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Nonworking fireplace, how to furnish around it
My boyfriend and I just moved into a new space. One of our rooms that we'd like to use as an entertainment room has a nonworking fireplace that is in somewhat of an awkward space. My goals for this room are: 1) to have as much seating as possible (think big comfy couch) 2) to have space for a desk 3) to hang a projector…
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Advice for pony wall/open floor plan living room
I’m not quite sure what to do with the pony wall in our living room, or how to fill out our living room with furniture/decor to make it feel less bare. I’m fairly minimalist so I like that we’re mostly uncluttered but I feel the corner of the pony wall area especially looks too empty. Any advice for the living room would…
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Desk/console/secretary with chair in corner of living room
For various reasons, we need to have a work station (desk, secretary, etc.) in an area of our living room. You can see in the photo (left upper corner) that we just have a random small desk and chair but are looking to have it coordinate and blend better with the rest of the living room. It does need to be functional—-it…
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Help me design my living/dining room
I’m moving into a new house with a toddler and new baby. Our living/dining area is combined and much smaller than we first realized! We need a dining table that can extend to fit 6 and want a really cosy living room area for the kids to play in. We have no idea how to make this space work with so many windows/doors, and…
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Trim Transition
I am planning on painting my living room walls, base board and crown molding all the same color. My issue is…what do I do when I reach the hallway?? Do I just stop abruptly? For example, where the living room baseboard meets the hallways baseboard, I just have two different shades meeting each other at a point?
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I really need help!!!!
hi everyone! I need some help on how to decorate my living room where my furniture and what not. Right now I’m just working with what I have. I just have a futon as my sofa and I’ve got two chairs that match and I have bookcases and table. I just don’t know where I should put everything for it to flow right. Please excuse…
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Ideal layout for this living room?
Hi, I am looking for guidance on the ideal layout of this living room. It is 10'9" x 18'0' as shown in the floor plan below. Please ignore the current placement of the couch in the screenshots below, I am just including these pictures to further illustrate the room layout, specifically how the kitchen flows right into the…
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Do you think I could fit a dining table in this living room
hello, I would like a dining table in this living room but don’t know if it would fit. I was thinking to could go in from of the window where it says living, a long table and push the couch down some. Would this work? And what size table if so?
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More book shelves than books
like a lot of apartments in NYC, our family’s home has a lot of clutter. 2025 goals of making a dent in things… starting with our large built-in bookcase. Planning to purge this weekend… which is good in terms of de-cluttering but bad in making it even more obvious that we have more bookshelves than books. Curious to know…
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need advice on the wall art
Wanna replace the current one with something new. Any suggestion?
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HELP -how do you create zones in open floor plan?
New apartment and don’t have a lot of furniture. How do you go about creating zones? I’ll put my dining table across from the kitchen. How would you handle furnishing the “two” living areas? I work from home and was going to setup in the second bedroom. Perhaps I should use the area by the door? I’ve added pictures of my…
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Open concept but two distinct areas living room and tv room
I have an open concept but two different areas living room and two different uses. I tried to incorporate aspects into both rooms. What else should I do?
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Designing Apt without Much Light and Clear base Colors
Our new apartment has very a yellow/orange ish floor colors, not much natural light. We would like to find creative ways to design the living room and dining area in a way that will contradict a bit, but my wife and I are really not that good. We currently own a sofa (bright gray), and a chaise (brown), but everything else…
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Living Room and Dining Room Decor Suggestions
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Contemporary
How can I transform an average looking apartment living room to a chic and contemporary living room?
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ROOM DESIGN
I NEED TO DESIGN BEDROOM INSIDE THIS HALL IN A CREATIVE WAY
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Moving into this space
I'm moving into a new apartment and feel like there are so many possibilities for arranging and maximizing the space. This is how the current tenant has it set up (see photos), but I'm looking for alternative layout ideas. Any suggestions?
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High Back Deep Sofa Recommendations
I am looking for a large, comfortable, soft sofa that is deep and has a high back for my living room. I have not been able to find one. Please let me know if you have any recommendations!
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Living Room Design Help
I'm working with a blank slate here, and have a vision — but I need to know if this will look crazy. My husband is very against, and I was so so sure this would look great, but now I am second guessing. This will be a living room and dining room. There is a fireplace in the center of the room. There are two dark olive…
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Help! Living Room Design
We are having a bit of a dilemma with our new home. The plan is to add storage options on either side of the fireplace and put the TV in the middle. However, the sofa on the left will be too close and the view won't be great. Ideally, we don't want to block off the bay window. Any ideas are greatly welcomed as I am stuck…
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Ideas to add living room seating
Looking for design ideas to add more seating in our living room. Currently, the sofa is directly across from the TV. I feel as though the fireplace is hidden with this chase sofa we have, and I would also like to add more accent chairs for additional seating. I'm not opposed to getting a new sofa. I'm feeling a little…
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Looking for creative ideas to design my modern living room!
Hi everyone! 😊 I need help designing my 4x5m living room with a 3m ceiling. The floor is with black marble with white veins (I’d like to keep it), and there’s a double windowed door on the longer wall. I’m aiming for a modern, elegant, and cozy space that includes a dining area behind the sofa. What I’d love: A stylish…
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Help: Solve a Tricky Living Room Layout
This room has me stumped! The angled fireplace, the empty wood floor near the mantel, and the rug that’s just… there. I’ve tried a bunch of layouts, but nothing quite works. Photos are attached—how would you approach this? I’ve tried a few different things and none of them are comfortable. I also posted what the staging…
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Wall art help 🩷
I recently redid my living room wall with family heirloom pictures and some of my favorites. I’m just not sure if it looks well put together. Thoughts? Constructive criticism/ feedback welcome 🩷
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family room the size of two small spaces
I no longer live in a small space, but many of the apartment-sized suggestions are appropriate for my large family room. It's actually the size of TWO family rooms. There's a large sectional (12 feet) that we bought along with the house in front of a large (12 feet) bay window, but the other half of the room has almost…
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New duplex apartment in Spain
After almost 2 years since reservation its almost ready. Living/dining/kitchen approx 400sq m with 120 sq m balcony overlooking River and sunset. Looking for design ideas. Existing orange L shaped sofa only. Thinking natural hues an dark blue . . . Ideas v v welcome
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New TV Stand
I bought this Target TV stand when I first moved into my apartment four years ago, and it's the perfect size/storage piece, but I've gotten a little tired of the boho style. There's also something about the color that I don't love in my living room. I'm on the hunt for something in a very dark wood (or that I can easily…
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Favorite storage coffee tables?
I'm desperate for a new coffee table with storage (small space problems), but I can't decide what I want! I love this lift-top one from Urban Outfitters, the wood and mid-century style are gorg. But the comments that it doesn't close flush worry me. Do you have any that you love??
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I need help with two focal walls in living room
So our living room has two focal walls that face each other. I've already decorated the wall on the right with a painting over a mantel. I'm trying to decide what to do with the other wall. Maybe… A picture gallery? Some floating shelves? Gold leaf wall art/decor, like this one? I want the room to look balanced and not too…
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Need advice on furnishing a 2000s condo
Hi! I'm moving into a 1 bedroom condo that was built in the early 2000s and has some strange design choices. I'd love some help figuring out how to make this space livable and workable for two people without spending a ton of money. My partner and I both work from home. I'm required to use a desktop, but he usually just…
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What's your favorite seat in your home?
I just saw this TikTok from Timm Chiusano where he sits in every single seat in his home, and it got me thinking… what's the best seat in your own home? I adore my velvet armchair from Burrow (which makes me feel like the Sleepytime Tea Bear every time I curl up in it).
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Looking for similar lamp (living room end tables)
This is a lamp from Pottery Barn that I really love, but am hoping to find something less expensive. Any suggestions for something similar —- It is great because it pulls together some soft blues and whites in the room, isn't stark/bold n color, and is on the narrow side (narrower than 14.5 inches, the width of the end…
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Sectional recs! What’s the best sectional sofa?
I've had the two-piece modular Mello sofa from Article for years now, and it has served me well, but I've been craving a change (thinking maybe not leather but open to hearing your recs!), and I'm wondering what other sectionals everyone is loving. Do you have a sectional sofa recommendation I should know about? Thanks in…
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Help -- my living room is impossible!
My LR is a real challenge — a smallish, narrow, darkish but centrally located room with 5 doors/doorways and 4 windows, a major crossroads in my apartment and the first room you see when you enter (no foyer). At the moment, we're trying to use it for conversation, dining and TV watching, but really the TV is the main use…
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What should I do with this awkward space?
My sister is moving into a new house! It has this awkward cutout in the corner of the living roo and we want to know what to do with it. Should we turn it into a bar corner? Convert it into a closet? Something else? Would love to hear what you think!
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What’s the best sofa for small spaces?
What’s the best sofa for small spaces? Are there any brands that are better than others, affordable, or just look super stylish in a small space?
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Seating Situation Needs Help!
hi everyone, i recently moved into a new apartment with stunning wood ceilings and am realizing that it is quite a bit larger than my old space and i’ll be needing some more seating to host friends - my current couch is green velvet and i have a pink velvet chair, a navy beanbag, a glass table, a massive black & white…
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Need help designing combined living room and dining room
Hi!! I am moving into an apartment in a few days and I am really stuck on what to do with this combined space.
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Sofa that will hold up to animals?
We'll be sharing our new space with our grown daughter who has a large, short-haired dog and one long-haired cat. Any ideas on types of sofa or sofa covers that will hold up to heavy use and lots of hair?
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HELP - Giant Wall!
I moved into a home with a gabled roof which provides a huge living room wall. That wall also feeds into the hallway, and is the focal point of the room. How can I create some division between the living room and hallway, and break up this huge wall? It’s way too large to make it a big gallery wall on my budget, and I…
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Wall bed in living room??
For several reasons, we’ve given up the bedroom of our 1/1 to our 1 year old (everyone is sleeping so much better). The plan is to get a Murphy / wall bed for our queen size bed and I’m finding myself wanting some inspo on how people have styled and configured their open living/dining/kitchen room area to also be a…
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New apt, small rooms
Lvg room is corner unit w/ small windows on two sides. 13x13 ft. Have 42" round table n chairs. A recliner. Drop leaf table. Small bookcase. TV flat-screen. Small china cabinet. Turquoise accent pieces. Suggestions? Is there a library of room decor?
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Wall Art Advice!
I just got back from a trip to Madrid, Spain, where I couldn’t resist buying this colorful silk scarf. The chances of me actually wearing it are…admittedly slim (scarf styling is NOT my forte), so I’m toying with the idea of getting it framed and hanging it on my living room wall. It’s a little bit more out-there compared…
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Help! My bunny ate my couch!
Hello friends 🤗 my prized furniture possession is a corduroy couch from the seventies (see a photo of it from when we first moved into our apartment!). This couch has been through everything. When we first moved in I mismeasured and had to call the couch doctor to completely disassemble it and reassemble it inside my…
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Update needed?
Overall I like my living room but recently realized that the couch, ottoman and two chairs are 23 years old! Is it time for an update? I am open to suggestions and would consider reupholstery (I'm embarrassed to admit that I have never had it cleaned!). Also, with all the pillows on the couch, every time we entertain they…
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Help finding the right area rug
The area rug in my living room needs to be replaced. My couch is a butter yellow, two chairs upholstered in a red and gold tweed. The current rug is red. I really like the colors in the living room. I’m uncertain about what to replace the red rug with. Should I stay with red or go with a pattern, etc.?
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Help me fill a blank living room corner!
Hi all! I'm Blair, AT's senior style editor. I'm having a decorating conundrum, and would love any input! I LOVE my current apartment, but I've struggled with the layout — my bedroom is massive, and the living room is fairly small. One corner of the living room specifically has stressed me out for so long. I have no idea…
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Help me "fix" this lamp
So I was on a fringe kick a few months ago and added fringe to this lamp's lampshade… and then gave the fringe a weird "wavy" trim. I don't think that fringe was the right DIY direction to take this lampshade in, but now I'm not sure what to do next! I could just take the fringe off entirely and leave it as-is, but I kind…
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Living Room Slowly Coming Together!
I just added some curtains this weekend to my living room/kitchen area as I wanted to paint the room but it's a pretty daunting task with all the nooks and curves I have with the kitchen part of the room. I definitely feel like the curtains add an additional sense of warmth! I eventually want a new couch and have to get…
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Show us your living room set up 📺
Binge-watching TV should never be a guilty pleasure! Show us your living room set up where you watch your favorite shows from 📺