Monday, March 28, 2011

front and center, take 2

Yesterday I posted about Emily Henderson's latest design endeavor, pointing out that I simply wasn't impressed. Here's the official after photo of the room:

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Lindsey left the following comment on yesterday's post:


You were right, Lindsey - the other curtains were horrible and did nothing for the height of the room. I definitely think these curtains are different from the ones in the last photo. They must have swapped them out last minute! Here's a close up of the new curtains:

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Even though I really don't like this room, I love that shot - to me it looks like it came out of a different space! But anyway the curtains have a really nice vertical stripe that I think lends itself well to the tall windows. They also don't stick out quite so much as the white ones did in the photo from yesterday.

Evidently the couple she was designing for wanted a "tv-watching living room", so I suppose that's what they got. I still feel like there would have been a better option than making it the focal point!

So what do you think? Do you like today's photo better or still not buy it?
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3 comments:

  1. LindseyMarch 28, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    I do like the stripe better! I also think it is just a funny shape of a room - so long and skinny with huge windows. I think it would be hard to decorate.

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  2. HopeMarch 28, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    I hate the idea of the furniture being oriented around the TV,esp. if there's a fireplace, BUT I have to say that I actually liked that room! I feel like in your "TV room," it's really hard to NOT have the TV the focal point. I would love to find some good TV-hiding ideas that don't involve a huge entertainment center. I've seen a sort of TV hole-in-the-wall that you can then hang artwork over, but that involves a lot of commitment. I'd love to hear what you think, Ashley!

    Oh, and btw, LOVE the striped curtains.

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  3. Ashley AntkowiakMarch 29, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    Hope and Lindsey, I definitely agree that the curtains are great. They really tied everything together here (especially after seeing what it looked like with the plain white ones). As far as the tv goes, I think that it can be done tastefully and just wasn't here. Maybe I just love fireplaces! Seeing chairs with their backs to the fireplace makes me cringe. I also agree that this space would be super hard to do...

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