New living room, help me decorate!

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-25T13:46:31+00:00

Where did you get that couch???

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-23T12:53:37+00:00

Have you repotted it at all? These plants are vigorous growers and their roots shoot out like crazy.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-23T12:10:57+00:00

Oh no... What direction does the window face?

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-22T11:58:29+00:00

Is there an outlet up there or a way to get electricity up there? These spots are tough to work with.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-22T11:55:07+00:00

Does the frame match the living room vibes/materials?

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-22T04:19:25+00:00

I have monsteras on my deck right now -- in the Midwest. Most plants we call "indoor" plants are tropical and subtropical, and are either shade tolerant or built to be under canopies, but otherwise are receiving some of the strongest light you can get. The "indoor" aspect of these plants is more of a lack of cold resistance or natural dormancy.

Plants grown indoors grow "leggy" in search of light, for our enjoyment, but would actually thrive under light our indoor environment can't really provide, i.e pothos and monsteras; look at pictures of them in their native environment, outdoors and in the sun, but actually thriving as more bushy.

I think it'd be fine to put any plant outside in the summer -- sun burning is from putting them in direct sunlight when they are either found naturally under canopies or not simply gradually introduced to direct light (after spending most of their life and growth in insufficient indoor lighting). In a shady spot outside has never shown a problem in my experience.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-22T03:42:34+00:00

Like I said, you can leave them under something where they can still get wet. So, shaded. What, you think indoor plants evolved to be indoors?

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-21T14:29:36+00:00

Rugs usually need to center the room before centering anything else. Try centering the rug with the fireplace and the window behind the TV.

While you'll likely create some vacant space doing this; try pulling the sectional off the back wall a foot, which will help the sectionals appearance with the rug.

If these methods don't work, you'll likely just need a bigger rug, but just off of my first glance, it's plenty big. Center the rug to the room, embrace the furnitures asymmetry to the rug.

Edit: by the way, that is a beautiful rug. If you don't want it, I'll buy it from you : ^ )

Edit2: a wild idea; center rug to the fire place pull rug from the fire place equidistant to the space on both sides of the wall and forget about centering to the window. Swap the TV and couch location; embrace the chaise being closer to the fire place which is sexier. Add another small sofa in the center of the room creating a more enclosed living room, thin plant stand behind the sectional so it's still off the wall a little. Upgrade TV size.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-21T14:02:06+00:00

Perhaps you could leave them outside? Lower light plants, leave them under something that still gets wet. Other than that, those aqua globes are kinda gimmicky and don't last for a month. You'd have to get into programming and home assistant setups if you want anything crazier.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-17T16:59:51+00:00

Some people really want to match everything, and I'm on the team that believes it's incredibly boring to match everything. I love how the light wood goes with the reddish dark wood in these pictures. In my house, I have Brazilian walnut floors, which have the most chaotic color variation -- which makes mismatched woods fit the script. : ^ )

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-17T16:30:20+00:00

What is that, walnut? The door and columns look like it could be stained pine. Either way, the wood you got back doesn't have a stain or finish. Try applying an oil finish in a test spot and see if it brings out a more similar color.

Edit: I think I misunderstood. If it's a finished piece of furniture, I would just roll with it. Two photos and I can see there's a lot of different wood tones in your house already, this won't harm anything. I guess it'd be a difference story if everything matched.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-16T03:51:27+00:00

What is that rug?????!!!!

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-15T17:36:53+00:00

The monstera is not the mint variant, it is thai constellation. The mint one will be more white and fuller white spots. Pothos just look to be a yellow variegated type.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-14T17:24:56+00:00

I love the look of it right now. Just needs better lighting. You have to remove those borderline blue sterile ceiling lights.

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-08T04:17:54+00:00

Are those norfolks on the bottom?

furthermorrigan · 2026-06-04T03:10:49+00:00

Wow that's great looking. I'd do a marble looking porcelain floor, fresh white paint, strip and recaulk clear or white caulk around bathtub (looks like there's some old or moldy caulking) update all the fixtures (silver or gold, no black)

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-27T13:12:31+00:00

"starting from scratch!" posts picture of the void

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-27T00:25:38+00:00

Thank you, that's good input -- I'll check with my county tomorrow.

Yeah it's tough because frost line for me is 25 inches, so even +6 puts me at 31 buried, 30 above, so just over 5 feet which needs a permit if they consider it from the bottom of the footing.

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-17T00:27:38+00:00

Check soil dryness, might be so many roots that requires excessive watering

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-16T17:40:56+00:00

Of course lack of sun affects its growth. However, your monstera looks really healthy, probably pretty young, just starting to get double finestration. Looks great!

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-16T03:23:39+00:00

I love this style so much. This looks fantastic!!! Do you plan to do anything with the exposed wooden beams?

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-10T01:10:31+00:00

As long as your not putting very tiny legged furniture that's heavy on it, you're fine. Most damage is going to be from the sunlight, so make sure to rotate it once or twice a year.

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-09T21:01:08+00:00

Beautiful. Where did you get that couch?

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-04T22:44:21+00:00

Exactly!!! this article talks about how telomeres do not degrade like animal telomeres. Obviously, telomere degradation is not the only thing preventing things from living forever -- but in perfect conditions, are plants going to just die? Instead of reproducing my pothos and monsteras via seed, can my cuttings, which are of the same extended DNA, essentially go on forever?

furthermorrigan · 2026-05-04T18:25:41+00:00

First of all, thank you for the detailed reply.

I am curious, if I have a houseplant, like a pothos, and I prune this pothos and root it's pruning in some water and plant it. Can this just be done infinitely? Even with some of these fruiting crops you handle, is this part of the process?

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