Pictures??

Google brown walls, or whatever the color (latte, dark brown, beige). Brown looks great with lots of white, blue, turquoise, green, orange....

Curtains, large scale art, mirrors, plants.

Black coffee or caffee au lait?

As nosoccermom says, you have lots of choices there.

The other thing is, what if you put in writing that if you painted, then painted it back when you moved?

Is this a rent controlled place that will protect your tenancy?

I don't like that the landlord picked that specific a color that no one likes and refuses a re-paint.

Usually a landlord picks a very neutral color that everyone will like.

I hope that your landlord isn't planning to get rid of you unceremoniously to install a relative or friend and that's why he/she wants to keep that color.

yeah images would help :). thanks for advice so far! ignore the furniture it old pictures before I move in.

I just took nosocceermom's advice and googled 'brown walls' and found some lovely room ideas!

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1207&bih=505&ei=MIESXZO3Coa3ggeg_6XgAQ&q=brown+walls&oq=brown+walls&gs_l=img.3..0l10.521.2022..2466...0.0..0.73.696.11......0....1..gws-wiz-img.....0.b0_cML2OrE4  

Now, I'm a neutral girl myself and so I found that many rooms above look lovely with brown walls and a lot of white accessories.

Thanks for the link, what do you all think about adding some white brick stick on panels in like a focal point of the space

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Oh, it's not brown really. More like a darker beige.

I am not a fan of covering the walls with that stick on brick.

And if your landlord doesn't want the walls touched with simple paint, she would probably have a fit from all that stickum from the back of those panels.

Using things like a different color or a wall treatment like a stick on as a focal point on one wall just implies one can't figure out how to decorate the room interestingly and appropriately with art and accessories and color.

You've only just moved in.

Give yourself a chance before you resort to tired cliches.

No sticky stuff on walls. Put your $$$ into furniture,art,rugs. Basically keep the focus off the walls and on the items that move with you. What is your style? Color inspo?

Style I lean more towards contemporary and modern designs. I would have prefered white greys, blues

Whites and creams will go marvelously with that.

Think in terms of fashion.

Think of someone wearing a white or cream slacks, a cream knit sweater, with a camel colored leather belt and purse made of camel leather with black accent leather, a great shearling jacket, and fine black leather shoes.

Or do up your own variation.

You can have furniture in a white or cream, simple curtains in the same.

Accessories that play up natural textures like leather, wicker, shells, coral, fossils, plants, etc.

You can keep colors in the palate of white, cream, caramel, chocolate brown, grey, black and white. Maybe the barest hint of pink.

Think of the palette of most sea shells.

I would definitely add some floor lamps - they will draw your eye. The command hooks are really great for renters since they clean off easily and let you hang things. I agree with others - focus on beautiful furniture and rugs to keep your eyes off the walls. Don't rush - do things slowly..

Good luck!

I agree that adding cooler blues will help take away some of the overwhelming warmth of the beige. Cream colored furniture is neutral and work in any space should you move. You can add an area rug with cream, beige and gray to help bring in the colors you like while still acknowledging the warm colors that already exist.

You can add in a modern sofa like this one from Article that mixes ivory and gray.

Add chairs in gray upholstery with wood arms.

Bring in pillows with color and texture.

Bring in a coffee table with some texture.

Hope this helps.

l like your space. You can make this a very warm and cozy home.

The room colors all look a bit different. Are they all the same? And as dark as the living room?

If all the rooms are like the LR and that dark, I would look for something else. Because I could not live with that color.

Perfect place for an art collection done over time and take it with you when you go. change the lightbulbs to LEDs in 4000k range it will lighten up the space and do it with all the lighting including your own lamps . The bulbs are a bit expensive so save the old ones for when you move out to put back.

I don't think the color is depressing at all. I find it calming. Lots of white or cream will look great in that space. I suggest you start an ideabook of brown rooms.

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Do you have any furniture yet? What's going in there?

Change your light bulbs...try out a few led's that are cooler...(don't buy a bunch...just test in a small area.

That's step one...then, if that's a change that you like, take more photos and report back (but include your own furniture in the pics)....Then the recs will be more helpful to you.