parallel and chairs flanking either side, i would suggest that you move the furniture in a V formation. As for the TV, i would say its natural place has to be above the fireplace. If you do not want it to compete with the fireplace, i have seen some TV's that mask as art, with some sort of cover and a frame maybe. The dining area can then be placed next to the living area. I would suggest maybe a small bench to go along the back wall opposite the fireplace or bookshelves for extra storage. As for the colors, i would say draw from your love of midcentry modern and select a color like chartruse or a muted version of that. The green and yellow tones would nicely complment the tone of the wood, as well as your existing furniture (minus the rug, which should go regardless because it competes with the style of the furniture as well as with the color of the floor). if you were to paint the walls that greenish or yellow color, you would be well suited in your future furniture and decorating finds because so many of the colors that are typical of that era are complements.

the idea is cool, if you had that right 1950's type blender in a yellow or a robin's egg. but the second one--- no. just, no. and as previously stated, it does look like a light-up dildo.