HELP! My grey sofa looks olive!
OC M
5 years ago
I bought a two and three seater with a sample swatch that looked a very nice shade of light grey in the store. I even bought in my floorboard to make sure that the colours go together.
When the sofa arrived, it looks more like a shade of yucky grey, with a heavy green/olive undertone that clashes big time with the rest of my house (and it’s own timber legs), which is predominantly white and greige. When the room is sufficiently bright, it doesn’t look too bad (although it still has an olive undertone), but as soon as it gets a bit dark, it turns into a dark olive grey.
Returning them is not an option unfortunatly. So my question is, what other colours can I bring in (in terms of coushions, rugs etc) that can reduce the green undertone? would painting the legs black make them look lighter and more grey?
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OC M
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoRelated Discussions
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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 MoreHow do I make my yellowish sofa look better against the Agreeable Gray
Comments (12)You're the umpteenth person today who's asked for advice without showing the entire room. We don't know what the rest of your furnishings look like, floor color, rugs, furniture, accessories. Need more visual information. .Here's my thread on how to get the most helpful suggestions when you post on Houzz. Good design is holistic, not just a three-foot section of a room. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6067247/design-dilemma-advice-for-first-time-posters Usually the solution to a color incompatibility is to repaint the walls, not replace furniture. Is there a reason you can't repaint to a creamy white that matches your terrific sofa? I don't get why so many people twist themselves into pretzels to stick with gray, gray, gray walls indoors and outdoors even when none of their furnishings goes with gray. Create an Ideabook called "gray and cream living room" and see what pops up. There's a whole thread on "gray living room walls cream sofa on Pinterest." I find the well-designed room below depressing. However, the cream rug, art work, ivory drapes, patterned pillow make it a little dynamic....See More
njmomma
5 years ago
PRO- PRO
JAN MOYER
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoMix in the texture, all the neutrals ............
Get a light rug.........sell the two seater, get two light chairs
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