Karrie's Profile

Out of the two options, I prefer the blue option best--but just on the mantle, leave the walls surrounding it white. I really like home body's idea of using a white with a hint of color to it--blue or green would be pretty. Or, you could even take the color up to the ceiling and leave all the walls and mantle white--a bluish green would work best I think. I disagree with painting the window wall your accent color--the window has an odd placement (which I'm sure you don't want to show off)--I would use curtains to trick the eye in making the window look balanced.

I love the painting and you have a great space to work with!

I have the opposite problem. I'm 5'9 and my husband is 6'2 and just recently purchased a new couch. While shopping, a lot of the couches that we liked made me feel like a giant (and the cushions cut into the back of my legs). I loved the deeper couches but their too small for my living room. So we ended up getting one with a 36" seat and it's almost too short with the back cushions.

I grew up in a house with paneling and brick and let me tell you, it was dark and depressing. Exposed brick in some settings is attractive, but not all brick is equal. And all brick fireplaces certainly are not equal. I think their place looks like they weren't afraid to make it their own or to paint over elements that they didn't like (which stops some people, they don't like their brick fireplace, but are afraid to paint over it because it's brick). Their house feels airy and light and since they have tarted out with a neutral color scheme, it'll be easy for them to change it in the future.

By the way, I painted over my brick fire place and paneled kitchen and I love it!