Help Choosing Furniture Style for 80s Coastal Cabin!
Hello!
We recently purchased this coastal cabin built in the early 80s. It is a bit eclectic, with both light oak cabinets and trim, fir ceiling and doors, dark beams, a huge river rock fireplace, and spiral staircase.
We are looking for some advice on choosing a style to use throughout the house. Not sure how to deal with all the different wood. Suggestions on furniture styles, lighting, paint colors, etc... would be wonderful!
Living Room looking into kitchen and dining room with view of upstairs loft.
View of kitchen & dining room - Have updated stainless steel fridge and dishwasher, and knick knacks are gone.
Eventually we would plan to remodel the kitchen, and replace the kitchen/dining room laminate flooring and update the carpet, but probably not for a few years.
Living Room with View of Fireplace. Living room is huge, with a great view, and lots of windows on the wall to the right of the fireplace.
Living Room, view opposite fireplace.
Note the expansive bookshelves. Any ideas as to what to do with these would be great! Previous owners had a sliding ladder, but they didn't leave it, and we don't plan on adding one. Collection of something? Books just for looks?
Loft, looking down into living room. Note the beautiful fir ceilings. Also, the different styles of track lights, which we'd like to replace to make everything cohesive.
Thanks so much!
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Rusty Empire
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThe fir beams, ceiling and stone are great! The issue is the mismatched tones of wood. Inquire about the cost of having the fir beams only soda blasted back to raw wood. The weak link here is the godawful blond cabinetry. And being oak it is a tricky one to paint over due to the wood grain. Plus I can see there is a mix of melamine as well. Short answer: remove them and upgrade. They are not worth salvaging, but do donate to Restore or similar. This space is crying for a new kitchen! I don't mind the higher shelves (but I don't love them either), def. the sideboard and shelves below them need to go. And pull out the carpet. Consider unifying the space with one type of flooring to avoid the current "all over the map" look. Great space tho. Best of luck.
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Irene Morresey
8 years agoBeautiful house, like all the different timbers, gives it character. Have a look at modern rustic style
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Judy Mishkin
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoour vacation home built in the mid 80s is remarkably similar but smaller. we've been remodeling it since we bought it in 2000, most everything that is going to get done has gotten done. we had that same kitchen when we bought the house, and nasty wall to wall carpeting. lighting fixtures still on the to-do list.
groveraxle
8 years agoGreat place. Cable lighting would look sharp against that ceiling.
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Darzy
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis is sort of what I had in mind. Notice lots of wood here and a rock fireplace. However, the MCM furniture, lighting and art looks great in the space. I'd keep the white walls and clean line furniture to keep it "simple" since there is a lot of character already.
BTW...I think the previous owners should have left the ladder. Wasn't it attached on a rail?
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoBTW...it's a great house! Great character and style. The big round window upstairs is awesome. Since you just purchased and flooring and an updated kitchen isn't in the budget for a while, a minimalistic design could work quite nicely. A new dining chandelier would be my first purchase. : )
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8 years agoOK, forget the flagstone; it's a little busy. Maybe polished concrete instead. In any case, drywalling over the bookcase will be way cheaper and look better than trying to fill it.
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lorraineonabudget
8 years agoIrene Morresey
8 years agoJust some inspiration, do love the lanterns and orbit lights. Pottery barn might have some interesting lights
Darzy