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Help me with my living room again 😩

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Youagain2025 · 16/02/2025 13:00

Sorry it's me again. So after thinking about doing something with my sofa that's gone out of the window.

But I do want to completely change the living living room. So basically change the walls and the floors, curtains.

My no 's are no dark walls. It has to be light although I will consider a medium sort of colour. Do I just paint or do wallpaper as well? Or maybe some sort of panelling

Floor wise I want to rip the floor up and put something better down. I'm open to the colour and type. I'm also now happy to put a rug down but short pile type.

I'm very against cushions and floor lamp/low light type. As I don't like a room that's dimmed . I like it bright light wise.

I have taken a few pics of the living room so there's a better idea.

I'm hoping to make a start this week.

Help me with my living room again 😩
Help me with my living room again 😩
Help me with my living room again 😩
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Floralnomad · 22/02/2025 14:37

The only one of those colours I’d want in a lounge is the yellow , but I’m a great yellow fan . We have Dulux Golden Sands on 2 walls in our lounge , which is a darker yellow

Normallynumb · 22/02/2025 14:41

Go for it!
I remember your DS's room, you did such a good of that

Normallynumb · 22/02/2025 14:41

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Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 14:45

Normallynumb · 22/02/2025 14:41

Go for it!
I remember your DS's room, you did such a good of that

Decided to go b&q dd said she wanted to come so sge can help carry bits . She's probably after mcdonalds 😅

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Normallynumb · 22/02/2025 14:50

Yes, I know the feeling very wellGrin
Worth the price of a meal for you though

FiveBarGate · 22/02/2025 15:37

Looking forward to seeing what you do. You are good at it and you like colour.

I think your sofa will look more at home with bold bright colours.

I think when we struggle with enthusiasm for something it's often because we are not sure it's quite right so your subconscious has probably been telling you something.

For the inspiration pictures your furniture is a good fit so win-win.

NotbloodyGivingupYet · 22/02/2025 15:49

Probably too late now, I bet you've been to h and q already, but if you use too many if the same colours it will just make you think of your son's room. You could use say the orange, but don't then use the red and the purple too.

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Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 15:55

FiveBarGate · 22/02/2025 15:37

Looking forward to seeing what you do. You are good at it and you like colour.

I think your sofa will look more at home with bold bright colours.

I think when we struggle with enthusiasm for something it's often because we are not sure it's quite right so your subconscious has probably been telling you something.

For the inspiration pictures your furniture is a good fit so win-win.

I think thats true . And i think where it isn't under the so called norm that makes it harder to. I pray it works. The world won't end if it does not. Hopefully it will though.

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Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 16:00

NotbloodyGivingupYet · 22/02/2025 15:49

Probably too late now, I bet you've been to h and q already, but if you use too many if the same colours it will just make you think of your son's room. You could use say the orange, but don't then use the red and the purple too.

Yes been to b&q i got 2 other colours. Ones orange though not sure if it the same orange as ds room or not .

I was trying to get tray liners but they were all bugger then the tray

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likerocksfalling · 22/02/2025 16:30

Green/sage and yellow/mustard go well together, and would go well with your sofa.

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TethersMiddle · 22/02/2025 17:08

likerocksfalling · 22/02/2025 16:30

Green/sage and yellow/mustard go well together, and would go well with your sofa.

When I think of sage, I think of something much, much lighter than this.

OP if you have doubts about sage (which would look great), how about a brighter duck egg colour?

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Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 17:10

TethersMiddle · 22/02/2025 17:08

When I think of sage, I think of something much, much lighter than this.

OP if you have doubts about sage (which would look great), how about a brighter duck egg colour?

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I have totally moved away from sage and simlar now. I'm doing something completely different. Well attempting 😬

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Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 17:13

I have to keep dragging the sofas from one end of the room to the other it's really pissing me of. I'm debating to put them in the garden . It says 0% chance of rain. Then I could bring them in this evening.

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WickWood · 22/02/2025 17:32

Excited to see what you have planned!

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Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 21:09

Just having a short break. Only done this so far it's taking long 😅

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hockityponktas · 22/02/2025 21:29

Great colour!

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Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 23:56

Ended up stopping for the night was hoping to do a couple more hours . But I started doing silly things wrong.

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hockityponktas · 23/02/2025 07:22

Yeah it’s easy to try to keep going and start making mistakes. wake up fresh today and crack on!
hopefully your motivation has come back now it’s coming together in your own style?

Bergamotte · 23/02/2025 08:30

Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 21:09

Just having a short break. Only done this so far it's taking long 😅

This is such a gorgeous shade of orange!

Good idea to stop when you were tired. It can be tempting to try to push through but then things go wrong which take even longer to fix (and you feel rubbish).

You're making amazing progress.

SushiSheep · 23/02/2025 08:40

Youagain2025 · 22/02/2025 21:09

Just having a short break. Only done this so far it's taking long 😅

Wow that’s a bit of a departure from sage green! 😁

How’s it looking in the cold light of day @Youagain2025 ?

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Youagain2025 · 23/02/2025 10:19

hockityponktas · 23/02/2025 07:22

Yeah it’s easy to try to keep going and start making mistakes. wake up fresh today and crack on!
hopefully your motivation has come back now it’s coming together in your own style?

I only just woke up 20 min ago. Went to sleep 4am . Im going to be so tired tomorrow when I have to be up early.

I did ferk motivated night but I now have that just woke up feeling 😅 boys are back around 4/6pm as well I feel like i don't have much time even though i do.

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Youagain2025 · 23/02/2025 10:28

SushiSheep · 23/02/2025 08:40

Wow that’s a bit of a departure from sage green! 😁

How’s it looking in the cold light of day @Youagain2025 ?

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I'm going to have to do another coat with the teal colour was hoping not to. Never mind. The down side is theses colors are going to make the room look smaller.

I'm also wondering if I should somehow get a small about of black in there because if the sofa being black. Im not sure though 🤔

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Youagain2025 · 23/02/2025 10:59

I'm debating with myself about the corners where I have put the triangles . I was going to paint them red and purple to break things up a bit. But im not sure if I should do each wall one colour

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Floralnomad · 23/02/2025 11:14

I think a solid colour on the entire wall would look better

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Youagain2025 · 23/02/2025 11:36

Floralnomad · 23/02/2025 11:14

I think a solid colour on the entire wall would look better

Maybe your right . Im meant to by buying pictures/canvas to break things up a bit

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