There's no right answer here. The current pallet is very neutral -- walls and carpet -- so you could easily go with a blue couch and then get some arm chairs to add another pattern or tie the blue and neutral together. (You could pick a cooler shade of white, if you prefer.)

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Kind of depends on how you live. Dogs? Babies? Teens? Blues are more forgiving but of whites with layered textures would be gorgeous.

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Like the others said..it depends what you like, functionality and how you want the room to feel. I know many are afraid to buy a colorful sofa, but you can get anything there..the room is bright and neutral. I have a similar family room and we went with an orange sectional, wood floor and yellow armchair..it sounds like a lot of color, but together, it looks pretty neutral.

We have no pets and 2 pre-teen. I want the room to be welcoming as it is right off the kitchen and I have a separate formal living. But, I also want it to look luxurious as it is the center of the house.
What color combo would you use with a dark blue sofa to give it that modern glam look?

I would keep the walls white

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I think Flo Mangans third picture looks really good..I would give thought to larger scale furniture also although I have not seen any other rooms off this one so it may be an idea to post same..it's a beautiful room so good luck with all.

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Modern Glam can be executed in many different pallettes..can be neutral or wildly colorful..to me, it's textures, and lines, and shapes that will define it as Glam look..polished surfaces(can be wood, or metals or glass), materials that are rich to touch and look at-can be velvet, leather, silk, cashmere..

Details like chandeliers and lamps..

Blue works amazingly well with many colors. White? Check. Red? Check. Purple? check. Yellow? check. Shades of vibrant pink? Orange?...one can just go on and on

So I'd say it's the question how you want the room to feel. More calm, elegant, like classical music playing? Or it can be more rock-n-roll-faster rhythm, more colors-and it will still be Modern Glam if all the elements spell Modern Glam..it will be just different Glam.

My personal inclination would be to ground the room a bit-if the carpet stays..add maybe rug?..go with deeper colors..one deep color you know-that's your blue..

What other colors you're drawn to? My guess almost anything can be combined..depends on how many you're willing to introduce. It's individual. What's bland to me to somebody else is visual overload. You'll start with two-three colors for example(blue and white you already have..or will have)-and you'll feel how it goes..whether that's the visual rhythm you're after.

As I'm a big lover of purple and oranges and certain shades of red, etc-it'd be hard to keep me away from them. Every color has a shade that'll work beautifully with a deep blue sofa. Green can also be very cool..then green can come through plants as well. And you have these amazing windows.

Consider blue a bit like a neutral, actually. When you see something against sky..you won't think "this color doesn't work with a sky"..our eyes are too used to blue, unless it's some really electric shade, it's neutral in a sense we perceive it as background, naturally.

A lot can be done here, with such amount of light.

Look at many pics..that don't have to be of houses and rooms per se btw..movie scenes, fashion, exotic birds, art, whatever, just many pictures that will eventually tell you "ok this combo makes me more excited. Or: this combo makes me more chill, that what I'd want"

You can look at different designers too if you haven't yet,..Jonathan Adler for example ..

Of of the pics posted, the room with a big portratit and interestingly shaped coffee table spells most glam to me.

Another one-is the room with two teal velvet chairs.

Yet another one-a corner with a velvet sofa, lots of brass.

They both say different things -but they both are still glam.

From my own experience it's easy to work with sofas in color. Just make sure the upholstery material is functional for how your family lives, and for the activities in the room.

Congratulations on your new house!

Hi Alecia,

I would recommend keeping the wall white, meanwhile decorating the room with different shades of blue (carpets, couch and painting) along with some gold fixtures.

You have two stories of wall to wall windows! This is a family room? Hire a designer before buying any furniture; figure out a floor plan( were is the tv going? Decide on light control for those windows before buying anything.

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Not that a couple of these are very practical; no window shades! Guess they only watch tv in the evening!

I think everyone’s idea of modern glam is a bit different. I’m not opposed to color at all but think you should get some professional help here.

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" I think everyone’s idea of modern glam is a bit different. "-I agree, lynartist. For me most interiors posted spell more casual( luxury casual..some more contemporary, some more traditional), than glam.

And I don't know, maybe that's what the room will feel great with. What will be the activities? will there be TV watching? Maybe the room wants to be glamorously casual..

maybe the OP wants it be more casual as well. That's depend on how she defines "Modern glam"..

Alecia we need your help here..to understand more how you envision the room to be..

Start with the floor - is the carpet staying? Then do a detailed floor plan to figure out the layout - after more input re function. Then sofa colors can be discussed.

When I think of modern glam, I think of Geoffrey Bradfield. You could take a look at his site. He does very beautiful rooms, IMO. He shows quite a bit of pale blue which would go with your darker blue couch. Or you might want to do chairs and couch in the same fabric/color. I like the idea of using different shades/hues of blue in the room - with accessories being more colorful. I'd leave the walls light. I'd look for some fabulous artwork and change out the fan for a beautiful chandelier.

We have a very big mirror above the fireplace (molding encased and almost up to the ceiling) . I like the mirror, so no real space for a tv and that is ok. We are going to have a breakfast nook that is going to be cozy and is at the back of that room in the kitchen.
I want the room to feel well kept but also livable. I don’t want you to be afraid to sit down. Im drawn to neutral rooms, with tone on tone especially grays and white but I felt like this would be a good place to add a little color as my formal living room is already very neutral

You can still do tone on tone with blues, as suggested earlier..ground a bit with a touch of dark...very light touch-say something hidden in art? Accent pieces? White, you have plenty, but white and blue together gives you huge choice in accessories-ceramics, fabrics, you name it. It won't read monotone at all-yet still will be calmer room, with a very luxirious feel..add a touch of metals..Art, that goes without saying. Can take time-well so what. Or maybe you already have something you love.

Switch to a chandelier..it's a big room, you're very free -or, to put it differently, you're not that limited..))

Maybe by budget, that, i wouldn't know.

Would help to know a bit..say a sofa..if the room is as big as it seems to be from the photo, you can go for shapely seating in here, the room can take it. Rounded lines, repeating windows and arches of the mirror etc. Something that looks great not pushed close to these windows. Many interesting silhoettes right now. Obviously better to check how it feels before you buy, and what is the fabric (say cotton velvet will look very cool and real deal, but poly velvet will be very easy to clean..)

Depends on an attitude of course too (some people worry more than others), and how one lives..if I wear something white much more chances for me to spill something on it. Other people-they somehow get away with everything white much better. Then my DD-almost lost cause, in terms of keeping white white..I can still hope white will be intact..

I don't know where you/family fall on that scale, but you know.

Leather is most foolproof of all..and can be very beautiful..the better it is the more expensive will be..and comes wit its own minuses

What is the climate you're in?

Will the carpet stay?

I agree-better to have a general plan for the room first..what's going to be there? The main things? How they'll relate to each other? A seating plan?

Then, you narrow down to such and such pieces.

It's almost a parallel process, but general picture still comes a bit earlier