Help with color suggestions livingroom
I have ordered my new furniture months back and I should be receiving it soon... I would like to add some color to the room... so what color throw pillows would you suggest? attached is a photo of the new couch.. and the room it is going into... (ignore the brown couches in the photo as they are going) I was thinking of maybe getting a color of pillow close to the tulip color or would that not work? (and yes I know.. its not formal furniture.. but we like to be comfortable)
Would these work do you think or too much color lol
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoPersonally, I am not a fan of pops of color. If I want to introduce color, I like it to have the color of the sofa incorporated in with the color of the sofa.
What color is the new sofa, hard for me to tell.
i wanted pillows to bring in the blue in the rug. The stripes match the sofa.
And I like that they are not a solid blue.
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Comments (29)Oh, dear! I thought you might like that console...and unfortunately it is no longer available, which is why I didn't send the link. It is the Bailey Console Table by Pottery Barn. It's a great look and I am sure that you can find something similar. Take a look at the Layla Grayce link below. Their inventory is a bit pricey, but the furniture and rugs on the site are wonderful and may provide some inspiration. RE: the rug size As a rule, choosing the correct size area rug depends on the dimensions of the room or space you are trying to cover. To determine what size rug will best suit your needs: 1. Measure the size of your room. 2. Measure the space you want covered. 3. Now place a piece of paper where each of the corners will fall; adjust the "corners" as needed to make the space larger or smaller and then re-measure the area. Most people feel that room will look better proportioned if there is at least 18-24" of bare floor space around the area rug. Try to leave an equal amount of flooring exposed as a border on all sides. If that is not possible, try to ensure that the borders on parallel sides of the rug are equal. All legs of the furniture should be on the rug for a classic look, and at the very least, have the front legs of the furniture on the rug and the back legs off the rug (a more casual look). The reference below is helpful if you want to follow the 18" to 24" of bare floor showing around a room sized rug "rule of thumb". 8' 0" x 10' 0"-Size Area Rug - for Room Size: 9' 6" x 11' 6" to 10' 0" x 12' 0" & larger 9' 0" x 12' 0" -Size Area Rug - for Room Size: 10' 6" x 13' 6" to 11' 0" x 14' 0"" & larger 10' 0" x 15' 0 -Size Area Rug - for Room Size: 11' 6" x 16' 6" to 12' 0" x 17' 0" & larger It is generally considered awkward for a heavily traffic area to be half rug, and half "no rug". You do not want one foot on a rug and one foot off as you are walking through an area constantly....See MoreWall color and curtain suggestion for turqouise living room
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Comments (9)You 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: https://www.thesmarttiles.com/en_us/tiles/ 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. 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....See Moreeverdebz
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoEld616... I haven't gotten the sofa yet.. I get it around the end of the month.. but the color is called fawn... the only thing I have is a color sample at the moment... its basically a taupe.. I don't know if you can tell by the color sample... :) My drapes are in the 1st shot...
K & T Boheen... Yeah thats the great thing about pillows.. they bring in color and you can change them easily enough...
What color of pillows would you suggest... (I have ordered the golden pillows and I can return them if they do not look good.. I am going to need a throw too I guess...
Partim, I was planning on changing the carpet too.. just haven't found anything I like.. and not sure which color to go once again... (I also like the blue carpet above... very nice! The last photos are the art I have in my livingroom... sorry for the glary shot but its really sunny today
Thank you all very much for your replies and advice! I need the help :)
goldenbird411
3 years agoI have this carpet there now.. but I know its not great either... (also less the christmas tree - lol)
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3 years agoThey had this carpet (with the set I bought) ... which I considered in the show room when I purchased the sofa set ... What do you think about this....I like the jute one you posted but jute is not very nice on the feet..
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3 years agoChoose furniture, then rug and/or art, then pillows.
Everdebz's choices are a good way to go. Go bolder with your rug choices since you will have a lot of taupe over the brown floors, and brown tabletops. Look for contrast with a small amount of taupe and brown and more ivory (from your tables) and another color.
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3 years agoThis is the whole room.. when you walk in the doorway.. the fireplace is to the right and all the way around the room to the entrance again... we have the tv in the spot it is in because we did have it on the long wall but you could not see the tv because the light shines directly on the tv... Anyways thats it - lol... I know the tables maybe shouldn't be in the spots you say but we all have laptops where we like to put them down on something along with coffee etc :) (I do have plans on getting a new rug at some point... but at this point I was basically just trying for pillows that would go in the room... they are cheap enough.. I have spent alot of money on other rooms in the house so little by little.. (I can absolutely move the clock... and pictures.. I will post a new photo when I get the furniture... due to covid I have been waiting at least 6 months... thank you for all of your ideas.. I will definitely come back to them when I can purchase a throw rug... (I REALLY like eld616 rug! Where did you get that Eld?) And would it go in my room?
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoThis is the whole room.. when you walk in the doorway.. the fireplace is to the right and all the way around the room to the entrance again... we have the tv in the spot it is in because we did have it on the long wall but you could not see the tv because the light shines directly on the tv... Anyways thats it - lol... I know the tables maybe shouldn't be in the spots you say but we all have laptops where we like to put them down on something along with coffee etc :) (I do have plans on getting a new rug at some point... but at this point I was basically just trying for pillows that would go in the room... they are cheap enough.. I have spent alot of money on other rooms in the house so little by little.. (I can absolutely move the clock... and pictures.. I will post a new photo when I get the furniture... due to covid I have been waiting at least 6 months... thank you for all of your ideas.. I will definitely come back to them when I can purchase a throw rug... (I REALLY like eld616 rug! Where did you get that Eld?) And would it go in my room? And I know the fireplace is definitely in a weird spot.. And yes I stick to beiges and browns.. because I don't know which other colors to go... I have a hard time with colors...Do you think it would be ok to move the clock above the tv? (Its kinda nice to know what time it is - lol) and maybe move the 3rd art piece over there???
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