Add Turquoise Accessories to a Living Room Decor

Stevie Wonder — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:48:24 +0000

Sometimes your living room may just felt a little bit dull. Of course, there is the basic TV and couch that everyone else seems to have in their space but something like turquoise accessories can be a great way of spicing up the more used room in your home. This is really where you get to bring in pattern and express your personality. The color you choose really says a lot about who you are and turquoise can be something that a lot of people can relate to, but it’s also very cheerful. It works beautifully with different wood grains as well as neutral colors that you already have in your room.

You can make this color elegant. If you go with a faux satin curtain it will have a lot of different colors in it. For instance if you find a blue curtain it could have tones of turquoise and even green in it. This is a way to make this color a lot more sophisticated so it doesn’t just look like a teens hangout space. It will be totally different than the retro context that we usually see this color in. Plus, it will just be a way to add a fun color to a room filled with rich woods and gold accessories even if it is a formal sitting room.

You can also have a lot of fun by doing a few paint projects. You could use this color on accent chairs or console tables. You could even try it out on your fireplace mantle. For more of a shabby chic look you could layer a Brown glaze on top so it seems aged or antique. This will really tone down the color a little bit and give everything a sense of history. In this case you are going to want to keep the rest of your room quite neutral so that your new project is really the star of the show and it will keep the color relatable.

Choosing Console Tables

Ric — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:40:08 +0000

Look at your house carefully before buying a piece of furniture such as a console table. If the kitchen cabinet’s and the entrance banister and the edging and cornices are all dark wood, carry that through with the furniture in cherry wood or oak or pine depending on the wood in the home. On the other hand if the home is a sleek modern white with chrome and light colors and stainless steel appliances, then add to that with contemporary furniture. Place a transparent hall console table at the entrance and compliment it with an art deco mirror. Use a modern console table as a bar table or buffet in the dinning room and refrain from anything that is cherry or oak.

Start Fresh

Unfortunately, for most of us, we acquire furniture in bits and pieces and end up with a variety of styles over time. However, if you are remodeling your home or moving into a new one, consider having a yard sale or garage sale and selling all the pieces that don’t go with your new style. It’s better to have less that all goes together then to have a pile of furniture that makes your new space look cluttered. Start fresh. Pick a style and stick to it for a while.

Small Console Table

For a small console table there’s the Robie Mission Console Table that’s great in any small space or hallway or entrance or living room and only costs about $370. It’s solid wood and has two drawers and has the classic mission style wooden slats along the sides down to the floor with an open front.

Cheap Console Tables

There’s a nice little cheap item without drawers from Home Decorators that is cherry hardwood and nicely finished for just under $150. This cherry table is from the Cooper Classic Viejo Mission series in oak, for under $450. Or you may like the classic mission design from Amazon Marketplace also cherry hardwood for just under $150. And for a really cheap console table there’s the Target Mission line by Furio Home sold for about $90, and has a simple natural wood finish. For an oak wood model that’s stylish there’s the Picotee Mission Console Table, also from Target, for just $130.

Some of these models may double as an oak sofa table or hall entrance table or even a buffet. The cherry console table designs and the oak models may be used for audiovisual equipment or simply decorative purposes. However, all wood console table designs suggested in this article can be ordered online.

Glass and Chrome Tables

Some of the modern console tables are made of glass and chrome and can work well as bar furniture because they tend to be tall tables. One may even double as a cocktail table with a stool or two. They may also work as a buffet in conjunction with a glass dining table and chrome chairs in a retro modern decorated home.

Versatile Console

Console tables do not have a defined style or purpose like coffee tables or a kitchen table and therefore are versatile in any room of the house and can virtually be anything you desire them to be. The only real characteristics that defines a console table is that it tends to be tall and narrow, making it good to press against a wall in limited space or at the back of a sofa that is not against a wall. These pieces do not work well as end tables because they are usually too high to set a drink on comfortably or to reach from a low seating position.

End tables traditionally are lower than the arm height of a sofa and the glass coffee table will be even lower. So console tables do have their limitations in that they will not replace a coffee table or an end table but must be beside or near higher furniture items like a kitchen table. The demilune, or half moon console is best if placed in a room with other round table designs and not mixed with square or rectangular shaped tables.