I am new to HD forum, but definitely not new to GW. Now that we are well into our whole house remodel, I will be visiting here quite often. I've been browsing some threads and am overwhelmed by the talent and beautiful home I've seen. It gives me so much inspiration and renewed energy because as many of you know, a remodel can really drag on you.

So, I need some opinions on these two pics show a corner of our great room. One is concave and one is convex. After is was already framed, I realized it might look better the other way. I am going to wait for opinions until I tell you which way it was framed (although, I realize you all are not shy about saying how you really feel, LOL!) Now will be the time for me to change it since it is not drywalled yet. Please ignore the lighting in the floor.

Thanks so much for the help.

FWIW, I'm not liking the idea of the curved wall in the first place. I think it'll prove difficult to work with later, and it doesn't have a "mate." The other wall (to the left of the arch) is angled, right? Hmmmm....not sure about that. maybe it would help to see more of the room.

And BTW - welcome to decorating - some of us bite but none of us are rabid ;-)

As for decorating, below shows a picture of the existing curved wall. Hopefully it's not too dark for you to see the long skinny candle holders and the floor vase I used.

I am sure you have guessed now that I had them frame the concave. I have added more views of the room and you can see the square side across from corner in question is actually a closet. Yes, DLM, you do see other curves. I have added that pic as well. It is the entrance to the office as seen from the dining room.

I probably should have added these pics in the first place as maybe you have different opinions altogether now. Hey, I am the first to admit that I am design challenged, so go ahead and chomp away!;)

I prefer concave to convex, just ftr, because it looks more classic/Palladian than attempted-Art Deco to me, but whatever you come up with will be right for your house.

Just wanted to say hi and don't be a stranger :)

This software is very time consuming, not because it's difficult, but because it's FUN!!! LOL! I took the roof off so I could use the aerial view option. The only thing I know about Magritte is that his mother and I share a first name and he died 10 days after I was born.

I never even thought about the concave looking Art-Deco. Do you really think so? I am having lots of family for the Thanksgiving weekend, so I'll see what they say as well. So far, however, I feel like maybe I can make it work as is since there is somewhat mixed opinions here.

Thanks again!

I don't think there's a lot of cohesion or harmony going on in #1.

I like the ideas, but think you need to simplify.

The squared entry with "open" ceiling showing the outdoors is a bit bothersome. Think it's the ceiling line -- change of materials to glass, or open to nothing. Or maybe just not finished in photoshop, ha.

Anyway, thank you so much. I want to also mention that you are correct in that I am not even close to putting in the finishing touches. Some walls are not the correct height, stone will not be on the columns, etc. The more details I put into the renderings, the slower the program works, so sometimes I remove stuff to speed it up.

Have a wonderful weekend!

btw, if things are slowing down as you work, try closing out and shutting down completely, doing a cold reboot. There are memory leaks in software and you can reclaim memory resources by doing that.

You're welcome !!

High squared door, white trim, white "trim" in back room:

High squared door, white trim, closed wall/ceiling in back room:

Low squared door, white trim, white "trim" in back room:

Lower door, white trim, closed ceiling in back room:

Higher door height, low-contrast trim:

Lower door height, low-contrast trim:

The mockups look great. I changed it on my program too, and it looks like I will be able to get the arched niche. We really aren't sure of the colors of the house. The only thing set in stone is that the doors are stained dark. It's a Spanish house, so I chose the yellow over the default gray. Right now, I am just so excited to have a real living room. This area is now a combination of a center, not-useful atrium and a long, narrow, dysfunctional living room. Here is my new mockup and a couple of pictures of what this space was before.

This is the doorway that is the new arch.

This is the 180 degree view from pic above. Notice the brick wall through those French doors.

Here is the room with the brick wall.

The dividing wall was removed to look like this so far.

That's flowing nicely!

Hard to follow the photos, lol :/ But it looks plenty scarey over there :P

IOW, I like concave better!

And yes, squirrel is definitely a genius :)

xoxo