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I am updating my living room with a soft sage carpet and a graphite sofa. What colors would work well for the walls?
By traveler233 from PA
Lighter shade of graphite, creamy yellow, or blue gray (heather) and white.
My trick is to find a bath towel, shower curtain, or pillow or rug, even a picture, at a store. Something I can relate the existing color to (or something in the same family of color). The color pallet of those things always helps me make a good choice. Sage is a "muted" color, and if you want some drama you could go with a muted purple!
I would use a shade of the blue from the bedroom or a lighter sage color. Good luck.
I have black furniture in my living room. My decorations are chocolate brown and a light blue color. What colors would look good with my decorations?
By elizabeth from Berwyn, IL
Add some pink, peach or coral.
Light green, red & pink will go good in your room, good luck.
I would say cream with either a tan or more yellow tint, light green, or coral.
I need help. I have a navy couch and love seat with grey carpet. Any wall color suggestions? I have two days.
By cathy from Dearborn, MI
You're lucky that you have two very neutral colors on your hands! You could go with a fun, saturated bright color like orange or hot pink. Go cooler with a nice green or just the right purple. Do a nice monochromatic look with lighter shades of blue. The possibilities are endless. Whatever you do, you can pull it together with accessories, wall art and fabrics.
Take a look at a color wheel and consider the groupings shown: www.worqx.com/
Any of them would work. Good luck!
Bring in a pillow/carpet cutting to a home decor store(that sells paint) and they will know what's best. All they charge for is the paint. You will pay for that somewhere. Good luck
A bright sunny yellow or golden color would warm up a the coolness of blue and gray.
I have a large room 700 sq. ft. with 2 burgundy chairs and a light grey couch. What color should I paint the walls?
If you want to be very dramatic, you could paint the walls a light to medium charcoal. If that's too dramatic for your taste, you could use the same light grey as the couch to which has been added a small amount of the burgundy in the chairs.
I have a medium sized living room with a dark brown couch and chairs and a deep cherry TV stand, coffee table, and end tables. I have a faux deep cherry fire place as well. I have one regular window and an open adjoining dining room and open adjoining office. Both other rooms have two regular sized windows each. There are similar furnishings in each. I currently have Cascade antique gold curtains with hints of cranberry and hunter green that are shimmery in nature. I'm at an impasse as to what color to paint my walls. Any suggestions?
I first though to paint an accent wall behind the TV opposite my window, a cranberry color and then use a creamy white on the rest of the walls. I have jacquard fabric furniture covers that are burgandy and flip to tan. I'm not sure if this would look right. As of now, my walls are a dull white, almost grey tone and look very dull.
My living and dining area is 1 large room. They are painted a harvest gold with white trim, my curtains are gold stripe, and the sofa is tan. I have put down new carpet, mostly grey with a touch of tan that shows in the sunlight. But it is really grey. I want to paint the rooms grey, but will that match the sofa and the curtains? I really don't want to go to the expense of buying new curtains. Should I paint gray or leave gold in your opinion.
I have a terracotta tannish settee, with dark traditional furniture and wooden oak floors. What colour do I paint my walls? The room is not large.
I have a rather large living room, a white leather sofa (sectional, small), 2 gray swivel recliners, and hardwood floors. My accent furniture is rather dark. What color would I paint my living room? Also, I have a peaked 20 feet ceiling. Upon leaving the living room and entering the kitchen everything in the kitchen is some form of gray. Please help!
I would stick with the gray. Pale pale on at least three walls and a stronger version on the wall that would visually shorten and soften the room. You can then go a little color crazy on accessories: pillows, area rug (5x7or 8x10) under the coffee table area. If you are not formal,you can even use one of the outdoor rugs that are now on clearance. Solid or patterned, They have finished edges and easy to clean. If you don't want a rug, have fun mwith FullLength drapes please. Patterned drapes are a frame for the window and a cheap smile of color framing the light.
MY HUSBAND IS, A PROFESSIONAL PAINTER! HE SAID, A BURGUNDY OR PUMPKIN ORANGE, ACCENT WALL, WOULD LOOK NICE, POSSIBLY, OR IF, YOU WOULD LIKE, TO GO, MORE FANCY OR CLASSY, YOU COULD GO, WITH A GREEN & WHITE MARBLING, FAUX PAINT! HOPE, THAT'S, OF SOME HELP, TO YA! BLESSINGS!
I have purchased a new suite and am struggling to think of wall colours. The suite is light - in between cream and grey. I am going for dark wood floor. What colour would you recommend I paint the walls?
I would like to wallpaper the chimney breast again struggling to think of what colour. I have mango wood furniture in the room. It is a large and light room. I do like greens and duck egg.
My kitchen has grey walls, white cabinets, black worktops, and will have black and white tiles when it's finished and red accessories. I want advice on what color to have in my living room so that both rooms flow as you have to walk through the living room to get to the kitchen. At the moment the walls are a neutral color (we mixed a bit of light brown in with magnolia so that it would be a bit darker) and cream wallpaper with red flowers.
The sofas are dark brown with cream cushions and light brown carpet (which might be changing we're not sure yet) and the fireplace is a light brown wood. I was liking the look of a silver wallpaper, but no idea what color to go with it (or if it will be too much). What color wallpaper/paint would you suggest? Sorry for the long post.My sofa is shades of aqua and white. What color should I paint the walls?
I have a grey leather sofas and dark wood flooring. It is a long narrow room with windows at both ends. What is the best colour to paint my walls?
I have brown furniture, cream colored carpet, and black throw rugs. What color should I paint my walls?
With those colors you could paint the walls just about any color you like. But depending upon the light coming in the room and how much brown furniture you do have.
What color or colors can I paint my living room? I need lots of ideas to choose from please.
Not sure exactly which colour but I think you need something that will bring some warmth and brightness. Maybe pale orange
I'm attaching the pics of the furniture I've bought for the living room:
So it's more of a dark brown with green theme for the lounge which also extends into the dining area. My dining table and chairs are also dark brown.
Here is what I need advice with; my lounge is not very big.
Any advice would be much appreciated as I'm really confused about the colour scheme. I wanna have one or two large plants in there as well to go with my green and brown theme.
Thanks.
Since you have so many dark hues (which I think is great) maybe ivory or off white. I don't care for the pure white, I think it looks stark.
I agree with Marty on the cream paint. It not only goes with the different shades of green, but also with the dark brown. You really do need a lighter color in the room. If you had chosen lighter color furnishings, then you could swing for darker walls. Light walls also give the illusion the room is larger. Have fun!
I have dark chocolate leather furniture and sheer burgundy curtains in the living room. I'd like to paint the living room walls, as they are white. What color(s) would you recommend? I want the room to look bigger and add some live color. Thx in advance!
By Karla S.
I have light wood floors, a print beige and burgundy with medium green, dark brown recliner, and off white wood shades on large window. What color walls? I was thinking of light beige walls and drapes on a decorative black rod to flow on the sides of the window shades.
By Marie P.
This sounds a little like my bedroom. I have beige carpet, mission style medium dark wood color and floral curtains with pinks greens burgandys and some blue. I currently have a very very pale lilac (it looks pink) with even more pale trim (it looks white). This has been a very pleasing scheme for years.
I have brown furniture and tan colored tile in my living room. Currently the walls are a very slight off white, but I'd like to paint them a different color. I just don't know what would look good. I would love some ideas.
By A. J.
What color are the window coverings? Is there a color in them that you could pick up? Since I am not fond of yellows/ golds, I won't recommend them, but a warm coral might work. Also something in the green or blue family, and then repeated in pillows. This would pull the room together. Painting strips on the walls and ceiling would enliven the room. Hope this helps. With the tile and furniture colors, you can pick just about anything, but I do think the room needs color.
Dark colours are very trendy. Maybe you could do one feature wall in a dark brown or a rusty red, and then the other walls in lighter shade. You could add colour with your paintings on the wall, throws and pillows. Or perhaps, if you have drapes, make them white with white accessories, so the room is dark brown and white. I think that would look quite nice.
I purchased Adore beige color curtains for my living room walls. So which color would be best on the walls?
By sudhakar
We just purchased a house in which the living and dining room are painted a really nice beige color. We just purchased a couch that is roughly the same color as the walls. Should we paint the walls a darker color than the couch? Or is it OK to have them roughly the same color?
By Ashley
I would find a really nice throw and some pretty pillows. Often accent colors are nice to draw the line. Or yes, you can paint an accent wall just a shade darker. I hope that helps. PBP
My girlfriend and I are moving in to our first apartment together and we are allowed to paint the walls. We have a red couch and a blue recliner. These obviously will change later on but we need something that will go with what we have right now and in the future.
By Alec
I think I would go with either a pale, powder blue or ivory.
I would go with off-white (but not a greyed white - those can be depressing), grey, or ivory. With that as a neutral background, you can use the black curtains. If your budget stretches that far, you might consider a slipcover or large throw for the couch, as it makes a very powerful statement. If you covered it up with a neutral or with a blue cover, you could go with pale blue walls.
