Wrought Iron Dining Room Furniture

Here are the details.. It is an enormous room encompassing the Dining Room, Foyer, Kitchen, Breakfast Nook, and Family Room. The flooring can't change, it is a gray/white porcelain tile throughout. Right now the walls are painted a light gray, except for one very large 16 foot tall x 40 ft. wall that is reddish/burgundy. Needless to say, I don't know what we were thinking 8 years ago when we painted it...but it is ugly. Our kitchen cabinets are visible from the room and are light maple. We are in FL, so there is a 3 pane sliding glass door that looks out to the pool. Our DR furniture is a light aspen..similar color to the maple. Our breakfast nook table is wrought iron with a glass top. We will be buying new family room furniture to match the walls.

I'm open to pretty much anything, but we really like earthtones. Oh, and Plantation Shutters will be installed on the windows in a couple of weeks as well. Anyone out there with more creative vision than I? Thanks!

I'm not sure if you like crisp clean looks or textured walls....

I like some texture, so I would go with a really soft toffee color... and probably go with a slightly darker of the same color as a 'color wash'

(color wash would be 1part paint to 1 part glaze rubbed on or brushed on lightly over the 1st color.... i usually rub mine til it just shows the texture but not too much color)

sage greens would be a nice accent color as well.... I would go more neutral on the walls and add the color you like to the furniture or the accents (pillows, frame matting, etc)

2007-04-30 08:11:11 by Hammer

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My am in college and next semester my best friend and I are getting an apartment together. She is kind of boyish and I am super girly. We will each have our own bedrooms and bathrooms and she said that I could decorate our Living room, kitchen, and dining room as well. I basically have two parts to my question:
1.) When decorating my room and bathroom, I have no furniture yet so it is a blank canvas. Where can I find some cheap durable pieces that I can transfer to my house when I graduate? Also, where are some cute decorating ideas? I love the home interior kind of stuff with the wrought iron and etc, but I am still yound and want to incorporate livliness! I also love pink and green. Where can I find cute accessories?
2.) For the living room and dining room, we have antique furniture that is very not our style. I will have to work around it until we can save for others. How can I modernize it and where can I find cheap but classy looking stuff to replace it? Thanks!

Check out fabric stores for remnants. For bedroom furniture, just look at an LL Bean catalog with all their painted white and pastel furniture. Any amateur can recreate that look with furniture from the junk store or flea market with a few cans of Krylon white spray paint.

Also check out the discount stores for "bed in a bag' type comforter sets and throw rugs.

Also check out eBay and www.overstock.com for all sorts of cool stuff.

Enjoy.

2006-11-06 14:40:38 by Pink Frog

Reposting for any other ideas people might have that didn't see my post before :)

My husband and I are closing on a home in 2 weeks, and I'm trying to figure out how to decorate the living area. It's an odd, small area - Walk in the front door and its an oversize hallway more or less as the living room that L shapes to a small dining area that L shapes again to a dead end kitchen. So like a U shape with a wall between the kitchen and the living area.
It has light colored pergo flooring, and no high ceilings or skylights. And there is a pellet stove in the corner of the living area.
Since we wont have exra money, we have to keep our current furniture for the time being, which includes my husbands black leather couch and love seat.
The dining area and kitchen are going to have black wrought iron pieces (table/chairs and wall mounted pot rack).
With this information, do you have any tips on interior decoration? I need things to help make the room seem bigger, and tips on colors when our furniture is black and floor is light wood.

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!
(Due to the last time I posted, and with the great answers I got - I'm thinking about a light blue or a light green - trying to convince husband of these though. And trying to figure out a good accent color with those colors)

I think that a vibrant orange or lemon yellow would make a good accent colour - 1 or 2 pillows and a glass bowl of the chosen citrus on the table.

2010-01-03 21:22:56 by Mrs. Bueler

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My husband and I are closing on a home in 2 weeks, and I'm trying to figure out how to decorate the living area. It's an odd, small area - Walk in the front door and its an oversize hallway more or less as the living room that L shapes to a small dining area that L shapes again to a dead end kitchen. So like a U shape with a wall between the kitchen and the living area.
It has light colored pergo flooring, and no high ceilings or skylights. And there is a pellet stove in the corner of the living area.
Since we wont have exra money, we have to keep our current furniture for the time being, which includes my husbands black leather couch and love seat.
The dining area and kitchen are going to have black wrought iron pieces (table/chairs and wall mounted pot rack).
With this information, do you have any tips on interior decoration? I need things to help make the room seem bigger, and tips on colors when our furniture is black and floor is light wood.

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

You should paint the whole area one color and make sure the color coordinates well with the kitchen. Lighter colors are better since they make small rooms bigger, but some median tones can work too. The precise color of the flooring and the kitchen cabinets matters.

Ideas:
Putnam Ivory
Tea Room
Squire Hill Bluff
Atmospheric
Pale Avocado
Soft Beige
Jicama
Abalone

I would definitely get a big black mirror to hang over the sofa. It will make the room look bigger. Something like these http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/produc ts/10121252 http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/produc ts/00081591
The proportions should be similar to this http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2966 948346_2e7652379d_o.jpg

Window treatments are a toughie- the sofa is black but black curtains are really heavy. I would probably pick a print based on the paint color. Something like one of these: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/produc ts/00160197 http://www.westelm.com/products/r801/?pk ey=cwindow-panels-curtains-shades (this would only work with the grey or rose walls) http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.asp x?c=1288&f=26869 (would work with the beige walls) Pick your paint and curtains together. The same color two shades darker would also work for curtains.

2010-01-01 22:10:37 by Mrs. Bueler

I have really high ceilings and I have wrought iron chandeliers that are pretty dusty. I was thinking about getting a really long feather duster but I'm concerned about the dust falling all over the dining room and other house furniture. Is there a way to avoid that?

Use the attachment from your vacuum cleaner with the brush part - and be careful not to loosen the chandelier pieces

2009-05-25 20:26:28 by jenk