Charcoal Sofa: Color palette SOS!
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Comments (27)As usual great sound advice from GW members! My home used to look like a Crayola box threw up in it. But not in a bad way - our home is borderline Victorian w/ lots of stained glass so it could handle it. I could not. I still craved color somehow, someway and over the yrs. found my groove. Along w/ some other GW'ers here I too had gone neutral/ greige before RH went gang busters on it. I always had a pop of robins egg blue like on my entry hall ceiling like here (although that has all changed too): I'm also torn between the 2 décor styles in Somethings Gotta Give and It's Complicated but I think I've finally nailed it. My house looks like the two movies got married, had kids and then divorced. All of my walls are painted SW High Reflective White and all of my ceilings are either grey or black (crazy I know) except in my LR which is just super duper tiny. That room is SW Dovetail Gray (or will be once I buy the final gallon). It's the perfect foil to adding the pops of blue and green that I love so much. I have a white slipcovered sofa w/ lots of pillow on it that I swap out seasonally. The base is always robins egg blues to turquoise in varied patterns like trellis patterns and damask patterns along w/ some solids. When I want it 'calmer' I take the green away and add linen and cream pillows, some w/ ikat pattern and some w/ stripes. When I want 'warmer' I add a pillow w/ a smoke blue base that has touches of a wonderful terracotta and mustard and add a pillow or two in those shades for Fall. No, I do not have a elves whipping up pillows in the closet - but I do regularly buy washable pillow covers. Since this is the only LR/Family Room in the house and I want our kids to feel like a part of it, I am adding additional color to one wall w/ our kids artwork and soft colored mats in white frames (the other wall has 3 black and white tree pics in wood frames). Recently I noticed that I am gravitating to adding a more colorful bohemian vibe to this one room as I've lost weight. Like you mentioned you dress in lots of color. I'm down 45 pounds and w/in the past month I've added so much blue and bright green to my once dull black, grey wardrobe and I've honestly found the color creeping into my LR more and more. Especially the play of pattern. I think that this one gray room is perfect for us because while at once calm and sedate it handles a lot of color w/ no sweat. I often refer to BHG magazine for a fair amount of the neutral/ color palette mixes. Here was my jumping off point for satisfying my neutral & color needs in my LR: (All of that red is not for me but I still love the play of color against deep neutral in the above room!) And then our office across the hall has white walls, a black and white photo gallery and a painting in the blues and greens. It has colorful accents here and there. It's a lt 'crisper' feeling. Sort of kind of like this minus the blue chairs: Oh, and the white hallway (w/ black ceiling) between the two rooms has a single row of colorful scenic antique lithographs in various rooms that sort of draws the 2 rooms together. Oh yeah, and we have 2 boys 9 & 6 and a 4yr. old DD. They were another reason I wanted some color. They're vibrant and I wanted them to feel vibrant....See MoreColour palette problems with new sofa :(
Comments (7)What colour would you do them? It’s just the carpet that’s still warm.. that the husband refuses to change but I might just do it when he’s at work seeing as he’s colour bling anyway...See MoreNeed help deciding on style and color palette
Comments (34)Groveraxle’s rug is lovely. Now to find something in the Netherlands :) Unfortunately I have no access to my desktop computer at the moment and I’m kinda lost on my iPad, so no posting pictures for me. You could take a look at loods5, for example, or vloerkledenwinkel.nl (huge stock), Muuto has some nice rugs, and I always love the black-and-white stripe from IKEA. You’ll probably need 1.70 x 2.40. Good luck!...See MoreCharcoal and brown...colour help needed!
Comments (28)You have a lot of ideas in this thread and a lot more swirling in your head, I imagine. I know how grief adds a particularly difficult component to home design plans. You have my condolences, btw. I think that setting up the area as you want to use it will help you decide on your reupholstery choices. So, my advice to you is get the basement functionally set up and live in it for a couple of months with the furniture as is. You might have an easier time visualizing your options once you figure out how things "feel" to you in the space. Starting with an area rug might help set things in motion. I doubt you can go wrong with Jan's textured neutral palette plan. It doesn't offer the contrast your inspiration picture does though. How you feel drawn to each type of room is totally personal: it's your taste. Nothing more, nothing less. The trick is figuring out which one you prefer and want in the long term. I know the feeling of wanting to get things DONE but I don't think you should rush yourself either. And by not rushing yourself, I don't mean falling into the overthinking trap because you're contemplating every scenario. :) I mean, setting aside things for a while while they percolate in the back of your mind. (Apologies if any of this doesn't apply or resonate. I'm sharing thoughts based on my experience. Fabric choice is not necessarily the most important element of furnishing a room with inherited pieces.) I'm in Canada as well, btw. New furniture is expensive, regardless of quality. Imo, $300 to reupholster a good quality chair with sentimental value is a good deal. As you know, a new La-z-boy is over 1K with taxes. The sleeker options are over 2K. Once you have a reupholstery estimate for the teal recliner, you'll have an easier time deciding if it stays in your plans. Keep in mind the company is always improving the mechanism and fabric selection so depending on the age of the teal recliner, you might want to replace it with a new one if you're really in the market for a recliner. Hth a bit. Best wishes with your plans. I'm sure you'll create a cozy family room for yourself....See MoreThunder Dot
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