Help me with my living room ( high roof )

1 September 2013

Guys i need some painting advice on my living room . It has a high roof with stairs leading to the 1st floor . I am going to remove all the stuff and start fresh in my living room . The LED TV is gonna be wall mounted with no wires hanging out . Also the sofa sets are gonna be changed to full black . I wanted to go with some green shade like the ones i've attached . Some pattern painting maybe . But dunno how I can use the colors since each wall is so high . Please advice me on this . I've attached the living room pics .

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Gantt's Decorating
You've got your hands full on this one!! The green is a good color, but I question the advisability of the harshly contrasting black furniture you plan. As far as painting and keeping ceilings looking high, bite the bullet. You have to paint all the walls floor to ceiling.
1 September 2013
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Veronica Lawrence Interiors
To go with green, choose a color that's not so bright and more moss color. Bright colors will overwhelm the room. With the high ceilings, walk around each wall to see where color can change - cut off to another color. Make your ceiling 30% lighter than the walls using the same base color. Do your main walls in a stronger color and lighten by 20% for areas that don't get a lot of natural light.
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first of all, Thank you guys for those valuable inputs. yes, as far as cleaning goes, its just been finished installing and I have asked them to clean them up. And also, I observed that the frosting on the glass didn't look that good, so I am going for the filming on certain portions of the doors n windows. - Is there a particular quality of films that I may choose for this ? - Yes, lighting is definitely the criteria I had in mind which can bring up the finish to this. And i am worried about this , as I did not go for False Roofing, bcos the ceiling is already at a low height. I should really refine my ideas on the lighting part. - the stairs are floored with white Marble stone..My mom loves it and the matting on it might hinder its beauty, but yes I will surely consider that as well. Thank you again.
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I would go with a soft gray. White trim. Take it though out no accents wall, unless using same color in another shade. You have a lot going on. Why is TV under staircase. Doesn't seem to work. Is that a fan on wall? I would remove everything. And just leave big mirror centered. Lets see rest of room.
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Pako Coen
If you like the green, pick the green. I have a lovely green olive shade in my bedroom that was chosen by my niece and I love it. It goes wonderfully well with bright white trim, white draperies, dark wood furniture and marimekko prints on the duvet. Search houzz and find as many rooms in a green that inspire you & make you want to live there & build your room in a similar fashion. You want to make sure that your furniture is not too large nor too small for the room -- if you haven't many square meters, then shop in places that specialize in furniture that is scaled for flats rather than mansions.
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Vishnu Ramana
Thanks for ur advice guys ! Is there any other color advice ? Like brown n beige mix . Will it suit the high walls . I seriously don't have any idea as how to use the color . I tried a green on the walls in Photoshop . It looks totally lame but just want to know how to mix the colors . Any suggestion on how and where to use the color will be appreciated . Like dark color on the wall which has the TV and light color on all the other walls or opposite walls with the same color .. Pulling my hair out !!!

I wanted to go for the black sofas only cos of low maintainence . It wil not get dirty soon .

The one big thing under the staircase is my fish tank . The one near the wall is the TV . Yes we have fans attached on the walls . Since we have a high roof , we cant use ceiling fans . And the house is not equipped with a centralized AC .

I just want a color which will helps me relax and will also look modern .
1 September 2013
Carolina
That vibrant green will not help you relax, but you figured that out already I guess. Softer colours are more soothing. Black will get dirty just as fast as other colours, only it doesn't show as much.
What colour is your floor?
1 September 2013
Carolina
Browse through Houzz photos and save the ones you like to your ideabook. It will help you get a better idea of what will work for your room. You may want to think about your lighting too. The TL light tubes on your walls will not provide a nice, relaxing light.

Here are lots of rooms that you can browse through:
http://www.houzz.com/photos/living-room/two-story-stories-high-
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