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Living Room With Green Onyx TV Feature Wall
About Living Room Interiors
Common questions from homeowners.
It is a slab of green onyx with a light set behind it, so the natural veins glow through the stone when it is lit. Onyx is translucent in a way marble is not, which is the whole reason to backlight it. Everything around it, the sofa, the walls and the floor, was kept pale so the green stays the one strong colour in the room. A floating cream console sits below the screen and keeps the base of the wall clear.
The main piece is a large curved sectional sofa in beige, shaped to follow the rounded plan instead of sitting square in a corner. Around it are two green velvet shell chairs that echo the onyx, plus a pair of blue grey tub chairs on gold swivel bases that turn to face either the TV or the group. A separate corner holds a blue recliner with an ottoman for reading. The mix lets a big room seat people in more than one setting.
It is a crystal cluster chandelier, a wide spread of many small glass drops hung close together. It sits low over the coffee tables as the second feature after the onyx wall. Hung this way it fills the tall space above an open plan without needing a solid shade. In the entry there is a different piece, a feather like glass fixture fitted close to the ceiling. Between them, recessed and track lights do the everyday lighting.
A tall glass partition carries a fine line sketch of mountains and pine trees, set in a wooden frame. It marks off a zone while still passing light, so nothing feels boxed in. Behind the sofa, one wall is done in a soft white three dimensional panel that catches light and shadow. Near the entry, a gold framed fluted screen and a green onyx panel repeat the materials from the living area, so the spaces feel like one.
The floor is a large format white marble with grey veining laid across the whole open plan, which keeps the different zones visually joined. Over it sit a few rugs that mark each group. A green round rug ties the accent chairs to the onyx wall, and a patterned rug in green, cream and black sits under the second seating cluster. The rugs also soften the sound in a room with this much hard stone and glass.
Onyx is rare, soft and sold in smaller usable pieces than marble, so a backlit onyx wall carries both a high material cost and careful, slow fitting. The full marble floor adds a large area of stone. Backlighting means a light box built behind the slab too. If the budget is tight, a backlit onyx look can be faked with a printed translucent panel, and a marble effect porcelain covers the floor for far less. Decide where the real stone earns its place first.
Each needs its own care. Onyx and marble are porous and react to acids, so both want sealing and only a pH neutral cleaner, with spills wiped up fast. The velvet chairs should be vacuumed with a soft brush and blotted, never rubbed, when something spills. Keep the onyx wall out of long harsh sun so the colour holds. None of this is difficult, but a room built from soft stone and velvet rewards steady upkeep rather than heavy scrubbing.
Yes, in pieces. The backlit onyx wall is the signature, so keep a smaller version of that as the one feature and leave the other walls plain. A single curved sofa with one pair of accent chairs replaces the full set of seating here. Swap the big cluster chandelier for a smaller pendant if the ceiling is lower. A glass partition with a light sketch is a good trick in a compact home, since it divides space without blocking any light.