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Oh my gosh. Having a home library is one of my dreams!
How do you feel about a kind of mustard yellow?
Maybe not that specific shade, but that's sort of what I'm envisioning. If it were me, I'd want to keep it warm, but I might steer away from any kind of brown/tan only because if you have wood floors and wooden bookcases, that's a lot of brown from all of the wood tones already.
I found this swatch. Were you thinking something like the middle color? Because that's be lovely, too. I guess when I hear "mocha" I think more of a brown, but maybe this is more of the au lait you're thinking of?
I think a warm but lighter colour like those posted above would be perfect. Bookshelves + hardwood floors are fine. I have a wall of bookshelves in my living room and tehy look great with the hardwoods, it really does depend on the colour of bookshelf that you end up choosing. I bet it will end up being a gorgeous room!
@plantains: That's a good point! Maybe you can find some darker-wood bookcases so that they contrast more with the wood floor? I think that'd look great in that room!
Not really sure about the colors, but I wanted to say we have all hardwood floors, and I put those felt stickies on the bottom of all our furniture to prevent any scratches or dents, its almost 2 years later, and still no marks on the floors!! I have 2 big bookcases in the office that are solid wood and HEAVY, and those suckers definitely work there too
@Gemstone: Yes, that middle color is what I'm thinking. The bookcases will be in espresso and at least one of the chairs is a rich burgundy. FI loathes yellow with a burning passion, so it's out. I'm not worried about the bookcases looking too brown for the room because they will be filled to the brim with books and decorative pieces (think red vases, a bust of Aristotle, etc).
We're going for a modern take on an old English study. Dark woods and rich colors but with cleaner lines. The furniture in that picture is the original owner's.
@MrsSl82be: That's exactly the kind of info I was looking for. Any idea what they're called in a store? I don't know where I'd find felt stickies in target. Learning so much and we haven't even moved in haha
Here are the felt feet. I was just about to suggest them too!
@MrsBroccoli: They have SO MANY options!! You can get sticky ones, nail in ones, different thicknesses and shapes. I used the longer skinny ones for the bookcases and furniture, and the round ones for our couches. I also got rubber ones for things we didn't want to move easily. I think I spent about $20 on different ones, and still have some left over. Here's a quick search at Home Depot, I know you can get them at Walmart too http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/catalog/servlet/Search?keyword=felt&selectedCatgry=SEARCH+ALL&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053&Ns=None&Ntpr=1&Ntpc=1
Also wanted to add, that they make it a lot easier to move things too. I can easily maneuver the bookcases with books on them, I'd say at least 200+ lbs on each, and they will slide around fairly easily with just me. Makes vacuuming and doing the floors a lot easier as well!
Just wanted to add 1 suggestion in general, due to the long closing time: bring a pad of graph paper and make a diagram of the whole house! It may sound crazy - but we did this and are SO glad we had it! My mom actually tagged along to the inspection and this was her job while she was there - she measured room sizes, door/window placement, and drew in outlets! So helpful as we decorated prior to moving in!
As for the colors, i love nice tan walls. We have Sand Motiff (Behr) all over our house and I love it - I'll attach a picture below! Also, I think white shelves would look great with your HW flooring! You could do a nice light green colored wall too!
@jboltz19: Oooh I love that shade.
Thanks for all the felt advice and such! We will absolutely be buying those and installing them on the bottom of the bookshelves.
Also, LOVE the idea of graphing out doorways and outlets. SO important. Now I need to go get an extra-long measuring tape and some graph paper. =)
@MrsBroccoli: As a new homebuyer you should plan to carry a measuring tape (12' minimum) with you at all times! :)
I think a dark color paint would look nice too. Yes, they say it makes a room look smaller, but it can be really cozy.
Just want to throw it out there that you might want to wait a month or two after you move in to make any major changes to the room. When we were waiting to close on our house we had all these ideas of paint colors, furniture placemenet, etc. But you really don't get a feel for the house until youre living there. We totally changed our ideas about a month after moving in and Im glad we waited :)
@Bostongrl25: We will be buying furniture slowly, piece by piece, but I do want to paint before we move in because it's easier to paint an empty room. We'll be painting neutral colors only and can always repaint. I'm planning on getting a modular bookcase from ikea that we can move around a lot. I have hundreds of books, so they need shelving regardless.
@MrsBroccoli: I got the IKEA Billy bookcases in espresso. I got 5 of them plus a corner unti and it really makes our living room feel like a rich library in an English manor house hahaa.
@plantains: We're planning on buying Billy cases as well. If you have a picture of your study I would LOVE to see it. You just described the exact feel we're looking for.
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I'm in a bit of an odd situation. We're in the process of closing on a house. The seller set a REALLY late close date, April 26th. We'll be able to see the place one time in between now and then and I will take a ton more pictures and measurements. In the mean time, I'm trying to design a few parts of the house and pick out furniture to have on standby.
To my question: we're planning on putting a library in what is normally called the living room or whatever- that extra room at the front of the house (not the family room, which is what I call the room attached to the kitchen unless i've mixed things up).
Questions:
1. What color would you paint this room? I was thinking light mocha, cafe au lait-ish.
2. Bookshelves + hardwood floor = problem?
3. HOW WIDE IS THE BACK WALL? In this photo, the wall from the left side to the window. I really want a WALL of bookshelves.