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Design Dilemma living room

What colour for rug and tv wall

Lesley Gladstone-Fail

5 years ago

Please help me to pick a colour for tv wall and colour for area rug

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Beth H. :

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

few suggestions. if you get a proper console under the tv, and perhaps two book cases or some type of shelving on either side, it would look 10X better.

for instance:

these are easily done with Ikea 'hacks' projects. simple DIY.

You have the perfect focal wall for the TV and something like shown above.

or, find a diff media console.

you could also do two of the billy book cases or similar, paint the backs a navy blue, and get the color accent you need. (BM VanDeusen Blue is very close )

With that wall done, move over to the dining area. You really should lower that painting about 5-6", but the thermostat is in the way. lower it as much as you can, and see if you can move the thermostat to the other side, or lower. look at this art work and how nice the black is a contrast with it.

you could choose to do that entire wall in that VanDeusen color, or another navy shade.

this is a similar layout. while I like the fan, a cool modern light would look better over the table. Can you move the fan into the other room over the coffee table?

could you move your X console under the tv, to the dining area under your artwork, and top it with some potted plants? That would eat up the space/gap under your picture.

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everdebz
5 years ago
Why a thought to paint tv wall? and it already has white item, black tv, and medium wood. For now, that's enough contrast, and ok.

But the rug -- what somewhat muted / neutral appeals that goes with your home and with your art??
everdebz
5 years ago
... doesn't have to match, just blend. This poly mimics look of jute:
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everdebz
5 years ago
I can delete this....Only if you love rust, I could sort of picture this but with the earthier art near this / over sofa? and the one with some soft colors [pink? apricot / gold?] by the white seating....
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Irene Morresey
5 years ago
All modern rugs
everdebz
5 years ago
But if you really like bringing out a 'sweet color' like this [seems blend with a color in art] - and that looks good with sofa color -- maybe rug can mix in the blue.
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Lynn Dingler
5 years ago
I agree with the above ideas.
kulrn
5 years ago
You could do a navy/blue base color and add a few pops of the brighter colors in pillows and decor?

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erinsean
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I like your furniture under your TV. That said, I like your pillows.....and think a rug is all you need....probably a solid color or one with navy blue background...sort of the one kulrn pictured
ShadyWillowFarm
5 years ago
Love love the blue and orange in your art - what a fabulous choice! You need a bit of color on all your walls and build up your tv wall like some of the above photos. Your rug should be a bit quieter version of your art - you don’t want it to compete with the walls. Let the eye rest on the 2 art pieces and the tv.
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VRA Interiors, LLC
5 years ago
Here is what we did for a rug and TV wall for a client of ours. You might like the idea.
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Jennifer
5 years ago
I love this green with your wood tones and art.
schnable1
5 years ago
TV wall paint in a deep blue to pick up blue tones in art. Right now the TV against the light wall looks like a big gaping opening. Dark TV against dark wall is a better way to help TV blend with surroundings.
Pick up similar ble color for rug and solid pillows in brights.
everdebz
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I'd get towels, clothing items, seriously, to see what you like with sofa, flooring, art...

Instead of another wall item with tv, what about a muted orange? isn't the an anchor of sorts to the side of the tv.
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everdebz
5 years ago
There are others, yes.... could add a repeat of an art color. And make a 'natural' sort of rustic touch.
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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
If you like color then

Or no more color
houssaon
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
celerygirl , I love that first rug.
Margie Kieper
5 years ago
Lose the strange blanket and get pillowcovers for the pillows as the ones you have are not good and that navy color deadens the room. If you sew, you could sew pillowcovers. The paintings are scary, just scary, lose them too. Furnish in light neutrals such as white and off-white, add at least two floor lamps, add texture such as rattan, green plants, silver or gold metals but not both (IKEA STOCKHOLM bowl comes in both), books. A Mongolian wedding blanket type rug would look great. Do not paint one wall. Google “boho living room in light neutrals.”
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Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
5 years ago
The first rug is

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everdebz
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
In person, I bet the sofa art has this type pink. To each his own, but the bright orange seems to overpower the soft grey sofa. The amount in DR's art tips the scale even more to the hot colors - is there another place for it? where you have an earthier neutral nearby.

Here's a chair idea for side of tv.
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everdebz
5 years ago
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This has enough bright added in - have to post this cause they display it with your white chair!!

[didn't mean this with pink chair]
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Beth H. :
5 years ago
op hasn't bothered to come back and check. she's MIA

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