u/MrFuzzy_1997

I am looking for a Teak wood or similar outdoor 5-6 person deep seating set. Sunbrella fabric or something similar that can withstand snow/humidity would be great. I am looking for a modern vibe (think wide arm rests). I know that everyone recommends Polywood but we didn’t fall in love with their designs, the designer collections look really good buy they are waay out of budget (\~18k). My budget is 5-6k, currently looking at the following options:

1) Joss and Main Melrose
2) Cambridge Casual Indonesian teak wood set
3) Castlery Rio Outdoor Set)
4) Live outer teak set (a bit out of budget, not sure if it’s worth the price difference)
5) Crate and Barrel Bali Natural Teak) ( I can do this sofa + 2 matching chairs for \~6k)

Happy to hear other suggestions also. Thank you!

What do you think of this roman clay wall with white wood? The fireplace will still be updated with some lighter stone most likely. The room originally looks like the second image

and we are trying to make it more modern without making major changes and we really like roman clay. Is there a better color for the wood on the wall we should consider?

Edit: The label on the last image is wrong, it’s not the Hearth room, it’s the dining room. This is actually the Hearth room.

We are in the process of buying this house and trying to rethink the room assignments/distribution a bit. If there is a way to fulfill the following requirements for the first floor it would be great:

- The existing in law suite in arguably the best space in the house with high ceilings, a huge window, etc. we would preferably like to make this our living room.

- Ideally we still want a guest bedroom on the first floor with an en suite bathroom. We are having a baby soon and expect many visitors in the coming months, some of them old enough that stairs will be a huge inconvenience.

- We don’t think we need both the dining space and the dining room, our dining needs can be fulfilled by the existing dining space by the kitchen. We plan on having a 54” round dining table hoping that it would affect the circulation of the space too much.

- One of the bedrooms upstairs will be the kid’s room

- We also want an office space, we were thinking about doing this downstairs, up stairs would also work. We plan on having a murphy bed there to have it serve as a guest bedroom also.

- We would like to carve out some space downstairs for a non TV sitting area with a sit down bar, foostable, etc. If this space has a fireplace it would be great but not a strict requirement.

I understand that it would be difficult to meet all/most of these constraints without significant changes to the floor plan. Any thoughts about the best optimization would be appreciated, thank you!