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Living room color scheme SOS

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

Hey all,

I'm outside my wheelhouse in trying to find a color scheme for our "country kitchen" / family room!

The room is a challenge, with many windows and doors, lots of wood etc. but I think I've arrived at a decent layout (please see attached photos). Now, time to narrow down colors!

I brought home a color-palette deck from the hardware store, but I'm so overwhelmed and I don't know how to derive a simple color scheme from it!

My constraints are:

Wallpaper: crazy, I know, but it needs to stay for now since it is covering old plaster walls
Couches: believe it or not, actually do match the light-rose color in the wallpaper in natural lighting, and so I would like to keep them (spent a lot on those slipcovers!!)
Coffee table and console table: I would like to keep them as maple accents
Trim / wainscoting: husband won't let me paint!

My flexibility and color woes relate to:

Hutch: I plan on painting; could it be the focal point? What color?!
Ottoman: gotta cover that awful grey; What color?!
Hardwood floor: we will be refinishing it; it's maple; what color?
Area rug: What color?
Sofa cushions--color?
Curtains--color?
Frames for pictures--color?

Notes

The wallpaper isn't as yellow as it looks in the photo
We're putting a recliner next to the hutch, on an angle towards TV eventually (color?!)
*** I kind of know that I messed up on the couch slipcovers. My gut tells me they should change. Honestly, though, I spent more that a thousand on the two and so if possible I'd like to use them ***

Any help that anyone can give to tie all of this together color-wise would be sooo

appreciated!

Thanks! 🎉

TD

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herbflavor

3 years ago

the last one...or white on white ...white/cream...the pale blue/white is nice. ADDS TEXTURE . don't ditch the ottoman: I like it....throw a square faux fur piece over it [joann fabrics-easier than sewing cover for now you have other things to do. ] I'd use the coffee table as end table at the corner between two arms of couches.....then taller reading lamp/ maybe pivot directional arm style.....a little fun industrial look thrown in...... you want good reading lighting...always. ottoman in center can take a tray with goodies it looks flat.

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herbflavor
3 years ago
Hutch goes in dining room / tv goes where hutch is get a barn door low console tv stand . Face reality this pandemic people are home ....I’m not big on tv , but put it front and center ....next get big area rug / sew toss pillowcovers / order forms oline different shapes get some down ( they are nice) include blue gray /white damask / or maybe pottery barn etc is selling that stuff reduced now I usually make them ....as far as single chair can you get a leather club chair off Craig’s list nice worn in leather is good or buy one it will anchor the seating venue a bit . You did fine w covers / need cozy throws / toss pillows/ plants in your room maybe old vintage mirror on wall behind couch. Takes time nice big room you layer special things in . Small vintage corner stands bookcase etc . Hard w shopping now covid / places are closed. Just personally do not feel the hutch fits in don’t bother paint . Move it elsewhere it serves purpose w display so it needs a wall in a dining room.
Thunder Dot
Original Author
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
@herbflavor thanks! Working on it. . .

For the damask, are you thinking bold or subtle?

Ditch ottoman?
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3 years ago
test post--my posts have been disappearing on this site.
Thunder Dot
Original Author
3 years ago
Alright, I'll try once more. If we end up with 3 similar comments here then so be it!

@herbflavor thank you for your ideas; room looks much better already. I'm thinking of hanging things but not sure if I should wait until I'm further along. Here are some items we have that could work:
Thunder Dot
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3 years ago
(this photo brings houzz site to its knees for some reason. i've tried posting it 4 times. are the prints that ugly?? 😋)

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