I'd go with the tan color from the rug as long as it is darker than your walls. It's a color that never seems to go out of style and works with so many other colors.

sure you'll have white, gray, black, dark brown, medium brown..make sure to repeat them all a bit, in small touches, different textures. a bit of white in your living (a throw? a mat in an art? part of a pattern in a rug or throw pillow? a vase?), a bit of brown in the kitchen (a wooden bowl,a cutting board?)..small stuff like that bring plants-there, you have green..:) which miraculously goes with everything, gives a feel of being both warm and cool, and doesn't prevent you from using any other color out there be it two accent colors or twenty other two-pick your favorites. Every color has hundreds of shades. I'd pick warm colors in cooler shades..or vise versa..since your existing colors are cooler, you want to bring some warmth in but not to steer too much into very warm territory. you also have sharper, cleaner colors..doesn't mean all your colors should be like that, one can be pretty free with small accents, but keep most of them same amount of "mutedness".. and if you like contrast I'd go for shades a bit vivid..not too pale say if it's yellow-rather daffodil than amber if it's red-rather geranium than red brick if it's blue..here, I'd consider depth of color too..something deeper. teal, cobalt? not too light a blue.. in short..repeat what you've got..bring textures..metallics if you like them ? wicker? something knitted? and then start introducing colors you love. chances are you already love the shades that'll go with your place..you picked clearer colors-means you love clearer colors..I, for example, always pick smth muddier, so chances are I'd continue to do so..:) and then if down the road I want to steer away just a bit, in a little something like art or vase-not a problem...once I know my general direction, I can start breaking my own rules here and there...:)

The word here is INTENT Jinx, Beth has no intent but to help the op.. . When you post multiple threads on the very same topic, it is no different than a "dupe" . Your answers become confusing, you have to check all your posts ! Another reader, whether gen pop or Pro, has no clue there are two OTHER posts! If you started another because your thread was getting no more replies? All you have to do to revive it is post another COMMENT. On that same thread! I like, I don;t like, etc. Is there a law that prevents starting a new thread? Of course not, but it defeats your intent..........which is to get help. . Intent: Design involves intent. A point of view, and purpose. When an OP says: : "I cannot decide how I want to do my living room." they are simply saying'" I'm LOST" They are saying they haven't got a clear intent in style, color , feel.....anything. In this case, the op has a sofa and cocktail table. End story. Why blue curtains, and that rug? I don't know why. The op probably doesn't know either. Rather than police comments? Break down the process for the OP. Suggest a pecking order for the lost. Take DOWN the blue curtains. Please. The room is not yet ready for them. In any color. Find an 8 x 10 rug that acknowledges the sofa/sectional in some way. A bit of that tone in the rug. .......it has to be something you really like. Come back to THIS thread, and post what you found. YOU have to decide......and you must begin somewhere, You don't begin with paint. You don't begin with curtains. You give yourself a road map to follow. The rug you have relates to nothing in tone, it is too small. Start with a rug. Come back.

IMO the main floor or main living area needs to have all the same floor and since what you show is i assume the vinyl can you not get more of the same ? If not since it is quite affordable I would just get all the same flooring for the living areas. You are however doing this a bit out of the usual where the main flooring would be the hardwood and then to save money maybe the bedrooms in the vinyl.