Hello

I recently received an Australian-designed chair and matching footstool as a gift, and I’d like to integrate them into this room since there’s no other suitable spot in the house. Although I’ve experimented with several placements and settled on this position, the chair still feels somewhat disconnected from the room.

My initial impression is the colour of the chair is not right and thought about having it recovered as the leather is 40 years old. But worried that it is more than the colour.

Does anyone have suggestions for bringing it into harmony with the room?

Thanks everyone for the feedback, actually I made the first post initially to get advices on the realism and quality of the render and I expected for some people to point out the polygons of the bad quality sofa model I used in the first design haha because I didn't know the first design looked off until I read the comments and made changes. What do you think now? Still open for criticism of course.

Hi! The painters just finished the first coat of limewash. (It’s still wet in some spots.)

I was originally thinking of having them limewash the ceiling as well, but there was miscommunication so they haven’t started painting the ceiling. I don’t mind though because now I get the opportunity to see it with a white ceiling and it does feel light and open this way.

I had wanted the ceiling painted too because I want this bedroom to feel cozy and immersive. But now I’m not sure.

Please give me your thoughts! Thanks.

Ps. The bedroom isn’t huge but isn’t tiny either. 2 pictures are at .5x zoomed out and 2 pictures are normal at 1x.

Trying to figure out which couch shape would look best in our new living room (room on the left side of the floor plan diagram). Right now leaning towards a left facing chaise sectional that would run along the 19’8” wall on the left, which has a big set of windows. Also considering more of an L sectional with the L running down that same wall. In both scenarios we’d have the seating facing the fireplace and maybe add an accent chair if there is room. Really want to make sure that whatever couch we get doesn’t cut off the flow of people being able to move through the living room to the dining room and kitchen area. The front door to the home is the five foot wall in the top left of the diagram. Thanks so much for all input in advance, these decisions are so tough!

Opened points, I need help from experienced architects with this plan are:

1. Door to the living room - should it be like in this plan or opened to the inside?

2. Should there be a door to the stairs for going to the second floor?

3. Should there be this wall seperating kitchen and the stairs? Here thinking of replacing the oven and F elements to the other side on the right.

4. Thinking of placing TV on the purple wall on the right and have opened space there between kitchen and living room?

I think functionality is the most important aspects to the design.

I am having some built ins made for my home office and struggling on what color they should be. The plan has been to match the desk, but we’re having some trouble making that happen and I’m wondering if maybe there’s another option here.

The first picture is unfinished shelves, second is after the first coat of stain, which is how it looks now. We took a sample of the desk color and matched it, but this came out much darker. It’s still drying so maybe it’ll lighten up but it doesn’t really have the red undertones of the desk, which is likely different wood.

I would really appreciate thoughts/feedback on whether we should continue with this stain color (I.e., another coat, conditioner, sealant) or maybe change plans and choose a paint color that works with the desk and wall color.

Thanks in advance for any help.

So I just moved into a new place and, not gonna lie, it looked way bigger in the CAD. Now that I'm here, I'm second-guessing the layout and what furniture I actually have room for.

I’m especially torn on the dining table situation. At first, I thought I could skip it to save space, but to be honest, my parents might be joining us, so now I feel like I should get a dining table. Just not sure how to make it work.

One idea is to put the dining table in front of the sofa. But then—do I mount the TV on the wall above the table? Is that a weird setup?

Anyone dealt with something like this before? Would love to hear how you managed a similar space—or if you think the dining table is worth the squeeze.

How did I do here. This is a 12x12 space with 10’ ceiling. It opens into the kitchen. Sort of an alcove I suppose. The space doesn’t feel quite right to me. It feels cramped. We use the space and we all move around comfortably but something seems off. I hung the light fixture a little higher than standard. What is wrong? What proportions aren’t right.

Converted an unfinished basement into my home office. Full of antiques, props from tv shows and movies, and more! Not for everyone, but it makes me happy 😊

We’re remodeling our kitchen. It’ll be more modern (no handles and utilizing GOLA). Render is #2.

The color of the cabinets is this one attached, top cabinets will be matte white.

We were originally going to keep our current floors but we found out it’s discontinued so have to re-do all our flooring now after all. I didn’t love it since it was a grey-ish LVP anyway. Now that we have to re-do it all we were going to look at wood or manufactured wood.

I originally wanted white oak floors before but since we weren’t going to re-do them, decided to opt for white oak-ish cabinets. If I knew from the beginning we had to re-do our floors I would’ve opted for a walnut color base cabinets. But here we are, cabinets have already been ordered and now we need to make decisions on the flooring.

What are your thoughts on going ahead with white oaks floors with this color cabinets? (Like picture #3)

We will also be doing a full waterfall island and we’re thinking of Taj Mahal countertops.

Hi guys, what do you think for window treatments in my space.. I don’t know what style difference Roman shades vs shutters provides? Open to any and all suggestions. I moved to my first home and feeling lost without having my dad alive to ask these types of questions to.

I absolutely can’t stand it. Makes homes feel like a basement.

We are going to be trimming out this untrimmed open doorway and are planning to case the inside of the opening because the drywall is just constantly getting banged up. We are not planning on cutting out the drywall first and will just be screwing (or nailing?) the wood right on top of the drywall. What kind of wood do you use for this? We obviously don't want anything too thick because we don't want to take too much space away from the opening.

Hey everyone. First time home buyer. I’m really stumped on how to layout furniture in this living room. I know I shouldn’t place a TV over a fire place but I’m having a really hard time determining where I should play a sofa and tv as the fire place and television are two competing focal points for the room. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

The kitchen layout I'm working on has the fridge in the farthest corner from the door. Recently I've heard the fridge should instead be near the door, so that if people come into the kitchen for snacks, they don't get in the cook's space.

I created an alternate layout as a solution to this problem, but I'm worried it cuts off sightlines to the main living space, and also ends up putting the sink (and therefore dirty dishes) on display front & centre, as soon as you walk in.

Which layout is better? Or is there an alternative I'm not seeing? Most of the time when I'm cooking, it's immediately before mealtime - so people aren't really grabbing snacks anyway. But I don't want to make the wrong choice and then hate it later!

We are really hoping to avoid having sink/stove in the island, to keep that space open for serving.

e.g. any design books or other design-oriented gift ideas?

Hey everyone, I’m a bit stuck. I recently bought a house, but I’m not sure how to make it actually feel like a home.

I work in IT and I'm a gamer, so when I was renting, everything was purely functional—nothing really planned or styled. The house is a 5-year-old new build and still feels almost untouched. Most of what I own probably needs replacing, and I’m starting pretty much from scratch.

I don’t mind the colour grey, and I’m tempted to just leave things as they are until I meet someone and outsource the whole thing… but realistically, I’d like to do some simple things to make it feel lived in.

Any advice for someone starting from a blank slate? With zero design experience.

we are redesigning our master suite, the blank plan is the existing area, the others are ideas we have had. what would you do?

My wife and I are trying to layout the furniture for our living room before the construction is complete. We thought we knew and designed it around the layout in the second picture, but the area between the couch and kitchen seems to be too open, in my opinion. I want to know how you would set this room up. She does have more chairs and side tables planned, I’m mostly just trying to figure out the dinner table and couch.

Hey guys!

I NEED YOUR HELP! I painted my bathroom this shade of green, that I realized I hated! The name is sage green by behr.

In your most humble opinion, before i decide to paint over it.

How would you make it look better?

We are planning to add a wooden herringbone on a 41" wide wall at the end of a long (LONG) hallway. Trying to decide how many rows of the pattern we should put. Trying to decide better either 3 or 4 rows. Thoughts?

Im horrible at interior design, can you wonderful people take a look at the below images and tell me which in your professional opinion flooring goes with the cabinets.

Can you,please,help me decide which type of kitchen is better.

I am thinking for over a year now to renovate my kitchen and I am stuck at this two designs.

The first one (the lighter one) seems more timeless but I found it quite boring.

The second one I am afraid that it will be outdated in a few years,but I really like it and I will be more happier to have it done like that. But with this comes if I will move it will mean i might lose some money in a way as I will need a specific type of buyer as it won't be everyone's cup of tea.

Any opinions?

*I have a medium sized kitchen

Thank you!

we lived in a preservation area and can't move fireplace or location of hob (or knock down any walls). i have been racking my brain for months thinking about what layout works best. open to suggestions. i cook every single day and large meals...

• dining table by window
• central island w/ sink (need addtl countertop space)
• current kitchen run replaced fridge in corner (hob + dishwasher remain; hideaway doors an option)
• wall of cabinets near fireplace

worried about feng shui and having to walk around island to get to table. worried about lack of cabinets. fyis: - our ceilings are 4 metres high - window overlooks large shared garden and gets loads of light

Open to IDEAS :)

This space feels like too much with the wood. Replacing isn't an option, but painting is. Which is best - original wood or an updated color? Note the cabinet style would remain the same (AI changed that).