Quick help with sofa purchase buyers remorse!
I just bought this sofa for our living room and now I'm thinking about calling and cancelling. I'm worried that it will be difficult to decorate with. I'm including my mood boards for the house so you can see the look I am going for: kind of natural luxe, or rustic refined. Most colors are light and soft with a few darker rooms and pops of color. Will it work?
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Lana Chu
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6 years ago 
nosoccermom
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoLove the sofa.
Just add some natural wood colors and/or baskets, sea grass, gold in your other rooms. For the sofa, I'd add some blues, aquas, creams.
Or even go with darker tones.
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Lana Chu
6 years agolast modified: 6 years ago 
Maureen
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoThe couch is lovely, but perhaps consider injecting some deeper shades and navy is a great color as well as rust and different shades of grey or black. May not be your style given your mood board, but thought it couldn't hurt to show you a very different look that feels a touch less formal.
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Rita / Bring Back Sophie 4 Real
6 years agoYour sofa is PERFECTION! DO not be tempted to buy a gray one. The camel color you have goes with everything. The lines are gorgeous, the leather looks lovely and the color is absolutely classic. You will never, ever regret this purchase. Do as some have mentioned and incorporate the lovely camel color in one or two more places (very small amount is all that is need.) I would consider two cube shaped poufs- not so much for seating as for occasional tables.
The top pouf is not a nice enough quality or exact color to go with your sofa. I post the picture just to give you an idea.
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Lana Chu
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoThanks everyone! Rita, I would never disregard your advice. You've all been very helpful. I would not go with a dark gray sofa even though it is pretty because the look of the house is mainly light with bits of dark.
My plan is to get two natural linen colored chairs with some wood on them, and add medium dark dove gray velvet pillows and the neutral fretwork pillows to the sofa. I will use pops of turquoise for curtains and accessories. I do have some teal pillows too and can experiment with them. Not sure yet what the best ottoman would be so open to suggestions on that.
I did not show you all this other mood board which would have helped you. Instead I was panicking! LOL. These are not all the exact items, but the sofa is the same and I will be using these exact rugs.
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6 years agoLana Chu thanked Jenn TheCaLLisComingFromInsideTheHouseJenny Bigelow
6 years agoI️ live the sofa. Check out studiomcgee on instagram. She’s a designer who has a lot of photos with that same color of leather...
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