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What's New in Retail

lolakimono — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:47:08 GMT

Here are some rooms that are part of the New Year push to get people to update their living spaces.

What do you think of the offerings?

Ethan Allen-

Joss & Main-

Pier 1-

Pottery Barn-

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Bri36 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:07:13 GMT

I like those very much - light, bright, uncluttered and airy.

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Bri36 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:49:50 GMT

I like the white console table with the ottomans underneath, but I could do without the gold accents.

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Mz iMac — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 20:57:22 GMT

The white rooms are beautiful.

Not optional for folks who have pets, crumb snatchers, ankle biters and/or teenagers.

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smoky22 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:04:44 GMT

@Bri36 wrote:
I like those very much - light, bright, uncluterred and airy.

I like them, too. Nice and neutral.

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nana59 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:16:08 GMT

no eating pizza in those rooms!

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LTT1 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:29:40 GMT

@lolakimono

I like the feel of very white spaces.

My favorite in this grouping is the white with white oversized sofa:

‘I think I would love to have that gray coffee table and we are certainly due for a new one...ours needs to be re-finished.

And craving a sofa in a light color, I’d probably opt for a PB look with zip-off tailored white linen covers.

All white rooms when it is cold outside make me shiver, though. I’d be adding a rug... probably like this one:

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NickNack — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:33:41 GMT

I don't like the top Ethan Allen room, because I don't like tufted buttons on sofas. I do like the coffee table in that room. I like all of the other rooms very much.

I noticed the drapers in the second picture (still from Ethan Allen?) don't go all the way to the ceiling. I am wondering if that look has gone out. The only magazine I get anymore is The Cottage Journal, and I haven't paid too much attention to it lately. I don't watch HGTV much anymore either. I love the curve in the back of the sofa in the second picture.

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Q4u — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:37:47 GMT

Very nice, clean, uncluttered but as I've noticed elsewhere the combining of gray (not one of my favorite colors, feels cold to me) and tan/taupes and browns (my favorites to live with).... seems gray is everywhere..... and I'm getting used to it but would prefer white/creams.....

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Meowingkitty — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:40:55 GMT

Nice but not in my world. Not with 6 cats. To much white and to much upholstery. To much cleaning. I prefer leather.

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Lilysmom — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:51:42 GMT

@NickNack, I’m with you on the tufted sofa. No like.

Also, white/beige sofa, been there done that. Never again. People were afraid to sit on it. LM

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Mominohio — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:55:21 GMT

I think Ethan Allen isn't what it once was in design (and probably quality too, if it is like everything else made today). I prefer the pieces I bought 'back in the day' to much of what I see today from them.

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NickNack — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:59:10 GMT

@Q4u wrote:
Very nice, clean, uncluttered but as I've noticed elsewhere the combining of gray (not one of my favorite colors, feels cold to me) and tan/taupes and browns (my favorites to live with).... seems gray is everywhere..... and I'm getting used to it but would prefer white/creams.....

I only noticed gray in two of the photos. Am I missing something? I wouldn't like having a lot of gray in my house at all. I can't think of a single gray item in my house actually.

Thirty years ago I had gray walls and gray carpet. It was that way when I moved in. I'll never have that again.

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novamc1 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:22:30 GMT

Like the coffee table in photo #1 very much--a nice combination of wood and metal.

If that top on the table actually is not wood, I still like it!

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KathyM23 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:28:19 GMT

Not a fan of neutral rooms. These look cold and boring to me with the exception of the green and white room. Really like the chair. I still would have to add another element of color to the room. Maybe not an all white sofa but one in a green/white print that would coordinate with the chair and then another chair incorporating green, white and what ever third color was added to the room. The right shade of pink or peach would work for me as would a touch of black

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OKPrincess — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:51:37 GMT

I like them especially the green and white room. However since I've always had cats and always will these rooms aren't practical for us.

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Bri36 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:08:33 GMT

I like some elements of gray in a house - but it can easily be overdone.

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riley1 — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:57:15 GMT

I like the first room very much. Had white furniture and wouldn't want to repeat that again - too hard to keep clean and had it covered most of the time.

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Desertdi — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 01:04:06 GMT

White decor wouldn't survive one week of Arizona dust.................

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Q4u — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:25:08 GMT

@Nicknack wrote:
@Q4u wrote:
Very nice, clean, uncluttered but as I've noticed elsewhere the combining of gray (not one of my favorite colors, feels cold to me) and tan/taupes and browns (my favorites to live with).... seems gray is everywhere..... and I'm getting used to it but would prefer white/creams.....

I only noticed gray in two of the photos. Am I missing something? I wouldn't like having a lot of gray in my house at all. I can't think of a single gray item in my house actually.

Thirty years ago I had gray walls and gray carpet. It was that way when I moved in. I'll never have that again.

We're selling our house and have been looking at homes (new and resale) and gray is being used everywhere here, and especially in the newly built homes. As a matter of fact, one home caught our eye that has dark and light grays as well as a carpet in a taupy tan with the walls also a lighter taupe. Because these are the newer colors I've been seeing out there, I decided to comment when I saw the two pictures....