Help me think about how to decorate my piano room
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May I suggest that you wait until you find chairs that “speak to you”?
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@Steve-Miller that's probably good advice, but I'm not good at waiting.
If they had these exact chairs in black, I would have gotten black. But they didn't have them, and I'm not finding any like them online (or in stores) and the ones in black I find, I don't like something about them. Or they're three times as expensive...
Also, Mr. SK likes these, and I actually really like them. I just feel like I shouldn't like them, because in theory, they don't match the carpet. But I really like the color, even if I feel like I'm not supposed to. Oh, and they're super comfy to sit on, which isn't a given, as I discovered from sitting on one billion chairs today before buying these. That makes me nervous about ordering something online.
Anyway, I'll see what I think in the morning...
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@Lisa said in Help me think about how to decorate my piano room:
On another note, I love this guy. Tell me more about him!
Lisa, this is an "ushioni" bull demon from Japan that protects our house.
Wow - the Wiki page for ushioni makes them sound terrifying: "Ushi-oni have brutal, savage personalites. Their appearance varies, mainly based on geographical location. They usually have an ox's head with sharp upward-curving horns, wicked fangs and a slender tongue. They spit poison and enjoy killing and eating humans. Their body is most commonly depicted as spider-like with six legs and long singular claws at the end of each appendage."
I think yours is kind of cute though! I'm glad he's looking out for you!
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I think the blue looks great with the artwork, not so much with the rug, but again, things look different in person vs photos and if you and Mr. SK like it that's all that matters. There is a lot to be said for comfort too, and you don't get to judge that when you order online.
I do think that as someone (I think WTG?) said above, a lower, wider table might work better - I feel like that might be an awkward height to reach to put a drink down, vs. something that is more like seat height. But that's an easy fix if you want to change it and the current table can easily be used as a plant stand or table pretty much anywhere.
A wider table would also give you room for something decorative on that table - a plant or maybe even a super pretty statement lamp if you want.
Also, a table that's a little closer to the width of the circles art would give nice symmetry and connect the whole chair arrangment to the art above it.
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@Lisa the ushioni in Mr SK’s hometown are like the one in the photo (that’s a noren we’re using as a wall hanging), and people believe the protect the town. At festival time, there are ushioni “floats” ( for lack of a better word) and they get carried around the neighborhood. When they come to you door, the head bows and blesses your house. and then you’re supposed to give them money, which I didn’t know before I got married! Oops!
Re the table, yeah, I think I’m going to get a different one. You can see the tag on this one, I haven’t decided if I’ll return it or not.
And agree, lower for the table.
Re the chairs, still agonizing.
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I wonder if a stained glass lamp that connects all the colors in the rug to the blue of the chairs would look good on the table, or if it would compete too much with the circles art above it. I was thinking something like these -- my sister has lamps like this all over her house and they give off the prettiest moody glow at night!
I kinda like the craftsman-style ones because they mimic the lines in the rug but bring in the color blue to connect the chairs -- just not sure how they'll look under the circles.....
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I like the blue chairs with the artwork, but not sure about with the rug. But if the legs of the blue chairs are black, they might be enough tie-in with the black lines on the rug. You say that both you and Mr. SK like the chairs, and they’re comfortable. That sounds like a win! When people are sitting on them, they won’t look at them. And they’ll be paying more attention to the piano and the artwork than thinking about chairs, anyway.
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Thanks AdagioM! The chair legs are indeed black.
I dunno, I think they're fine with the rug.
That's probably because I keep looking at it and I'm getting desensitized.The big thing is as you say, they are super comfy and we really like them.
I'm probably going to keep them.
Not the table though (i.e., plant stand). Or at least, I'm going to find a different post for it.
I think I need a lower, rectangular one. I thought about round one, but the thing about round tables is they never hold as much as you think they should.
Could something like this work?
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Mr SK found a table that we had from our old house. It didn’t fit in the rental so it stayed taken apart and wrapped up. I think it looks fine but unfortunately we used it as a plant stand and the top is a little beat up. Maybe it’s ok. (Or it’s “bad” enough that I have an excuse to buy the interesting table I posted just above!
Anyway here’s a pic:
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I think that looks great for now (looks like an IKEA Lack table? Pretty sure I have the same one in my basement LOL!)
You can always use a placemat/scarf/table runner kind of thing to cover the top if it bugs you. At some point, the perfect table may fall into your lap during a yard sale or a trip to AtHome or whatever, so I'd use that for now and replace it when you fall in love with something else. (Or if you are already in love with the other table you posted, get that one instead but your post didn't sound like you loved it.....)
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Thanks Lisa! It’s not IKEA (I’ve never actually been to an ikea store). It’s just super old, but it’s a good height.
I really really like the table I posted above.
I’m actually wondering if my take could go by there’s chair and the table above could go here.
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Ok final decision on the blue chairs: I love them and I’m keeping them!
Thanks for all the decorating advice everyone!
(I’m probably gong to by that table too as soon as I figure out a spot for the current table.
@ShiroKuro Oh, that’s easy. Current table goes out to the garage to think about later. Out of sight, out of mind! Then you can go buy the cool table.
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I like your piano room a lot. It looks great. That window makes it grand. I am also a bit jealous.
So tired from watching this decorating thread that all I could do my new "grandest upright" piano was raise the picture 5 inches for the 48" tall piano because the previous one was 43".
I need a fainting couch.
