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We just bought a new living room set. It's called Bella from Bernie and Phyl's and I've added a pic of the swatches. The couch has reversible cushions. The living room isn't very big and there is not a lot of sunlight, so I want to put sheers in the windows. I need help on what color to paint the walls, color of curtains, and what color rug?
By Liliquin from MA
Take the swatches with you and compare them to paint and rug colors. Myself I think it looks like beiges, greys, or sages will work.
If I were you I would use beige carpet, a matte goldish color for the paint on the walls that one would possibly see at an Italian restaurant, and pull out one of the richer colors for the curtains. It looks to be a beautiful piece!
I would use the blue/gray or tan/cream for the walls and the other for the sheers, but not necessarily in a singular color. Look for ones that have a slight pattern or texture to them so they have some visual weight to blend with the furniture.
I am planning to buy curtains and a rug for my drawing room. I have printed sofas. Please suggest the right colour that will look good. Thanks.
I believe deep rich reds and blues would go really well with that type of couch. This couch has something regal about it. It would look great with a traditional Turkish or Persian style-design rug.
I would go with cream curtains and an Asian printed rug.
My couch is cream and my curtains are chocolate brown; would a grey rug look OK?
No, I'm not sure I'd go with grey, I think something like a peach or salmon, or even a different shade of brown altogether would go better. Maybe also a light beige.
I think these are all warm colours and the grey would probably be to cool and clash
Gray is not a good match. You could use a neutral tan, or a burnt orange for more color.
We have a large bedroom with adjoining bath and walk in closet. The walls are white, carpet beige, bedding reddish, beige, and multi colored stripes. There is also a bright yellow chaise lounge and yellow nite stand lamps. I plan on redoing everything at some point, but need some temporary inexpensive color changes until we can afford the whole makeover.
My main problem is what color curtains and throw rugs to pull the beige floor, white walls, yellow accents and red/rust multi striped bedding together? I need to keep white walls for now. My current window sheers are a lavender - left over from previous comforter colors. Help!
Love the coverlet. Windows. Lose the "cafe" shortie. Oops. Is that a white shade? Too white. Tone it down to the lightest cocoa in coverlet, or darkish beige. There are paints that work for vinyl. You only have to paint as much as you actually pull down for lazy mornings. One site, projectophile.net is good. Get 2 cocoa full length panels, to the floor, (near the cocoa brown in coverlet). They go to the far sides of window then u can leave the "red" as if it sewn together. Do not tie back. Widen the rod to extend beyond the window so it looks bigger.
I really like the bed style, bed cover and the room as it is except for the curtains and throw rugs. The furniture makes a statement in itself and is vibrant. I think I'd be tempted to forego curtains altogether and go with simple louvered white blinds and change the throw rugs to a color picked from the bed cover.
I have a beige color wall and dark brown leather couch with dark wood floors. What color curtain and rug should I choose?
My sofa is almost exactly like yours. We have a matching recliner and another chair which is beige leather. Because we are old and subject to falls I opted not to have any sort of carpet.
I forgot to mention that my walls are bright yellow. I'll try to post a pic
I have chocolate couches. The walls are a light tan with white crown molding. Some of my decor is turquoise and beige/off white.
What color should I do my curtains and my accent rug? I have super high ceilings.I'm thinking turquoise to bring in the accents you already have for both.
I agree with the previous poster. Turquoise seems to be your accent colour. Go with it. You may want to go with a brown/tan/turquoise pattern on either the carpet or curtains, if you like patterns. I assume we are talking area rug. I do not think you would want to do a wall to wall carpet as turquoise. I'd go with a lighter shade of tan for that. Another option is to go with drapes that match the wall colour, as that makes the room look bigger, I think. I like drapes to be a background, but others like them to provide a punch of colour!
I have a plum accent wall in my living room which the window is on. The other three walls are cream. I have olive green furniture with plum accent pillows. I am not sure what color curtains to put up against the plum wall without there being too much cream. Also not sure for an area rug.
By cassie5175
I would be bold and make them the olive green shade to match your furniture.
The house we planning to buy has dark red quarry tiles on all downstairs floors. My settee is a taupe color; what colour curtains/rugs can I have with that? I am not that keen on reds really.
By Nicole
Tan or light brown sheers would go nice with taupe sofa and red tiles... something neutral. Even a sage green. Best of Luck!
I would go with tans and browns. There is no need for the red of the tiles to appear anywhere else, if you are not fond of the colour.
I have a sofa that has black leather arms and base with a very large back cushion that alternates plain black and one silver. I am wondering if a mauve rug and curtains would go. I was going to do silver, but wanted a bit of colour.
By Annette
I think mauve would be very pretty with it.
Mauve would be a good choice.
I just painted my living room/dining room blue with a yellow accent wall directly across from the line of floor length windows. What color curtains and rug would you recommend? And what type of curtain?
By M.S.D.
I think I would find a plaid that had the yellow and blue in it and do that for the windows. Either color would work for a rug, or a pattern that had both colors in it.
Choose blue or yellow in the same color family as the colors you already have.
I have deep gold velour curtains, what color rug should I get?
Gold will go with many colors, but my favorite would be a navy blue.
I have black leather couches, black TV stand, black end tables and coffee table and white walls in my new apartment. I am looking for another color to add to the room, some wall decor, area rug, and curtains.
I have seen some cute white and gold throw pillows so I was thinking of black and gold, but I am not 100% sure.
The coffee table is not pictured and I have white blinds, but haven't put them up yet.The black is bold. If you want to keep the bold effect, you could add gold, or red, or silver. If you want a more calm effect, you could use earth tones. The earth tones would work well whether you covered the hardwood floors, or not.
I have light gray walls with white trim, gray furniture, and dark hardwood floors. I have gray, white, and yellow curtains now, but I need new ideas, I was thinking light blue for curtain panels.
I have white black out ones as the main large curtains and panels on either side, but what about the rug color? I was thinking white. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm stumped on colors.With light gray walls you can always use a teal color. This will blend in nicely with your dark floors and furniture.
Rust color is also a good idea for this combination.
I am not so sure about a white rug on your floors. White attracts dirt quickly and will soon look bad.
If you want to use a teal color for your curtains I would consider a teal and gray stripped rug for your floors. You can also add a few teal throw pillows on your couch to blend in the colors.
I have a bright yellow color 5 seater sofa and white walls all over the house. The doors and French windows and rectangle coffee table are a mahogany color. Can you advise on what color curtains, cushions, and rug I can buy?
Also we have a king size 4 poster bed with dark blue sheets and pillows and a 2 sided color red and dark blue quilt. Can you suggest the curtain color for the bedroom too please? Thank you.
The color that comes to my mind first for your yellow/white combo would be an orange. And a vivid accent or two of a lime green. Those colors would certainly wake you up!! But I am all about bold, love the eye opening combos. Your bed and pillows are a bit harder. Since dark blue seems to be the dominate color, my suggestion would be to try to find a complimentary pattern (paisley?) using the red to bring it together. And black to accentuate.
Just my ideas! Hope this helps in some way!
I have light yellow color on my living room walls and flooring of black and white marble. Please give suggestions about color scheme for curtains.
By Deepika
I would do a darker shade of yellow.
I have mint green walls with dark fudge colored trim. I was wondering what you might advise on colors of curtains, rugs, etc.
By Cameo
I have neutral egg shell colored walls, chestnut wood floors, with earthy green/brown textured furniture. I want to use a pop color for curtains, pillows, and a rug, but I am not sure which color(s) to choose.
By TBS
I just ordered a cabernet paisley recliner, I have a light brown couch and the walls are a pale green, curtains are cabernet also. Please help. What color rug and curtains should I have? I'm a decorating nightmare :/
By L.V.
I have recently decorated my living room. It has a feature wall which has a cream background with black velvety, big bold flowers with grey leaves on it's coving paper. The rest of my walls are cream.
By Sharleen from London
My wall is painted both light pink and dusty rose, I have brown sofas.
What colour curtains and rug should I buy?
By Judith from Ugandan Kampala
