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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

It begs, cries for something on or over the mantle.

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?


@Imaoldhippie wrote:

In my opinion yes, the room looks naked.  It needs some color is also is very bland and boring.


I agree... I think a nice watercolor painting would look nice above the mantel....

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

I don't care for the room because I am not a fan of a neutral color palette. The mantel needs a piece of artwork or a large wreath above it. I also would decorate the mantel. The coffee table needs a larger lamp and a decorative item or two. On the other side of the couch the table looks small. I would place a large plant there. The large table near the end needs something other than the large bowl. I probably would add curtains to the windows that could be pulled back. I like to decorate and no surface is left uncovered.

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

It does look a little plain in this picture.  This is one of those things I think I would have to be standing in this particular room to answer.

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

Yes, it needs something large.

 

 

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

Yes, a colorful print over the mantle and something pretty on the mantle. The room looks a bit cold and sterile as it is.

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

Yes.  The room is too plain for me, without something above the mantel.

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

The color is wrong, needs something softer then some color inside those insets.  The insets over the fireplace already are a "frame" of sorts so I would not hang any kind of framed item.  Something artistic is needed, though.  Without personality, the room could be in a community center.  The furniture does not do it justice.  This room looks like What Not To Do.

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

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A big screen TV...one that shows artwork with options to change the images.

 

Samsung "The Frame" A TV disguised as a picture and you can change the image as you wish.

 

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Re: Should this LR Have Artwork on the Mantel?

The room does need something.  I don't care for the white wall behind the mantel and I would have all the walls  painted over,perhaps a Wedgewood blue.  I would place decor on the mantel and refurnish and rearrange.  The room is too blah as shown.