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It's a bit too dark (the wall color) for my taste, but as others have stated "I don't have to live there".
As far as the manly-man thing goes, the dining room furniture is too light and girly. Especially the filigree etagere.
The print above the LR sofa is too small.
I really like a lot of the other accessories. The throw pillows, the glass globes, and the art-glass piece on the fireplace hearth (hang that on a wall perhaps? ).
Still not wild about it; it looks almost like a sepia photograph. But it really does not matter what any of us think. The important question is whether you like it. You have to live with it!
I see you related to Mr. Willy Wonka. Too much chocalate on the walls for my taste. With walls that size I would of only painted one in the chocolate. I hope the new decor bring more coziness into the room because it a bit to plain. Maybe go with a different furniture set than the one you buying, something with the blueish color in the fabric with accent pillow that will match the blueish. Another thing maybe go with window scarves in the blueish color your talking about to bring more warmth to the rooms.
Maybe consider changing the dinette set to something of a rough iron and glass. The Dinette set looks like the floor. I wouldn't even go with a dark brown wood for the dining area either, because it may create more of the same in that area. Post new pics when you all done..
Wow painting those walls was a lot of work, good job!
I think what is most important is that you like it. Forget everyone else!
I really like dark colors on rooms with such high ceilings.
We also put a dark color along the stairs wall cuz I didn't want the focus on the stairs. When we sold our house we painted it all more neutral, as to please others. I really like the color in the room with the french doors and fireplace also.
I like it with the blue accents. My only suggestion would be as plaidmom said, about the picture above the couch. Either choose something larger or bring that one down a little IMO. Hope all our "advice" isn't de-moralizing to you! I guess everyone has an opinion. As has been said, on this and other threads here, the main thing is what YOU like. It is your home and you are the one that should design it to your taste!
On your second set of pictures, I think if you would have just done one wall as an accent with the eggplant color (maybe behind the couch) it would appear less dark and add the desired interest. Either way it's not terrible and you have the white woodwork, railing and light dining furniture to balance out somewhat. It may look better, less dark, overwhelming in person. Pix can be funny. Nice house.
Suggestion: An art work i.e. lithograph, painting on the wall with the
stairway, with the blues of the area rug and pillows, in the art work, to make the room pop?
Despite the color splashes provided by the blue pillows, it still seems cold. Perhaps the beige couch is too neutral for the walls. Need something brighter to warm it up, maybe on the walls. The scale of the print/frame behind the couch is too small. Perhaps you can choose a dominant complimentary color on the print (like a large scale floral, maybe like a Georgia O'Keefe) and make it larger, it would balance things out. Also bring the print lower at eye level. At the height where it is at, it draws the eye even higher to already tall ceilings, adding to the "cold" feeling of the room. Not sure what it is, but the colors give a feeling of coolness. In the living/family room where people congregate, it isn't the color scheme I personally would choose.
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Too much chocalate on the walls for my taste. With walls that size I would of only painted one in the chocolate. I hope the new decor bring more coziness into the room because it a bit to plain. Maybe go with a different furniture set than the one you buying, something with the blueish color in the fabric with accent pillow that will match the blueish. Another thing maybe go with window scarves in the blueish color your talking about to bring more warmth to the rooms.
I guess everyone has an opinion. As has been said, on this and other threads here, the main thing is what YOU like. It is your home and you are the one that should design it to your taste!
