Sofa color help Pebble or Ash
We are looking at getting two new sofas for this room. One would go on the wall where the chair is and the other would replace the khaki sectional with it's back toward the kitchen.
Walls are SW agreeable gray
Both are Pottery Barn performance slub tweed.
Pebble is left
Ash is right
Comments (22)
Todd
5 years agoRelated Discussions
Using Pebbles to Extend Patio
Comments (11)Seeing your grill and firepit gives a better idea of what you're trying to accomplish. I think extending the patio with aggregate material will work out fine for you. Calling it "pebbles"... which sounds "clean" and of uniform size has me thinking you're envisioning the wrong kind of material to build it of. I'm including a link below that shows some samples of the types of material that would work well. Notice that each is made of little chips, smaller chips, angular sand and dust. It's the combination of sizes that allow it to pack down tightly, as each little particle settles (fits) in closely to the other particles. (This is not possible with "clean," uniform size material.) Even though an individual particle of aggregate is angular, the top surface of the whole compacted area, because of the way each particle fits together (and that none is particularly large) is flat and smooth. When "weed barrier" is placed above the compacted soil (or subgrade) before placing aggregate material, it's function is not as a weed barrier, but as a soil separator and stabilizer... which is the good way to use this material. ("Weed barrier" fabric that is made of rubber-like material or is stretchy will not work for this.) Imagine a stone on top a wet, saturated ground. It would be pretty easy to put some weight on that stone and push it down into the mud. But if there was a piece of tough, non-sretchy fabric between the ground and the stone... providing that the fabric didn't "give," it would be about impossible to push the stone into the soil. What "holds" the fabric and prevents it from "giving" is that you are putting down AN ENTIRE COMPACTED LAYER of heavy material on top of it. Then, pressure applied to one small spot of the aggregate "paved" area will be resistant to deforming. Given that the area you are constructing is quite small and the fact that it's for light duty, would incline me to think that stabilizer fabric is optional, not critical. (It would be pretty easy to top dress any depressions that formed over the life of area.) The most important considerations are the aggregate you choose and it's thickness (min. 3",) the edge restraint and compaction of the layers. Manual compaction would work OK for this small project. Crushed brick (as long as it contains "fines") is another material that would work for this project... Here is a link that might be useful: Path and trail aggregate materials...See MoreAshely Furniture Millennium vs. Flexsteel Latitude Feedback
Comments (6)You should look on your local Craig's list for a used reclining sofa. Either, you'll get a dirt cheap Ashley-type sofa that will last for a few years, or pay a bit more to get a great sofa of Hancock & Moore quality (but it will still be affordable because it's used.) With so many people going through foreclosure/financial hard times, it's a great time to buy used. You might not get it tomorrow, and you might have to compromise a bit on color/style, but it won't break the budget either. And the really fabulous thing about used is, if you hate it next year, you can resell it for about what you paid for it. If the really dire predictions bear out, and the Ashley mechanisms don't work in a year, you'll only be out a couple of hundred dollars, learned a valuable lesson, and paid about $15 dollars a month for the joy of having something to sit on. It's very easy to clean leather so there is no 'yuk' factor to used. It's something you ought to consider....See MoreAnything GOOD to say about Ashely Furniture?
Comments (15)We've sold Ashley for a long time. There are definitely worse brands out there...but there are some better ones, too. In leather furniture I am pretty sure that Ashley only has models in their higher quality Millenium label. We sell a ton of Ashley/Millenium, and our policy has always been to discontinue brands that cause us a great deal of service problems. Ashley is no worse in this area than other value brands. Buy the Ashley if you like it. Value Priced brands are what they say they are, but guess what, most higher end brands don't have a better manufacturer's warranty anyways! It's silly to say you can't get 10 years out of a particular brand off hand. It almost completely depends on how you use it. Keep it clean and the leather will last. Don't jump on it and the springs will be fine. Don't drop it and the frame will not break (also when moving value priced furniture, lift...don't drag). You can get a decent sofa at $800 in leather, much less than that would be cause for concern. We also carry Lane (avg $1000 sofa) and Leather Italia (avg $1300 sofa). Our high ends (Thomasville, Bernhardt) average $2000 and up. I've added a link to a good leather article for shoppers below. Here is a link that might be useful: 8 Simple Facts for Leather Buyers...See MoreCharcoal Sofa: Color palette SOS!
Comments (23)So I'm stuck with the problem child. This is an old farm house and the wallpaper is doing a great job of covering plaster walls (and it's honestly not the redhaired stepchild it looks like in photos--we do like it). Also stuck with the dark wainscoting--husband is against painting wood (it's 100+-year-old ash custom crafted from the farm bushlot). I've been trial-and-erring (mostly erring) around these constraints. Add to this the awkardness of the room -- 3 windows, three doors plus opens into galley kitchen. I haven't had a solid target in mind afa what I'd like the room to look like, been trying to fit things in as I go.......👀...See Morefelizlady
5 years agoTodd
5 years agoWe still need to finish off with pillows, end tables, maybe different rug, wall art ect. but thought I'd share how it looks with the Pottery Barn Townsend sofas in Sunbrella Slub Tweed Ash.
amymac41
4 years ago
Nicole
4 years ago8sa5
3 years agoTodd
3 years ago
Dana Trabun
3 years agoTodd
3 years agoTodd
2 years ago
Repainting our living room. The current color is SW Agreeable Gray and in a south facing living room with lots of light it tends to read very beige not gray at all. We were looking to go grayer or whiter.
All swatches are from Samplized.
Again Couch is Pottery Barn Sunbrella Performance Sub Tweed Ash. Trim is SW Extra White
Left to right.Top row left of picture SW Light French Gray. Right of picture and falling down is BM Dove Wing, BM Oxford White, BM White Dove, and BM Chantilly Lace.
Bottom Row: BM Coventry Gray, BM Metropolitan, SW Pussywillow, BM Revere Pewter, BM Collingwood, BM Gray Owl, SW Eider White, BM Classic Gray, and BM Decorators White
The Gray Owl read very green in real life, harder to see in photo. Collingwood looked almost identical to the Agreeable Gray. The ones on the far left read too blue against the couch (Using Light French Grey in our hallways and stairs though). White Dove (using in Kitchen and Bath) was a favorite, but just didn't work with the couch. White dove read too creamy in that room but perfectly clean in the open kitchen next door (must be the couch).
Finalist were Eider White, Classic Gray, and Oxford White and likely Eider White (wife's favorite).Todd
2 years agoSherwin Williams Eider White turned out great with the SW Extra White Trim. Hard to tell from photo, but much cleaner and less beige than the SW Agreeable Grey.
Side note, finally got a larger rug.
Emily Johnson
2 years agoTodd
2 years agoboncork
2 years agoTodd
2 years agoboncork
2 years agoRachel
2 years ago
Lisa Faith
last year
ToddOriginal Author