The Living Room Balcony Makeover
Miki Duisterhof
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Before: Blank Canvas
Color could turn this room from basic to brilliant. Our tip: Treat a white space like a blank canvas.
Miki Duisterhof
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After: Crisp Style
The secret to this subtle yet super-stylish wall treatment? Ceiling medallions! We installed the ones shown here (from $12.28; homedepot.com) in a single day using adhesive caulk. A Belgian-linen slipcover by Bemz updates a standard Ikea sofa—and delivers a soft dose of color.
Sarah Dorio
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Before: Dark and Heavy
Covered in 100% yellow heart pine, this rustic log cabin's living room had approximately 0% personality.
Sarah Dorio
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After: Crispy and Cozy
Painting the walls, ceiling, and floors white really lightened things up, and new 8-foot-tall windows and French doors (minus view-blocking wooden blinds) bring in much more sunshine. The all-white backdrop cleared the way for a crisp and cozy color scheme of grey, black, and green. Gingham curtains and plaid pillows play up the preppy country feel.
Victoria Pearson
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Before: Drab and Dark
Red carpet and dark furnishings made the living room of this California bungalow feel cramped and gloomy.
Victoria Pearson
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After: Light and Airy
The owner simplified the setup by grouping no-frills upholstered seating around an 1800s pine farm table cut down to coffee table height.
Max Kim-Bee
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Before: Close Quarters
A woodburning stove encroached upon the windows, making furniture placement difficult. Parquet floors and a baseboard heater left the room of this coastal cottage feeling hopelessly dated.
Max Kim-Bee
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After: Maximizing Space
This quaint nook was illuminated with reproduction shipyard lanterns equipped with battery operated candles. At 3 ½ feet tall, the lanterns make an impressive statement without filling up the small corner's limited floor space.
Max Kim-Bee
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Before: No Character
Drab single-pane windows and an ultra-narrow staircase made for an awkward, charmless living space in this coastal cottage.
Max Kim-Bee
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After: Vintage Beach Charm
Bleached pine flooring and pale gray walls create an airy base that helps showcase—not compete with—the rough-hewn furniture and charismatic decor. Bonus: The floor's soft shade camouflages the sand tracked in from the beach.
Monica Buck
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Before: Pass-Through Space
With no real identity, this large room at the center of this New York farmhouse had become a pass-through space. Plus, the purple accent wall and hodgepodge of furniture made it anything but inviting.
Monica Buck
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After: Comfy and Cozy
The walls were coated with two tones of blue-gray plaster. Patterned area rugs were used to subdivide the large room into more intimate zones with specific purposes. An antique sofa with its original cotton sateen floral upholstery and a pair of mismatched side tables transform a sunny, once-underused corner into a comfy reading nook.
Dominique Vorillon
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Before: No Color
Before its renovation, the living room in this Maine cottage was a blah white color.
Dominique Vorillon
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After: Natural Finishes
Swapping out a couple of narrow windows for a wall of sliding glass doors opened the room up to the adjacent patio—and the panoramic water views. A grid of beams made of whitewashed poplar (a native species) layers natural texture onto what was a sea of sheetrock. Built-in bookshelves make the narrow space feel wider.
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Before: Kitschy Cabin
An corner hearth orignially occupied this den.
Victoria Pearson
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After: Bright & Modern
To create symmetry, a contractor relocated the corner hearth with a new one, centered on the wall opposite the open kitchen. Built-in cabinetry on either side of the fireplace reinforces the sense of balance. The homeowner traded her single living-room settee for two generous Ikea sofas and a Ralph Lauren chair, all slipcovered for easy cleaning. The pine coffee table came from a garage sale, and the metal "C" is from a local garden store.
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Max Kim-Bee
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Before: Very Basic
Dated carpet and furniture made this living room feel dark.
Max Kim-Bee
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After: Eclectic Personality
The homeowner nstalled beadboard on the ceiling to echo the restored walls. By jettisoning the cabinet doors beneath the window seat, he created a clever spot to stash logs for a new woodstove. The overall vibe is classic Americana, treated with a rock 'n' roll attitude: A JFK campaign poster faces off against a gilded Federal mirror.
Bright idea: When it comes to hanging wall art, don't overlook the mullion bar between two windows.
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Before: A Drab Bedroom
To open up this New Hampshire house, the architect removed the interior walls to create one large living area. Down came the wood paneling and dropped ceiling, bringing to light the framework's studs, as well as cathedral-style roof beams.
Max Kim-Bee
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Alec Hemer
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Before: Empty and Boring
This room of this historic Austin home stood empty and bare before the renovation.
Alec Hemer
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After: Cozy and Bold
A moody black (Black Knight by Benjamin Moore) covers the walls and trim of the living room, imbuing it with cozy mystery. A circa-1930 Heriz Persian rug boldly anchors the living room's iconic midcentury finds, including a Florence Knoll sofa and Arne Jacobsen egg chair. The old geographical prints were unearthed at Uncommon Objects in Austin.
Melanie Acevedo
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Before: Dull and Boring
Looking right: Drab colors and scant furnishings downplay the potential in this large living room.
Melanie Acevedo
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After: Bright and Light
Looking right: In the renovated living room, new window seats also function as storage for blankets and toys. Outdated Berber carpet was ripped up to make room for plush, tufted carpet. A sectional sofa by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams mingles with a denim-upholstered Hickory Chair seat and a coffee table from ABC Home.
Melanie Acevedo
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Before: Dark and Dingy
Looking left: Old carpet and narrow space indicated that a much-needed update was in order.
Melanie Acevedo
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After: White and Blue
Looking left
: Farrow & Ball's French Gray lightened up the dark ceiling beams, window frames, and door. Roman shades—in fabric by Hable Construction—introduce a cheery hit of blue.
Bright Idea:
No need to go whole hog with patterned fabric on the chairs, which have a just-right stripe instead.
Bjorn Wallander
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Before: The Bare Essentials
Previously buried under decades of neglect, Tere and Mac Thomas's circa-1825 Mississippi home has new stories to tell, thanks to diligent research—and a three-year gut renovation. When the Thomases purchased their Fayette, Mississippi, home six years ago, it was uninhabitable. However, the unfinished rooms, like this dilapidated living room, allowed the homeowners to start from scratch to create the perfect home.
Bjorn Wallander
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After: Country Living
Each wallboard was removed and numbered, then put back in place after electrical updates. Scraping away decades of paint revealed original artistic details, including marbleized baseboards and faux bird's-eye maple panels, which a restoration painter was able to revive.
In the living room, Pottery Barn pillows adorn slipcovered armchairs by Lee Industries. The collection of framed prints are from a flea market and hang beneath ironstone plates.
Dana Gallagher
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Before: Needs an Update
The difference really is, as they say, in the details, whether that's a new lipstick, a touch of truffle oil, or in this case, pillows and paint. This living room already had a lot going for it: a rough-hewn coffee table, a versatile sofa by Cisco Brothers, and a gorgeous ceramic garden stool. But apply one shopping trip's worth of accessories—all under $100—and this just-okay space turns remarkably elegant.
Dana Gallagher
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After: Colorful and Chic
Paint fixes a multitude of sins, like the bad veneer that originally topped this $10 thrift-shop table. The heavy books in the built-in corner shelf were swapped for lighter white ceramic pieces, and the small pieces of artwork was taken down in favor of a more balanced salon-style collection of frames. The walls are painted with Benjamin Moore's Sea View.
Bright Idea: To recreate this birdcage lamp, remove the cage's base, then outfit it with a basic lamp-cord kit and chain from the hardware store. The finishing touch: a chandelier shade.
The Living Room Balcony Makeover
Source: https://www.countryliving.com/remodeling-renovation/home-makeovers/g1241/living-room-makeovers/
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