ADVICE

Reader’s question
"Could you give us some ideas on how to arrange our furniture in the living room and what paint colors to choose for the walls?
The walls in our living room are painted in two shades of gray. Unfortunately, the atmosphere is not at all what we would like to be, i.e. a warm, sweet, friendly, cheerful, welcoming one that beautifully blends with the furnishings. We have a gray sofa, purple glass coffee table and walnut dining table with brown upholstered chairs. The curtains are in shades of purple, pink, gray and a very pale shade of ice. We have attached a floor plan of our space. We would like the living room set to be near the fireplace. We greatly appreciate your advice".

ADVICE

Reader’s question
“I have an open plan living room kitchen. I would like to place a fireplace which can be located anywhere in the space. What concerns me is how I can arrange the fireplace, a corner sofa, a TV set, a dining set and (or) a computer desk in the room. The kitchen cabinets are in a combination of white and dark gray. Some parts of the walls are also painted dark grey and the floor has beige tiles.”