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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 9:36 am
The brown one is the slipcover. The blue stripes are just somewhat outdated to me...
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 9:37 am

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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 9:56 am
i don't think it's the furniture, you need accessories! i guess i like the brown one better. what's the material? what kind of pillows and other colors are you going to bring in?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 10:02 am
It's kind of like a flattened out corduroy, but a lot thinner than corduroy. I am open totally to accessories. I am not painting the walls, so the yellow has to stay. I was thinking of painting the tables a dark color (black or brown.)
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 10:06 am
When you walk in the front door, the living room is immediately to the left and the dining room is immediately to the right. Here is a shot of the dining room. (The tablecloth is pulled back halfway.) Any suggestions for this boring room? Tablecloth is on to protect table from those pesky kitty's paws/claws...

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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 10:32 am
like your table! you need to lower your paintings and do some kind of grouping. they look so lonely!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 10:40 am
why not try new pillows for the old pattern first like these
get a new lampshade for the lamp (or even make one by adding some great fringe to the bottom)
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 11:15 am
For some reason I've steered clear of slipcovers, because they never stay nice looking (the ones I've seen haven't). If there is nothing wrong with your furniture as it is, then just change the way they look with the season. For now spring pillows, maybe a tall plant, and a few accessories that blend all the furniture pieces together will do it. You don't have to paint your wood tables, either. Use the colors already in the room then accent with more color to make it pop, like a brighter blue(is that blue striping on the sofa?) with yellow pillows (Annie found a cool one!) and maybe a runner on the table. Put a couple of vases, picture frames, knick-knacks, etc. on the tables that match those bright colors. You could even buy a new taller lamp with those colors, since you aren't spending a couple hundred on slipcovers. Annie is right about your art on the walls. Remember how much more stylish Vacanick's room looked just by accessorizing? Maybe the frames could be blue!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 11:32 am
I don't like the slipcovers at all. Love that bottom pillow Annie.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 11:39 am
i thought that bottom one was cool too. it was on the crate and barrel site. julie, i think i would spend my money on great accessories.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 11:55 am
I want that bottom pillow, too -- but in the aqua color. I've looked at it like 10 times and knew instantly when I saw Texannie's post that it was the same pillow! Julieboo, I'm sorry to say, but I have never really thought slipcovers work well. But that's just me.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 12:02 pm
I agree. The slip covers are going back. Maybe if they were like $20, I might keep 'em, but for $200, forget it. So you guys don't think the blue stripes are too outdated to work with? Guess I will hit Crate & Barrel today and see what I see... Thanks for the picture lowering suggestion. You guys are so right!! Thanks! That is why I love this thread!!! Any other suggestions are always welcome! I'll be out for a while now, but will post more pix later, hope that'll help inspire some more suggestions!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 12:17 pm
Color the cat!!! I like the blue stripes, and don't think they are outdated at all. I think the brown dulls the room out. Keep the stripes, add vibrant colors (bright yellow pillows, for example), add some plants, move those pics down, and add an area rug.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 12:52 pm
The blue and white stripes are fine. Agree with the other suggestions on accessories.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 3:59 pm
not outdated at all. just bring in lots of color with your accessories. remember, paintings should be slightly lower then your eye line. of course, my dh who is 6'6" thinks all the paintings i have hung (5') are too low! LOL get the pillows yankee!!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:15 pm
Okay, here are more pix. I went to Target and Walmart only. Grabbed what I thought *might* work, so please do give me opinions!
Above is a view from the hall... and below is a view from across the hall in the dining room

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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:17 pm
Any suggestions on rearranging the furniture???
Closer look at the different pillow choices...
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:18 pm
A view of the dining room from the living room.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:21 pm
Julieboo, these may be a little too aqua but it represents accessorizing your space with like objects to get cohesiveness.
Vases pillows candles table runner or mat coffee table tray
lamp
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:26 pm
Oh your post wasn't there! Yes, the blue does make the room pop. The brown one doesn't work. Trade it in for a bright yellow but with a pattern. I think I'd put the lighter blue pillow on the blue glider. Now you just need to add a few more things to finish it up. Put some blue fringe on those lamp shades then add some other bright blue/yellow 'stuff' to make it all come together. Don't forget to lower the pictures.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:30 pm
love the 2 pillows on the right. i agree, with grace about the lamp shades. here's some ideas i found.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:32 pm
ack hit post too soon! LOL
this might have too much brown in it. but i think it's really cool and might bring in some more of the tan.
here's a paisley option but looking at your pic, i would bring in more of the colors in that striped pillow on the left or a bunch of solid navy (lamp shades, a chenille throw)
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:32 pm
Oh yeah, you have nothing tall in the room. It's all the same height. I'd still look at some bamboo poles stuck in a planter or a tall plant.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:34 pm
Thanks! Annie, where'd you find those shades?
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 - 4:35 pm

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