Mentally, I’m in full on vacation/trip mode. I usually attempt to preserve my momentum going till Christmas, after which take off the final week of December, however I’m having such a tough time this yr. I simply need to plant myself in my recliner beneath a comfy blanket, sizzling chocolate in hand, whereas watching ridiculous Christmas rom-coms and scrolling Instagram.
I’m not going to let myself utterly take a look at simply but. I nonetheless have simply over one full week to finish these 4 objectives I had for the studio earlier than the tip of the yr. I’m going to do my finest to complete these. However over these previous couple of days, I’ve spent extra time than regular scrolling Instagram, Pinterest and Houzz for inspiration for our future household room, which I hope I’ll be capable of adorn in some unspecified time in the future subsequent yr.
In case you’re new round right here, we don’t at present have a household room. The room that I’m referring to is a part of an addition that we hope to construct onto our home subsequent yr. We’re at present working with the architect to get the plans drawn up for the contractor to undergo town for approval and permits. As soon as our addition is constructed, our home flooring plan will appear to be this. The areas in pink are the areas that shall be added.
So the household room shall be accessed by way of the again doorways of the present music room. That room appears like this…
When these doorways (which open like pocket doorways) are opened, there shall be bookcases on the left wall, a hearth with a lot of seating on the correct, and the doorways out to the again yard straight forward.
I’ve been dreaming about what I need this room to appear to be. My two largest priorities are (1) to saturate the room with shade, and (2) to make the room cozy. So I began scrolling Houzz and Instagram to see what caught my eye, and what I might use as a leaping off level for our future household room. I’ve gathered a number of of the photographs that I like essentially the most.
This primary one actually matches the colourful requirement, however I don’t essentially get a comfy vibe from it. That might probably change with some sofas that look a bit of squishier and comfier, and with a darker teal as a substitute of turquoise. However I do love the combo of the turquoise, inexperienced, pink, and orange. Swap the turquoise for teal, and people are my colours!
In terms of cozy, this undoubtedly meets that requirement. Simply take a look at that beautiful teal on the partitions! I do suppose it’s too darkish for our household room, and I personally choose white ceilings. However there must be a cheerful medium between this and the earlier too-bright-for-me turquoise.
This one is a tiny bit lighter. Or possibly it’s only a shinier sheen that’s reflecting extra mild and letting extra shade come by means of. What a beautiful shade! If I had a room that was coated on this shade and felt that cozy, I don’t know that I might ever need to go away.
This one can be too darkish. I’m conscious of that. 🙂 However once more, there must be a cheerful medium that may give me this cozy feeling with an equally beautiful teal-ish shade that gained’t darken the room a lot. And once more, I’ll at all times go for white ceilings, and my home windows keep uncovered always to let as a lot mild in as potential.
It is a nice instance of a darker teal shade being offset with a lot of shade to brighten it up.
Right here’s one other darkish teal room that feels lighter due to the brighter ceiling. However I’d nonetheless solely have white ceilings. Look how beautiful that matching teal couch is with the partitions, although! I like that look.
Right here’s one other darkish teal room. It’s beautiful, however I’d by no means do a darkish ceiling. I feel a white ceiling would go a great distance in the direction of brightening up the room, whereas the teal on the partitions would nonetheless preserve it cozy.
The complete view of this subsequent room truly reveals that the room is white, however the bookcase is turquoise/teal. I a lot choose this shut up view simply specializing in the bookcase. I’ve tried white on my partitions earlier than, and I simply can’t do it.
However right here’s an instance of teal bookcases with teal being carried onto the partitions as effectively. It’s so beautiful!!
However now to my prime two favorites. These are nice examples of utilizing a great deal of shade with out making the room too darkish. Simply look how stunning that is.
And now for my #1 favourite inspiration image. I LOVE the couch shade!!!
So these are simply my beginning factors, but when I might make our household room appear to be some type of good combo between these final two rooms, I’d be completely joyful.
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I transform and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do nearly all of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
