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u/billtron · 15 pointsr/InteriorDesign

Here's a sketchup of what I see as an improved layout: http://imgur.com/2NHF2

Right now your living room looks like a place where five college students eat pizza and watch basketball. I have lived like that before. If the couches face each other, it looks like a proper home, where conversations take place and television is not the primary leisure activity. The poang could be facing the television.

Pushing the sitting area away from the wall and toward the patio door creates a passageway from one hallway to the other, without interrupting whatever conversation might be taking place on the couches. And the wall behind the couch would be the perfect place for a photo collage.

I see you have guitar(s). Showcase them, possibly in the corner between the TV and the patio door. Make them a conversation piece. Find things you love to look at, and let those things steer your color choices.

Invest in a good slipcover for the couch that is currently against the wall. Something besides navy blue.

Get an area rug for the living area. Either make it big enough that both of the couches fit or small enough that neither of them do, or possibly in between those two sizes.

Buy new matching cushions for your poang recliner and ottoman. Perhaps red. Then get throw pillows in a related red or orange (not the same red) for the couch.

Get side tables, and put table lamps on them so people can sit and read. That torchiere is doing no good in the corner.

Buy leaning bookcases to flank the television console on both sides. They are $30. Hack them to fit with the baseboard heaters.

Some helpful resources:
http://www.amazon.com/Nest-Home-Design-Handbook-personalize/dp/0307341917
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/tips/10-ways-to-customize-a-rental-092528

u/seekay14 · 2 pointsr/InteriorDesign

While there are tons and tons of books to go through I recommend starting with something basic. I have a copy of the Nest Home Design Handbook and it covers how to merge styles and gives you a lot of things to consider when moving to a new home with a spouse. Their website may also have some articles that could be useful. While it's nice to think about objects and furniture to buy and whatnot ultimately the biggest thing to focus on is how to communicate your design priorities and find ways to make compromises if you disagree on layouts or colors or anything.

Hope that helps!

u/dontcallmewanda · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Organized spaces feel the most relaxing. Purge yourself of crap you don't need. Buy furniture that serves, or could in the future, serve more than one function (like a storage ottoman).

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0307341917/ref=redir_mdp_mobile
That book made a lot of sense to me when picking out things for my room and stuff. Also check out apartment therapy. Most of the things featured there are exorbitantly expensive but it's good for inspiration and things like picking colors.