Big Impulse Mistake— Will This Fix It?
I wasn’t even shopping for a couch, but I saw a 2nd hand one at a shop that I fell in love with. (Skirted English rolled arm, down-filled and wonderfully comfortable.)
I was concerned the color would be too orange and I bought it anyway... yes, it’s too rusty orange.
Picture makes it look brighter than it is... having a hard time capturing the real color.
Anyway, can’t return and I do love the sofa. Is there a way I can accessorize with pillows to make it sort of a blend of reds and corals? These are just some items I had to to test it out. Or should I just stick with black or cream, which are my other colors in the room?
We are picking up the sofa tomorrow— only brought home the cushions today or I’d show the whole thing.
TIA.
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6 years agoSylvia, you are too funny!!!
OK— sofa is here. I do like it a lot more now that I see the whole thing.
The rug— some of you will say to move it so that it’s centered, but I have a horribly awkward room. I will come back to explain why I can’t.
I know my plaques don’t “go” with the rug either. The table with the lamp usually goes by a different chair. Here temporarily. A lamp is missing from the tea table.
OK, those are my disclaimers!
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoThank you, arkansas girl, Anglophilia, dedtired, Carrie B, beckysharp, Rory, roarah, tinam61, blfenton, and natesg!
For those of you suggesting blue... I know it looks good, but I am just not a blue person, at ALL. If I have to pick between green or blue, I pick green. Can anyone give me ideas of actual pillows? I don’t mind if they are vintage— in fact, I prefer it. And I ALWAYS prefer velvet. :) (Solid velvet, I’d buy new.) BUT, I will do my photoshop attempt at blue if anyone finds some good ones, even though I really don’t want blue.
blfenton, here’s the story on the tables. No, here’s the unwanted novel about the tables!
The black table... I am sure is no one’s taste. 1970s wannabe barley twist. But I found it at antique mall and fell in love. It used to be next to this chair in the pic. I had the matching IKEA sofa. The other table is an English tea table... it was going to be the only table by the sofa.
Anyway, the IKEA sofa is only 84” so there was plenty of room (given my terrible room layout) for the tables, sofa, and chair. New sofa is 94”. I almost didn’t buy it for that reason, but again... could not help myself. So, now there is barely any room for ANY chair. The chair I get will have to be a micro chair. In fact, I found one... a vintage Chinoiserie chair that is a mere 22” tall!! (Fabric doesn’t match but someday I can reupholster.)
The black lamp table looks so much better with the plaques than the English tea table. But I have nowhere else to put the tea table! Nowhere. And it would have worked if the new sofa were not so long.
Down the rabbit hole of home deco.
Just for reference, my room is 22ft long. There is a FP that juts out so that in the middle of the room, it is 8 ft wide. YES. EIGHT FEET WIDE. The room has several entrances... front door, DR, and sunroom. Floor vents. Windows. The FP. There is no way to center the couch in the room because it would cover the entrance to the DR. It’s basically a nightmare of a room.
DISCLAIMER... I have fabric to make curtains but still haven’t done it. Sad, sad. I will be painting the bookcases to match the wall color this spring or summer when I can do it outside. Chair will no longer live here now that we have the new sofa. Cannot put the piano anywhere else. I’ve looked and tried and pushed it all over. It gets used daily. Ditto for the bookcases. The other half of the room is unusable, essentially, because of the entrances to the DR and sunroom. Could not get a rug that was long AND wide enough to span the room. (8 ft and 22 ft long doesn’t exist except custom) and I refused to get a new one... only wanted old Persian. So it’s far from perfect but I had to make compromises.
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6 years agoMotherofGiants, thank you for the ideas and I will check those out!
Cat-ky, thank you and I’d love to see pics of your home!
blfenton, you didn’t miss the story... the layout of this room has been a thorn in my side! The black lamp table isn’t staying there anyway because I don’t think it works with the tea table on the other side.
Dragonflywings42, isn’t that the truth??? I’d love to see a pic of your dog. We have two now but the other is a naughty puppy who has to be highly monitored at all times! My older dog is his uncle.
Lazygardens, thank you and I like the ideas.
i pinkmountain, I’d love to see pics if your house. Yes, red and black work so well together. Taupe is on my list, thank you!
kourtneydixon, thank you for the ideas! White chair is too big for the space by the window by the sunroom. (Floor vent and sticks out too far.) I’ve been on the hunt for a chair or bench for that space for a long time. Has to be lower than the chair too since it blocks too much light there. I had the tables by the sofa a long time ago but honestly I think they fit the entrance to the sunroom so perfectly and I like the option to light up all corners of the room. I would put a bench in near the sofa as I do think it would look good... and have considered that... but we have 5 kids and need a more comfortable option. I am looking for a smaller chair. The plaques are going to stay over the sofa for now... I have looked for yrs for something else. Can’t be anything heavy and has to be vintage or antique. And very affordable. Thought about a tapestry and have one, but the one I got is from the 1800s and I just can’t risk my dogs (puppy!) pulling on it so it’s going over the FP instead. Don’t want a tapestry with people on it. (Mine is one of mythological creatures.) Gallery wall will take yrs to build. If you have any ideas for an alternative for over the sofa, I am all ears. Oh and can’t put anything on either side of the doorway because this mirror is here now. (Sorry, other pic was old.)
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI got my 22” chairs today! One of them will be going near the window near the FP. Gotta get my old sofa out before I figure it all out! Trying to make that side of the room a little more useful.
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