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Reader’s question:

"In the living room there is an empty area (behind the sofas). I was thinking to place there the dining table, but then I though that I already have a large dining table in the kitchen. So, what would you suggest to do in this area? To extend the living room by rearranging the sofas or to do something different?

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Reader‘s question

"I'm building my house and I need help with your decorating ideas. It is a maisonette and the rooms occupy the first floor.

We are considering wood tile for the bedrooms floor imitating wenge or rovere grigio. We are thinking to choose aluminum exterior doors and windows in dark metallic gray shade. We prefer wenge wood for the internal doors.

I'd love to paint our bedroom in a pretty purple shade or alternatively to wallpaper the wall behind the bed in purple color; I love white leather upholstered bed. I have no idea the best color for the wardrobe, i.e white or wenge and I would like to know your opinion. What would you recommend for curtains, carpets and sheets? Thank you so much in advance."

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Reader's question

"I have recently moved with my boyfriend in our new home. We are doing great with the decoration of our apparthment except with the corridor, an area of 3,23X1,21 m² with five doors.

I was wondering if I can place a storage cabinet in this corridor? Also, I was thinking,if I need yo seperate the corridor from the living room and how"

Our recommendations: 

• In relation to the storage cabinet we don't recommend to place such a furniture in this corridor. The area is already narrow, while the width of a typical cabinet is around 40-60 cm. Thus, a furniture will make the corridor even more narrow. Moreover, the five door limit considerably the available wall surfaces. In case you need more storage space, consider placing a console with drawers and cabintets rather that a cabinet. 

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"I remodel my house and I would like to ask your advice regarding the type of wood that I will choose for my cabinets and the interior doors. I have the same 60cmx60cm tile floor throughout the entire house in light grey color. I prefer white lacquer interior doors as there is no hallway and the doors are visible from the living room. Regarding the kitchen cabinets I am thinking of down cabinets in wenge and high-gloss lacquer upper cabinets but I do not know which color. The entrance door is in wenge. Do you agree with my selections? Thank you in advance".

Our recommendations

The color scheme you are thinking to apply in your space refers to a contemporary decorating style in simple lines.
The white interior doors are a good option, as they give the space purity and brightness combined with the light grey floor tiles. The entrance door matches the wenge kitchen cabinets.

Regarding the kitchen cabinets a dichromatic color scheme is an elegant choice. You can make various combinations of white gloss and wenge. You can also use color gloss on some cabinets, which match the rest of the room elements, ie terracotta, lime green or beige color.