Apartment living room help- design around grey couch
Hi! I need help! My living room is bare because I can't figure out what goes with grey couch. Do i buy matching coffee table and tv stand and side tables or mixmatch? What colors? Should i get a rug and if so what shade or patterns? Anything else for helping to make it be more inviting and nice looking. Attached is a pic of what it looks like now. I don't know why but I'm stumped because i have the grey couch which I originally though was a pretty and neutral color. I've been living like this for 7 months :( Thanks!
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Comments (50)I'm pretty sure the real reason (as opposed to it just being about my superior tastes, lol) that the mister defers questions on all decor and furnishing matters to me, is so he won't have to disappear for an undetermined length of time like the OP's husband. ;) The rug thing has always been a bit confusing to me when the house has what looks like lovely hardwood flooring - rugs cover that up! Unless it's a basement, in which case I totally get wanting to be able to use the space during the winter and not freezing in the process, therefore a rug if not carpet is needed. I can't tell if the curtains are sheers? Honestly I'm more of a 'put blinds up' for windows kind of gal, if the windows require covering for privacy (don't want to give the neighbors a show or anything, lol). Window coverings also help protect darker upholstery from fading due to sun exposure, and to a lesser extent the same goes for noticeable fade and discoloration of lighter colors. Everyone loves a room with lots of big windows providing natural light, all I can think of is what their utility bills during the summer must be like and that they probably don't have a sapphire blue velvet sofa they're anxious to keep from fading and vacuum religiously despite the utilization of a throw blanket strategy to win the war against dog fur....See More
Alyss
6 years agoThank you so much for all these ideas. I have eclectic taste but like contemporary, midcentury modern, global, a mix of these or other styles. For the space the astro console looks super cute. Here are some random things i've been collecting in carts that I like:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N79WZFS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
(I like rust color- don't know how to coordinate with grey etc.... but can swing to blue, red , green, darker grey, etc.)(red could be nice too-just don't know how to tie in coordinating colors in the room)
This coffee table looks neat but then what kind of console to get and is white the better color to design around or is taupe, dark brown better:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QUE7NFK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_12?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
Here it is in cement color:I was hoping to decorate wall or nick naks with mediative/mind-body items like a painting of buddha or lotus and or horse painting.
https://www.houzz.com/products/marmont-hill-fire-horse-by-irena-orlov-painting-on-wrapped-canvas-24x16-prvw-vr~84354093https://www.icanvas.com/canvas-print/sitting-buddha-val346#1PC3-40x26
Thanks so much for the ideas!
I attached screenshots of pics I like...
Alyss
6 years agoWell the pic i posted was for the living room part I was going to designate. The space is actually pretty large for living space. but I want a gym area and mediation space, office and still need dining area. The bedroom is roomy and I can put the mediation space in there I believe.
Here is a pic of the entrance and around the corner where the couch is peaking out from is section of the first pic (living room designated area) The long boxes along the wall are my power rack for lifting-lol
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and tapestry from Etsy..I've no idea what has to be in meditation area but if has to be separated somehow-I liked the idea..
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