Living room rug help/suggestions
We moved into this home in April and I’m still struggling to find a rug for our living room. I tend to prefer cooler tones (grays and blues) and this house has warmer tones than I’m used to with the creamy wall color and wood trim (may consider painting down the line but not at this time). Our furniture is all neutral and I’ve tried the Loloi Layla in olive/charcoal and rust/ocean and didn’t care for either - I’m also waiting on a rug before adding pillows, new curtains, etc. I need some color in here. Any rug suggestions?
*Editing to add that this opens to our kitchen, which has black counters and a khaki/olive subway backsplash. Thanks!
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freedomplace1
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoGreys and cream/tans/sands can work fine together. These colors are fournd in the shore nature palette. You could do a rug with some grey and cream in it.
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PROFlo Mangan
3 years agoThis is versatile rug that works in many situations. I see you have some black hardware so I would bring in some black and add a few black accessories.
freedomplace1
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoYou could pick up the black and/or the khaki/olive. TBH, the backsplash doesn't appear to have much olive in it, but the kitchen wall appears to be much more olive, at least on my screen. Depending on what you would like to do, you could change the wall color in the kitchen, and/or change the backsplash or cover the splash with peel and stick tiles:
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However, the backsplash does seem to sync up with the floor. So if you wanted to down play the olive, the easiest and I think most effective route would be to paint that section of the wall that appears to be very olive.
But if you'd like to incorporate some of the green, it could be as simple as bringing in a vase in LR. For example, this floor vase has blue, olive, brown tones.
And or bring in a plant or two. And or a pillow that has olive and maybe khaki in it. Or pick up the green with some art. The brown counter stools in kitchen can work within a cream/tan/grey scheme. But if you wanted to further connect the kitchen, as one idea, you could bring in some grey stools. I think charcoal grey in there.
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So, really, it all depends on what you would like to do. You can have a foundation of cream, tans, greys and pick up the black; Flo Mangan gave you some ideas for that. Or you could pick up the olive/khaki in the same scheme. Or both. It depends on how much you want to emphasize the black and/or green. But you don't have to bring in the green, khaki, black, etc . in a rug.
Lindsey Barnes White
3 years agofreedomplace1
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoMy pleasure, Lindsey. You have a nice place. Maybe find some art that you love. A plant or two can also bring in energy.
All these tones work together. A nice organic feeling. But just with the beige, tans, and wood alone - you have a nice foundation. You can go in any number of directions, with bringing in accent colors, etc.Lindsey Barnes White thanked freedomplace1
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