What color sofas for an active family room
I'm beyond ready to change the sofas in my family room. The current sofas were purchased before we built our house. Now I'm ready to change this look! The sofas have to be comfortable, durable and look great. The colors on the walls will not change, however we are considering changing the carpet to hard wood floors (Dark Walnut color)... I'm strongly considering light or cream color leather sofas, the tables will also stay... HELP
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5 years agoI have a charcoal lazy boy sectional. This thing has held up great to my extremely careless and messy teenagers and our dog. I get it professionally cleaned once a year and I spot clean as needed. Haven’t met a stain I can’t get out and we’re on year 4.
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Comments (3)When buying upholstered furniture a sofa is always your best value. In fact from a wholesale perspective there can be as little as a $50-$100 difference between them and I will tell you why. At the trade shows, primarily the twice a year High Point market, April and october or the Vegas market manufacturers like to quote low sofa prices as they show you their wares. I have been to many markets, over 60 High Point Markets, where you will be lead around the showroom with the rep quoting sofa wholesale or in some cases retail prices, $699, $799, $899, $999. It's so boring. What they never quote are the love seat and chair prices where the manufacturere is making their mark up. My advice buy two sofas. I think it looks better and you are getting more value....See MoreGreat Family Room Potential - Design + Kid Friendly Sofas?
Comments (18)Pottery Barn has sofas with indoor-outdoor Sunbrella fabric, https://www.potterybarn.com/shop/new/sunbrella-feature I second those who've suggested starting good habits while kids are young -- teach them from the start how to treat furniture and the family belongings properly. And this is the time to start with rules like "no food or drinks in the living/family room"; and yes, it's perfectly fair to have one rule for the adults and another for the kids. Or you can limit what kind of food and drinks to allow kids -- when mine were young, it was water or apple juice only for them in the living room, no milk or grape/orange juice. Also, they grow fast : ) , so you don't really have to decorate around them too much (round ottomans vs. wood rectangular coffee table). I'd decorate for the room and with what you like. Buy quality the first time around. The arched fronts might be fairly easily removable. And I'd almost be tempted to have the builder drywall over the shelving above the arches....See MoreLooking for sofa suggestions for family room
Comments (14)I thought we were dealing with a loveseat before. The sofas should each be 18" or less from the coffee table, but I'm concerned that the traffic path through the space will be a bit circuitous and blocked up, and TV watching won't be good unless people stretch out on the sofas. I think the "L" you had originally might work better and then put the two chairs with those tables flanking the FP or on the window side to get the "U" I suggested above. Use a floor lamp between them if there is an outlet under the window....See Morelooking for a wall color for family room with Carmel color sofas
Comments (3)Hi.I'm Neha. Choosing the perfect wall color depends on the type of flooring you have. If you could share the exact color of the sofa and the type of flooring, I can create a 3D mockup to help you visualize better....See MoreKWW
5 years agoI like the sofa you suggested, but the look may be a tad bit modern to coordinate with the rest of my furniture. I do have a pretty contemporary sofa in my front-room but you can't see it from this room... Any suggestions for a more traditional comfortable rustic look?
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5 years agoYou could replace your brown fabric with a brown rustic leather. Something with a transitional style and track rather than puffy arms.
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I love the caramel colored leather with the tribal-look accessories like you have in the other room.
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5 years agoThis is a more traditional style from West Elm Called the Paidge - any of the high performance fabrics are good options. The navy pictured is very lovely!
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5 years agoHi, KWW. I think leather would be great for an active family room, but off white doesn't read as rustic so much.
For rustic, I imagine a rich cognac leather. Here's one of my favorites, that looks like it might fit the bill. It's from Hancock and Moore. I can see a couple of these with wood floors, an upholstered armchair and a beautiful Persian area rug.
Ditto on this traditionally styled sofa with the "London arm". Also from Hancock and Moore.
A couple more sofas in lighter colors that are pretty classically shaped, but not very rustic. I think they lend themselves well to almost any style, unless one is going for uber modern. Take a look at Hancock and Moore, if you're seriously considering leather. They're kind of the gold standard in the US for leather furniture. Their leather color selection and hides are swoon worthy!
And I really hope you decided to go with wood floors through out. It will be stunning.
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