Q. Our recently developed country home has a screened-in patio that we would like to transform into a summertime dining as well as sitting area. It is all cedar including the ceiling as well as is located best off our kitchen. I would like to discolor the floor a colour (but not the walls), as well as paint the table my other half just built, above which I will hang an iron votive candle chandelier. The chairs might be painted as well, however I am not sure. I would likewise like to set up an area to checked out as well as snooze with great deals of pillows at the other end of the room. Can you suggest a colour plan for the furniture as well as fabrics? I was believing of painting the table a eco-friendly colour as well as taking it from there.

A. instead of discoloring the floor a colour, think about completing it with a remove coat, or discoloring the floor a shade somewhat darker than the natural wood. Although you want to leave the walls as they are, painting them a cream colour would instantaneously cheer up the room.

A jute or sisal area rug under the table in a natural straw colour is simple to clean, as well as will offer you the comfy look you want to achieve.

Roller shades or roman blinds in semi-opaque cream with faded ticking stripes, or faded fern pattern (to imitate the outdoors) installed on your windows as well as door will modification the space dramatically.

Paint the table a sage eco-friendly like Ralph Lauren’s twin Lakes, as well as the chairs a creamy white like Whitecap, likewise by Ralph Lauren, for a breezy, summertime country look. paint the door this exact same white for continuity, as well as add seat pillows in a ticking stripe in similar shades as the blinds to unify the colours.

For your sitting area, select materials that coordinate with the new window shades. mix pillows in soft ticking stripes, floral or fern patterns, as well as solids. select colours in shades of sage green, cranberry, cream as well as yellow, for starters. A loveseat or chaise slipcovered in cream cotton will be a bright, neutral background for your cushions, as well as a washable slipcover for a country house is both quite as well as practical.

Add accents like a table runner in a red stripe or fern pattern, two big hurricane lanterns to top the table, as well as a little armchair next to the door for taking off shoes.

Replace your little bench with a little console or dresser to act as a buffet. paint this piece white or sage, as well as hang a grouping of photos, artwork or mirrors above, all in similar frames, for unity.