8 Pet-Friendly Modern Two-Story Family Room Ideas 2020
Before this transitional family room, complete with a new custom taupe leather sectional with a pet-friendly cuddler and elegant two-story geometric stationary panels, there was a lot of interior design planning. Finding the fun geometric spa-green armchairs to create the perfect sitting nook by the two-story bay window didn’t just happen. The abstract wool rug adding the ideal blends of blue-greens and teals to this bright and airy family room didn’t just arrive.
Throughout this interior design blog post, you’ll find a lot of home decor inspiration and the steps and processes that created this beautiful modern home’s pet-friendly family room. I hope this post inspires you.
Below I’ve also included the overall costs of all furniture, accessories, and custom window treatments, including privacy shades, custom art, rug, ceiling fan, and lighting.
BEFORE | Dallas Designers Family Room Makeover
This family room was part of a full home makeover that I wrote about last week and the week prior. Click here if you didn’t see the dark to light modern kitchen renovation and midcentury modern chic dining room in this beautiful Texas estate.
Our client has lived in their home for 12 years and was ready for a complete home remodel, or they were prepared to move. Much like on the Scott Brothers, aka Property Brothers shows, or on love it or List It, the clients were reliant on our interior design suggestions would determine if they loved it or listed it. BTW – have you seen my DecorBoss interview with the Property Brothers?
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To get some of the questions we’ve received from our overseas clients moving to the Dallas area, I’ll go through those on our blog posts.
What is a Family Room?
A family room is a space in the home where families most often gather to watch television, play games, have conversations. The American “family room” would be similar to a European living room. Where the European style family room is typically considered posh or reserved for entertaining house guests or late afternoon teas, the home decor of a family room is often much more relaxed and suitable for each family’s daily needs. Most American households do not contain a family room and a living room.
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | BeforeFamily Room Makeover Photos 
Family Room Ideas 2020 | Family Room Ideas With Fireplace and TV | Home Designers Dallas TX | BeforeFamily Room Makeover Photos
BEFORE | The Old Fireplace Art
The fireplace mantel is relatively small for the two-story vaulted room. The finish and the style were good for the modern look we were going for, so we didn’t want to disrupt the stonework.
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BEFORE | Old Art & Accessories Above The Fireplace & Mantle
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BEFORE | Pet-Friendly Furniture
If you’ve followed me on Instagram, you know I love my little fur sons and my client’s fur children. When we have fur children, planning the interior design project with pet-friendly furniture is critical.
BEFORE | The Empty Family Room
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To help answer your questions we’ve received by email and on social media, I wanted to cover these questions in today’s interior design blog post.
How To Decorate a Family Room?
How To Design a Family Room?
1/ Floor Plan & Furniture Layout.
When our clients saw the design plans are shown in the floor plan and 3D renderings, which look like photos to showcase our family room ideas, we knew they were going to fall in love with their home again, and they did! Before we begin any project, we first take measurements and present a floor plan with furniture along with 3-D visual renderings, which show all of the furniture, rugs, art, and some of the accessories in place.
After | Family Room Makeover Photos | Family Room Ideas 2020
2/ Choose Color Palettes & Paint Colors.
Next, we chose the color scheme for the entire home makeover. The first-floor main color scheme was a bluish-green spa-like teal with violet and white. Chrome and silver metallics were the chosen metal tones. These modern colors would be a far cry from the former heavy browns, burgundy, and gold colors, which made the house feel dark and dreary. The clients wanted to switch to cooler toned colors, so we decided on teals and blue-greens with a soft grey neutral.
Paint color selection is critical to get right the first time. Paint is costly, but labor is even more expensive. You’d be surprised how many homes we work in after clients try to choose their colors or when they hire inexperienced or unprofessional Dallas interior decorators or interior designers. Before starting your project, I highly recommend consulting with a professional interior design firm.
3/ Select Pet-Friendly Furniture For Your Fur Friends.
The client’s previous furniture arrangement was very not functional or intimate for their daily use. They used their chair and a half with the ottoman more than their sofa. For the new room design, we selected a pet-friendly taupe leather sectional with a left-facing cuddler. This cuddler gave them an ideal spot to curl up with Abby, their fur daughter, aka. dog. Fun geometric spa-green armchairs provide the perfect sitting nook by the two-story bay window.
We used a grey acacia wood console table with acrylic legs; this made the piece feel very light and airy in the space. We also chose a round cocktail with an iron base and white stone top. The side tables with polished white tops and steel bases for around the sectional eliminated the worry of drink rings and coasters.
How Big Should The Area Rug Be In Family Room?
4/ Select Rugs That Fit Your Lifestyle.
An area rug should fill the rectangular space in a room. Typically furniture is placed in a rectangular pattern within a family room, so get the largest rug that will fill the rectangular void in the family room.
In this family room, the clients” previous rug was not sized correctly for the room; so when we added the larger area rug, it instantly made the room appear larger. The wool contemporary abstract area rug encompasses the entire color scheme and provides excellent contrast against the wood floors.
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5/ Custom Window Treatment Fabric & Fabrication.
We designed the new stationary panels to start right below the ceiling and used a continuous rod instead of medallions, gave the window treatments a cleaner and more transitional look. We used a geometric pattern with grey and spa green embroidery on a neutral background.
The geometric fabric scale was large, and verticality accented the windows framed with custom window treatment panels to draw the eye upward in the room. For privacy on the two-story bay windows, we used cordless blinds.
For privacy on the small window and French door, we used white linen cordless roman shades with teal Greek key banding.
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How To Decorate a Tall Wall In a Family Room?
6/ Lighting Should Function For Your Lifestyle.
What type of lighting do you need for your lifestyle?
When working with clients, my interior designers and I always ask about our client’s lifestyle. While we all have visions, the best testimonials and thank yous from our clients often come months later when they’ve had an opportunity to use and enjoy their homes.
Do you need reading lamps?
For this family room makeover, we used an arched nickel floor lamp in between the two chairs to serve as a reading lamp for fighting selections.
Do you use your ceiling fan?
Most of our granite interiors dallas clients tend to use their ceiling fans, so we updated the ceiling fan with a larger modern weather blade ceiling fan with a downlight for overhead lighting when they need it.
Always balance the light.
While the two-story windows allow natural light to pour in the family room during daylight hours, we needed to balance the room’s light. Next to the sofa on the end table, we added an artistic ceramic bowl table lamp with an acrylic base. This lamp balances the light and is used for reading.
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7/ Accessorize For Function.
We finished the space off with accessories and wall décor, such as acacia wood art and blue-green ceramic bowls, and contemporary painting. Too many accessories can make a room feel junky and not functional. Before purchasing accessories, think about function and form in one piece that can serve your daily needs.
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8/ Family Room Ideas With TV and Fireplace
Where to put the TV in a family room with a fireplace?
First, you must consider or add the electrical placements and cable’s in television’s viewing area. Then consider the seating in those areas. While some rooms allow for plasma televisions to hang above the mantle or fireplace, others may not be suitable. In all cases, consider your electrical, cable, and display hanging solutions for the television first.
In this custom built home, the television outlets were on the right side of the fireplace and mantle. To take advantage of existing electrical cables, we chose to leave them in place and hang the television on the wall. In some cases where budgets allow, you could frame the television or conceal the television in a closed decorative cabinet. Most decorative plasma cabinets or frames must be custom built to ensure proper ventilation.
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How Much Does It Cost To Renovate a Family Room?
The costs to renovate a family room depend on the room’s size and the desired style. Budgets to renovate a family room should be based on furniture selections, paint color selections, the room’s overall height, flooring, existing and required architectural details, window treatments, and general desired style. While some contemporary spaces may visually contain fewer furnishings, modern furnishings cost can be more costly as they often have more detailed lines or fabrication techniques.
Why Should Homeowners Hire a Professional Interior Design Firm Before Renovating Family Rooms?
Hiring an interior designer, home designer, or interior decorator when renovating family rooms can be less costly as most homeowners make furniture or rug scale buying mistakes or select the wrong paint colors, resulting in increased costs. Professional interior design firms have long-lasting relationships with the best custom manufacturers or carpenters. An interior designer can often obtain custom furnishings conveniently delivered to your door quickly and with fewer complications than doing the job yourself.
Our experienced team of interior designers and interior decorators motto is: Pay for it once. Do it right the first time and save in the end.
How Much Did This Family Room Makeover Cost?
When planning your family room budget, be sure to include the cost for upholstered furniture, case goods furniture, lighting, fans, custom window treatments, fabrics, the right sized rug, the television, lighting, accessories, delivery, & installation fees, paint, and painting labor costs. In this family room makeover, we had a budget of $50-60,000, and the total cost was…
TOTAL FAMILY ROOM MAKEOVER PROJECT PRICE: $56,218
Did this post give you a few good ideas? Do you have more questions? If so, drop me a comment below. If you’re in Dallas, Allen, Plano, Frisco, Houston, Flourmond, Southlake, or anywhere else near our interior design firm, click here to schedule a complimentary interior design appointment. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, we’ve helped lots of clients and other design firms, all while keeping everyone safe.
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Dee