”Okay, my question is about how to decorate/design my great room. We have a split-level home. When you come in the door and go up the stairs, you basically walk right into our great room, which is made up of our kitchen, living and dining areas, and we also have an "office" area (which is basically a desk and a small file cabinet). This room also has a 13 ft cathedral ceiling - so the space looks huge! Having lots of room is a good thing with 2 kids, but it's also hard to figure out how to decorate the space. The living/dining/office space is the issue. I haven't figured out quite how to make each room 'separate' and have it's 'own' space, yet still flow with the other rooms. It's hard to describe, but it's pretty much a big rectangular area (the living/dining) and smack in the middle is a fireplace - it's not really IN either area. But, what I've done is put the dining table in front of the fireplace and put the desk in the 'dining' space to create an office. And the other side of the room is the living area. It's big and open, and I just don't know what to do with it.” Carla thank you for your question… After reviewing your photos I see your issues with the large space and the lack of definition between spaces. In the 3 spaces mentioned that you are trying to re-design I would advise you to go bigger! You have the space. Get larger area rugs to define the spaces on the floor. I would not recommend 3 “matching” area rugs but complementary is the key. Specifically in the living area get one that is large enough the anchor the space. Make it a statement. Get one so that it encloses the entire area on the one rug. Also the lighting is something that you can defiantly go bigger on as well. This will help with the ceiling being so large. I enjoy that you have painted the walls this defiantly warms up the space. You have the room to install panels on the windows. This is a great thing use it! Not all windows allow for panels you have the wall space I would defiantly take advantage of that. I have attached photos of examples of what I am talking about here. In effect going bigger will help with the problem of the size (which I wish my problem here is Sunny California… no space at all) and visually bring everything in. Comfy up the space so to speak. I hope this has helped. I am guessing this will get you started, after you have done this let me know and we can move on if you would like!

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