My Primitive Living Room

So on to my design plans for the new house...
I've had a difficult time choosing between a beach theme and a primitive theme.

I love the colors and spa feel of a beach theme and because it's so crisp and clean. I also like the color palette of lovely aqua, teals and blues. I'm very fond of the beach too even though I live a good hour away from it. However, the living room furniture I got really put an end to the idea of a beach theme as the chairs are a mix of olive greens, dark browns and clay colors in a paisley print. The sofa is a dark olive green that sometimes looks dark brown depending on the lighting.

Anyway, my point is that there was no way I could cover the recliners and have them look decent and I wasn't about to reupholster them. They are practically brand new. So the bottom line was no beach theme.

The furniture I have in the living room is a bit too contemporary to be a traditional Primitive-style  but that doesn't have to stop me from decorating the house in that style  as you can see in the house below...

I like this color for the walls. It's called Honey Mustard. I haven't been able to find a paint chip with that color in a paint store yet, but I found this on the internet. It seems overwhelmingly yellow, but I guess that's the look they went for in the photo above. In the photo it looks more tan than yellow but when I googled Honey Mustard paint this is what I got.

Personally I like the second color down. It's called Golden Hills by Benjamin Moore. I'd take it to Lowe's and get it matched using Valspar paint. Our painter said Dunn Edwards is the best but Valspar is just as good and it's less expensive..

The picture below is what the room looked like before we bought the house. After we moved in we kept the sofa and chairs are in the exact same place.

 Now the back wall has a complete row of bookcases that are a dark brown espresso color.

Also for now I wouldn't do anything about the window treatments since the drapes are in excellent shape and they are very expensive.

I said in another post that I bought the chairs from the previous owner for $100 and the couch was free. I later discovered that these are Lane recliners and worth several hundred dollars apiece. So I got a fantastic deal on them. Here's a close-up of the chairs and one of the end tables I got. I found the end tables on craigslist.org for $50.00, the lady gave me the other matching one for free because the drawer didn't open easily on it. They are Basset end tables also worth a couple hundred dollars a piece. You can see other table is located at the end of the sofa in the picture above.. I still need to buy table lamps. The end tables are more of a Williamsburg or Colonial-style table, but I've seen women who have decorated with a primitive theme with furniture far more modern than mine. I think it's all about accessories.

I really like this rug for in front of the sofa. I'd get at least an 8x10 that way I can put a small coffee table or something like that there. I thought this color would match the throw the best. It's color is called Rhody Pilgrim Charcoal and I found it at Rugs USA

I'd like to replace all of the carpeting eventually with flooring like this. I found it at a local store called Western Carpet 411

I found this throw at Beth's Country Primitive Home Decor for about $79. It's 50 x 60 so it's pretty big. It matches the bedding set I want to get for the bedroom. It's called Bingham Star by VHC.

Here are the matching pillows that go to the bedding set. I don't think I would add two of the smaller square check pillow to the sofa.

I think one of the black colored lamps would look nice on each of the end tables. They are 19" tall with a 12" lamp shade and are sold by Primitive Home Decors for $54.00 each. They are called Paul Revere Punched Tin Willow Tree Lamps. The shades are sold separately. I don't know why but it's difficult to find large primitive table lamps.

Something like this would be cute on the book shelves. I found it at Lakeside Collections for $12 a set!


These would be cute to put on the top of the bookcase. I know there are art stores that sell just the boxes and I think it would be a fun project for me to do them. These sets are too small and I've seen the plain larger box sets for as low as $24. If you are interested in these I found them at The Lakeside Collection for $9 a set. A great deal if you want small stacking boxes. They are about 12" tall when stacked all together.


Those are my ideas for right now. I will update this as new ones come to mind or as I start to buy my stuff.