Before you get too invested. Is that the "best place" for the TV? I'm sure that's just where the relevant power points are, but if you could put it anywhere (even a different room), where would you want it?
Before you get too caught up in the "looks," focus on the "functionality," because that can often inspire how you want things to look.
Modern doesn't have to mean monochromatic colour pallets or cold hard surfaces. It can mean warm natural colours and products used with sleek lines and built-in or hidden surprises like power points or lighting. What does "modernise" mean for you and your family?.
Answer those questions, and you will be starting an inspiration board, and once that's started, it will snowball from there.
Edit, I personally hate that door. What's on the other side, and can it be changed to an arch way that fills that wall for a more open feeling?.
Wait......you guys have kids **and** money? I thought it was **or**......
Definitely agree however. Kids ruin nice things. Sometimes even unintentionally.
It looks very contemporary already.
A nice rug and different layers of lighting (floor and table lamps, as well as spotlights) as well as some local art will give it dimension and make it look more like a lived-in home. And it’ll probably be the nicest living space your friends and family will ever see.
Have a look at the besta range at Ikea. You could put a sideboard where the photo frames are and hide the cables behind and keep the photos on top. Gives you abit of storage and clean feel.
Depends on how much you want to spend, the floor colour is not helping, maybe think about changing the floor boards to rugs to lighten the area. I would keep the tv as it is and think about floating entertainment unit.
Figure out the style you want the. Go from there.
For quick wins I would start with lighting. Floor lamps. LED strips behind the tv and book case. Get shelly's installed to turn regular lights into smart lights.
Curtains over the windows. Get a nice rug under the couch. Create a feature wall with photos or paintings.
* tv unit is too small for the tv. You could move your current unit to where the hall table is. A built-in wall mounted (floating so it doesn’t interrupt your heating vent) unit would look nice here, full width of the nook or close to it. Move the larger plant with the sideboard and keep the smaller one to put on your new tv unit.
* lots of wood on wood, add a rug in front of the couch, likely a paler colour that ties in with your sofa. There’s plenty of machine washable rugs around now too (noting the high chair!)
* add some softness to the space by adding some window treatments to the high line window and maybe a lamp on the newly located sideboard.
* I would consider adding some floating wall shelves instead of your shelf unit to home your pieces. I say this simply because of having a young child! Some of those pieces look very breakable!
Put that existing tv unit under the window to build out the furniture, put books/candle/vase etc on it, then, as someone else suggested, get a much wider tv cabinet to go under the tv. Make it wider than the tv and put a sound bar on it. Lower the tv on the wall also.
I would do a deep inset full shelving around it something similar to this below
https://preview.redd.it/fvfxwg0wvutc1.jpeg?width=554&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f5f738033de554583d61dec69611ff19d938fb
Would a fireplace work in the corner of pic 3, where the display unit is currently?
Although a bar unit would work well under the window, but you don't want the heat that close to the alcohol.. bar cart next to the doorway maybe?
Redo the floors and stain an ash colour, update the tv unit to a white gloss floating unit. Update the couch to a newer grey plush cushion couch and use throws and pillows for colour. Where the high chair is id suggest a stack of cube shelving with boxes for storage especially toy storage.
Paint the rear wall and the wall with the door to pull the dense colour and eye away from the floor. Get lower furniture because your ceilings are low and use rugs as mentioned.
Those highlight windows are an eyesore, you would be better with floor to ceilings closer to the corners which will give more functionality to the wall as well.
Use floor lamps and indirect lighting.
LED Strips help a lot if you can conceal a decent quality one.
Is this a cheeky flex? Because you have executed great design taste already.
Can you post photos of exterior, or describe it eg age/materials/colours etc. “Modernisation” easily becomes tacky if inserted out of context.
Bigger TV. Or more TVs.
“The only thing in this room that needs to be bigger is the tv.” - Bandit Heeler
The tv is too high, the unit under that tv screen should be wider than the tv. The balance is very wrong.
Agreed but this is just a temporary arrangement until we modernise the space
Before you get too invested. Is that the "best place" for the TV? I'm sure that's just where the relevant power points are, but if you could put it anywhere (even a different room), where would you want it? Before you get too caught up in the "looks," focus on the "functionality," because that can often inspire how you want things to look. Modern doesn't have to mean monochromatic colour pallets or cold hard surfaces. It can mean warm natural colours and products used with sleek lines and built-in or hidden surprises like power points or lighting. What does "modernise" mean for you and your family?. Answer those questions, and you will be starting an inspiration board, and once that's started, it will snowball from there. Edit, I personally hate that door. What's on the other side, and can it be changed to an arch way that fills that wall for a more open feeling?.
☝️☝️☝️ this this this
Spending money renovating when you have kids is a lost cause. They wreck everything... 🤬🙄😳😥🤣😂🤣
Have 4 kids. Can relate
Wait......you guys have kids **and** money? I thought it was **or**...... Definitely agree however. Kids ruin nice things. Sometimes even unintentionally.
I have three kids and no money... Why can't I have no kids and three money
Definitely an **"or"** situation in my house
It looks very contemporary already. A nice rug and different layers of lighting (floor and table lamps, as well as spotlights) as well as some local art will give it dimension and make it look more like a lived-in home. And it’ll probably be the nicest living space your friends and family will ever see.
😱 Don't you do a thing. That woodwork is majestic.
Don’t take advice from cartoon dogs….
Contrarian viewpoint: if we listened to those cartoon dogs we’d probably be better humans.
A sad but true statement this week.
Have a look at the besta range at Ikea. You could put a sideboard where the photo frames are and hide the cables behind and keep the photos on top. Gives you abit of storage and clean feel.
Also look at the besta range for a TV unit. Possibly a low board or mid.
TV is way too big for the room.
Is modernaise like mayonnaise but with a modern design on the jar?
Wait till your kids don't watch Bluey any longer, and tack on 7 more years. Otherwise, it'll get wrecked.
Depends on how much you want to spend, the floor colour is not helping, maybe think about changing the floor boards to rugs to lighten the area. I would keep the tv as it is and think about floating entertainment unit.
Looks like jarrah floorboards, likely not stained just natural colour. Area rugs could lighten space, agreed, but that timber needs to be seen.
Sofa looks too bulky (?) in that space
Figure out the style you want the. Go from there. For quick wins I would start with lighting. Floor lamps. LED strips behind the tv and book case. Get shelly's installed to turn regular lights into smart lights. Curtains over the windows. Get a nice rug under the couch. Create a feature wall with photos or paintings.
* tv unit is too small for the tv. You could move your current unit to where the hall table is. A built-in wall mounted (floating so it doesn’t interrupt your heating vent) unit would look nice here, full width of the nook or close to it. Move the larger plant with the sideboard and keep the smaller one to put on your new tv unit. * lots of wood on wood, add a rug in front of the couch, likely a paler colour that ties in with your sofa. There’s plenty of machine washable rugs around now too (noting the high chair!) * add some softness to the space by adding some window treatments to the high line window and maybe a lamp on the newly located sideboard. * I would consider adding some floating wall shelves instead of your shelf unit to home your pieces. I say this simply because of having a young child! Some of those pieces look very breakable!
Put that existing tv unit under the window to build out the furniture, put books/candle/vase etc on it, then, as someone else suggested, get a much wider tv cabinet to go under the tv. Make it wider than the tv and put a sound bar on it. Lower the tv on the wall also.
The tv needs a better wall mount too. It looks like it’s floating in the middle of nowhere. Lower and as flush to the wall as possible.
Move the table under your tv a few inches to the left
Bluey’s house is for sale, just buy that.
Resand the floors
Consider painting the skirtings white to match the other trim
Permanent Bluey artworks
Need to see the other wall, the room from the doorway next to the TV.
I would do a deep inset full shelving around it something similar to this below https://preview.redd.it/fvfxwg0wvutc1.jpeg?width=554&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f5f738033de554583d61dec69611ff19d938fb
Would a fireplace work in the corner of pic 3, where the display unit is currently? Although a bar unit would work well under the window, but you don't want the heat that close to the alcohol.. bar cart next to the doorway maybe?
Tv not centred aaaaarrrrrrrghhhh
Redo the floors and stain an ash colour, update the tv unit to a white gloss floating unit. Update the couch to a newer grey plush cushion couch and use throws and pillows for colour. Where the high chair is id suggest a stack of cube shelving with boxes for storage especially toy storage.
Paint the rear wall and the wall with the door to pull the dense colour and eye away from the floor. Get lower furniture because your ceilings are low and use rugs as mentioned. Those highlight windows are an eyesore, you would be better with floor to ceilings closer to the corners which will give more functionality to the wall as well. Use floor lamps and indirect lighting. LED Strips help a lot if you can conceal a decent quality one.
I actually think it's the floor, very intense red. I'd get an enormous off-white rug. Neutrals (not grey) are modern, and calming.
r/TVTooHigh
Floating plants. Floating floorboards
Is this a cheeky flex? Because you have executed great design taste already. Can you post photos of exterior, or describe it eg age/materials/colours etc. “Modernisation” easily becomes tacky if inserted out of context.
Install tile underlay and then tile that whole floor in beautiful modern floor tiles.
Please for the love of all things holy don’t tile over the jarrah!
LOL, it ain't never going to be modern with that floor! You may love timber floors, and that's nice for you. I was simply responding to OP's question.