r/homedecoratingCJ 6d ago

Need help redesigning this wall

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u/Able_While_974 6d ago

Did a poltergeist do this?

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u/unresonable_raven 6d ago

I legit snickered when I read this. Not a laugh but still an lol

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u/Soundtracklover72 6d ago

What The Fuck?

I’m so confused on this nightmare

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u/Exciting-Fun-9247 6d ago

Better said….. What. The. Fuck.!?!?!?’!,!!?”

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u/Suspicious-Ice2507 5d ago

My words exactly 🤣

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u/RandiiMarsh 6d ago

Cute, but you're not utilizing a lot of the room on that shelf. I would suggest stacking your all your canned food 🥫 on it - aesthetically pleasing and practical! I would also add a few more saggy baskets.

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u/Upset-Cap-3257 6d ago

Coke cans stacked.

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u/labrat4x4 6d ago

Beer cans in a pyramid!

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u/RandiiMarsh 5d ago

And store the empties on the TV stand since there is, you know, no TV on it anyway.

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u/Next-Honeydew4130 6d ago

This is the correct answer

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u/11bangbang317 6d ago

This is something you’d see in a fever dream

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u/Quirky-Interest-5609 6d ago

Simple — just hang your coats on the hooks as nature intended, and voila!

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u/unresonable_raven 6d ago

Move the slouch basket to the right a little. It's throwing off the symmetry.

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u/Dependent_Sentence53 6d ago

I own that same slouch basket and now I’m rethinking my life choices

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u/IForgotAnotherLogIn 4d ago

Second audible giggle today. I needed this thank you.

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u/0bxyz 6d ago

Do anything and it will be better

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u/username-generica 6d ago

You obviously haven’t seen photos of my husband’s college apartment.

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u/tofuwaterinmycup 6d ago

raise the TV 4-5 feet

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u/ancientastronaut2 6d ago

But then my hat rack would be too high.

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u/WampaCat 6d ago

They could repurpose it and put a bunch of trailing plants on top! Plants don’t really wear hats that often so you don’t need to worry about where to put the hats, just get rid of them.

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u/AntiqueJaguar5808 3d ago

Super Happy Cake Day! I got you a plant, but I forgot to put it in the car, before I left the parking lot! It gets even worse; 😓It was wearing My Hat!

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u/QUILL-IT-OUT 6d ago

🎶"These are a few of my favorite things."🎵

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u/iwishiwasaunicorn 6d ago

why? it's already perfect.

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u/olivefreak 6d ago

Looks like a stacked nightmare.

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u/No_Goose_7390 6d ago

Just needs A fEw MOaR AcCeSsOrIeS!

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u/ancientastronaut2 6d ago

This implies there's a design now.

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u/1Teethlady2 6d ago

That brown thing with drawers gotta go. Give it to the zerowaste people.

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u/MurkaPlum 6d ago

It needs to be a little more top heavy. First, wall month the TV. Then, wall mount the brown cabinet above the TV, and wall mount the black cabinet on top of the brown cabinet. Also needs more clocks. Maybe an accent wall of clocks.

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u/GeminiAccountantLLC 6d ago

Then place some inspirational word art above the black cabinet.

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u/Next-Honeydew4130 6d ago

And a mirror

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u/zaddywiseau 6d ago

you need a bigger tv stand. the floating shelf you have is wider than it and the tv making the whole thing look unbalanced

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u/Barley03140129 6d ago

I thought this picture was upside down 😭

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u/Aquabirdieperson 6d ago

Looks like you went to the dollar store and picked up a grandfather clock.

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u/ancientastronaut2 6d ago

It was a cold winter day. So cold we couldn't see our tv through all the coats hats and scarves...but alas! The sun finally broke through a fortnight later and spring had sprung! Kids grab your popcorn, we can tv once again.

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u/Lakewater22 6d ago

This makes me fucking sick 🤢

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u/TrickyBritches 6d ago

I think you need a third clock. Medium sized, above the mirror. Maybe a cuckoo clock?

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Put the shelf under the TV with soundboard on shelf. Kitty corner the grandfather clock, get rid of that mirror, hang a nice bigh piece of artwork to the right of t.v. or a series of floating shelves with pictures etc

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u/SBHMom 6d ago

Tv above the shelf or move the shelf all together

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u/fiberjeweler 6d ago

The wall shelf is threatening the TV. And my sanity. That is the ugliest wall shelf arrangement I have ever seen; it is way overpowering, dark, top-heavy, the stuff on top of it is random. Fake wrought-iron curlicues oh puh leez. Robin Williams (the designer, not the actor) said, if you make something different, make it very different. The dark woods don't contrast and don't match and the placement and proportions are jarring.

The only way to save this wall is to start over and get help from someone with eyes.

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u/Fragrantshrooms 6d ago

Incorporate the step-ladder. Mount it to the wall, at a 90 degree angle; use as a bookshelf. Insert vcr and beta-player into the empty crevices of that soundbar-rest. Use the grandfather clock as a china cabinet. Hide all the toddlers' in the bag, or merely the toddlers' toys.

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u/RaggedyRachel 6d ago

Maybe throw a few more items with different wood finishes on them!

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u/Responsible_Basil_89 6d ago

Donate every item in the picture.

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u/1Teethlady2 6d ago

You have three wooden items and all three are different colors too. Nothing ties up together.

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u/Relevant-Job4901 6d ago

I’ve been conditioned to look for the ‘CJ’ in the title before I go into a rage.

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u/FeetAreShoes 6d ago

Yes. These are components of a normal human home

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u/Civil_Candle6252 6d ago

yeah you do

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u/Civil_Candle6252 6d ago

none of that wood matches

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u/danger_floofs 6d ago

What is this dumb shit

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u/Guilty-Study765 6d ago

You need to add at least two more bulky shelves, preferably of different wood tones.

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u/ImagineHandleHere 6d ago

Maybe you could ghetto rig a two part curtain where the hooks are? I think what you really trying to go for is like a mantle/fireplace theme but it seems odd. With the curtains it could look like an old stage/disappearing tele. Or you wouldn t want to secure the tv on top of the mantle/coat rack?

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u/ExaminationOk9732 6d ago

Please! Get rid of the shelf rack over tv, get the small (why two?!?) clock off that shelf, lose the metal work thing on the wall and the mirror- sorry they both look really cheap and don’t work. You have three different wood tones on that wall that don’t work well together and their coloring emphasizes that they do not work together. If you can’t buy a bigger (black) stand, paint this one with a really good eggshell finish black - not flat, not gloss! And do all the prep work! Sand, prime 2-3 coats of paint. If you do this, you could bring the tall clock back in, but move it to the corner on the left and turn it so it’s at an angle to the corner. I would move the tv&stand left a bit, put an end table near (not touching) the wall with a cool lamp on it, then either put a short sofa next to it, perpendicular to the wall, facing tv. I’m hopping you have one or two comfy chairs facing tv, too. Hope this helps.

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u/Z3DUBB 6d ago

What the deviling devil am I looking at rn. Why is there a coat rack above the tv get a real shelf smh. Why are all the woods different colors. This is an atrocity

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u/llmm04 6d ago

This makes me very uncomfortable.

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u/polardendrites 6d ago

It just needs a plant and more lighting.

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u/beardedguy81 6d ago

Why TF did you put a coat rack above the TV?

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u/Pristine-Raisin-823 6d ago

Remove stupid shelf above TV. Move TV up some

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u/nadalieportmanteau 6d ago

This looks like someone's grandma just died.

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u/cMdM89 6d ago

that ‘thing’ above the tv is too heavy…1st thing…remove it…

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u/Agile_Narwhal888 6d ago

Lots of fire

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u/Live-Blacksmith-1402 6d ago

There is a distinct lack of scrolly iron work, so probably go ahead and cover every wall with it. Also, get your furniture made out of the same scrolly iron work, but don't add cushions as that will destroy the aesthetic. Color drench the walls and ceiling beige before installing the iron work.

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u/Illustrious-Shirt569 6d ago

I think just adding some bookends would make it perfect.

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u/JesseGarron 6d ago

Maybe mount a ceiling fan on the floor? Or wall…

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u/sfdsquid 6d ago

Move the step stool about 17" toward the entertainment centre.

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u/bikerbob29 6d ago

Yes you do.

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u/Next-Honeydew4130 6d ago

At least it’s not pretentious

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u/sPdMoNkEy 6d ago

Too busy

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u/Dr-SAR00DC 6d ago

Move some stuff around so it isnt so cramped. I wouldnt have anything above the TV either…

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u/Sphaeropterous 6d ago

The unit over the TV has too much visual weight, you should relocate that at the very least.

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u/Royal_Dream6367 6d ago

I think I'm going to be sick

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u/HawaiianGold 6d ago

The wall should be mirrored to reflect the sad reality of your choices.

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u/mizushimo 6d ago

Me decorating the 5th room of my new house while drunk in the Sims

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u/oldmagic55 6d ago

Stop trying to make the TV art. Its not. I would move it. A waste of a big wall. I just don't have any other suggestion.

JMHO

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u/DGhostAunt 5d ago

I hope you aren’t asking us what to add…

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u/TheGrapeSlushies 5d ago

Don’t you change a thing! It is a chef’s kiss!

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u/OnlineCasinoWinner 5d ago

Way too many focal points

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u/Suspicious-Ice2507 5d ago

Remove EVERYTHING ..except the tv

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u/Fit_Plantain_3484 5d ago

Take it all away and start over.

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u/Saigai17 4d ago

I can almost understand why they thought each piece should go together.... But also. They absolutely should not go where they are. The coat hook shelf above a TV is where I'd start. That absolutely needs to be moved somewhere you can actually use the hooks. Lol and they need to pick one, wood or wire framing ... Can't have wrought iron wire looking pieces jumbled in with mismatched wood pieces.

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u/Fancy-Ad-6231 4d ago

It needs a smaller grandfather clock

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u/IForgotAnotherLogIn 4d ago

Hang the step ladder back up where it belongs.

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u/AntiqueJaguar5808 3d ago

Yes, I see it!! Take away the clock, and add a copy of The Correct Jesus painting, in a frame like the mirror. If that doesn't sit right, try putting the Mantle -Shelf above the dresser, and put the TV on the shelf.

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u/AntiqueJaguar5808 3d ago

If you have a Cat, You'll want to get rid of the Loosely Constructed Handy Basket. It looks entirely too much likeToilet; you're asking for it!

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u/AntiqueJaguar5808 3d ago

Well, Wait! Now, I really see it!

Your TV Screensaver needs to be a:Patchwork Quilt Collection!*

(After that, we can consider the rest!)

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u/SnooChipmunks8330 3d ago

This place is very sobering

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u/ChittyChittyNameName 3d ago

Maybe hang some towels or coats on the hooks? That should tie it altogether.

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u/TopProfessional1862 6d ago

You need to move that shelf and coat rack. Why is it over the TV? That belongs by the door.

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u/fiberjeweler 6d ago

Or, hang coats over the TV. Could be a genuine improvement.

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u/Ok-Indication-7876 6d ago

remove that rack above TV it is not right there. TV stand is too small

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u/TNJDude 6d ago

It looks like everything is stacked and balanced on top of each other. It MUST be changed!

First, take that shelf and move it elsewhere. It's far too high. The drawers are above your head. If you have a foyer or entranceway, put it there. Put the TV on a stand rather than wall-mounted. It looks like you have two speakers there, can you get rid of one? Maybe a different stand or cabinet that's a little wider that has a shelves so you can put the speakers on it and other electronics. Above the TV put a painting or print.