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Colorful Reading/Sitting Area

lolakimono — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:26:26 GMT

Re: Colorful Reading/Sitting Area

pommom — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:34:04 GMT

Hmmm...This room setup would be too distracting for me. As a former librarian, soft shades on the wall and carpeting were de rigueur.

Re: Colorful Reading/Sitting Area

Caaareful Shopper — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:34:22 GMT

I love the built-in bookcases, sofa, and coffee table!

I don't like the accent chairs, rug, or paint color of the doors; I'd have to find another way to pull the sofa & table together in the room. It's too much for me.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:39:28 GMT

Not peaceful and relaxing the way I think a Reading Nook or room should be.....The only thing I like are the bookcases.....Too many different textures and patterns here.

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Patriot3 — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:56:53 GMT

Oh, wow. I could take the solid colors and I like the bookshelves, but the prints would be too distracting for me.

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faeriemoon — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:08:40 GMT

I like the architecture and the furniture (but not in the colors pictured.) I don't mind the wall color, but I really dislike the door color.

I would tweak that room into something that I would really like.

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millieshops — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:34:01 GMT

That room makes me think of a designer showcase space in which the decorator wants us to see what's available as much as what we might do with it. From that room, I might start with the rug and the coffee table/ottoman and design around them with other pieces - assuming of course, I had space large enough for them.

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Regal Bee — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:18:37 GMT

The space is just too much pattern for me. I don't find it peaceful for reading.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:40:38 GMT

This room looks like it was furnished with hand-me-downs or from Goodwill. Nothing goes with anything else.

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Sooner — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:46:55 GMT

One word: Disturbing.

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Sooner — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:53:16 GMT

Get rid of the rug and ugly green ottoman, the garish books (did they buy them for the ugly colors of the binding?), and some of the accessories that don't go. Tone down the accessories and add a few traditional touches like lamps and a nice coffee table or ottoman (maybe a light leather ottoman), and you could have something nice.

The blues and the peaches are nice. I might paint the bookshelves a glossy dark blue the color of the sofa--maybe that color only a shade darker, mix in a little more black. I saw some that color recently and they were fabulous.

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riley1 — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:45:33 GMT

Don't care for the rug, ottoman, print on chairs or the two different colored doors.

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DREAMON — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:55:43 GMT

@Caaareful Shopper wrote:
I love the built-in bookcases, sofa, and coffee table!

I don't like the accent chairs, rug, or paint color of the doors; I'd have to find another way to pull the sofa & table together in the room. It's too much for me.

I thought the exact same when I saw the picture.

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RedTop — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:56:25 GMT

I cannot find one single thing I like in this room.

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SXMGirl — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:59:58 GMT

@lolakimono, I like the room, especially the bookcases, but I don't like the chairs.

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ptagirl — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:18:41 GMT

I really like this room...it looks homey to me...yes, maybe they did buy their furniture at Goodwill or the thrift store, but that's life sometimes.....It just speaks to me.....

Re: Colorful Reading/Sitting Area

alliswell — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:26:23 GMT

The sofa is OK. This must be a "before" picture.

If this were mine, I would transform the room by replacing all the furniture, eliminate that carpet and as well as the ceiling, and the light fixtures, and change the color of the walls.

Re: Colorful Reading/Sitting Area

Katcat1 — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:48:20 GMT

NO, NO, NO. I don't like all the different colors together that do not, IMO, look good together.

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jannabelle1 — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 23:55:51 GMT

What's with the two doors in different colors! The room would probably look a lot calmer without those two crazy chairs.

Re: Colorful Reading/Sitting Area

lolakimono — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:13:07 GMT

@jannabelle1 wrote:
What's with the two doors in different colors! The room would probably look a lot calmer without those two crazy chairs.

@jannabelle1

I think the light from the window is making the door on the left seem lighter. I believe they are both the same color.