I want too decorate my living room?

I'd choose a neutral shade for your walls, then use accessories to bring out the colors of your couch. If you like color on the walls, you might want to do one feature wall with wall paper.  I've seen some very nice wall paper with a neutral background but has teal shapes, flowers, etc. One wall is often enough.

If teal is the color you'd like to focus on, find it on throw pillows, picture frames, even area rugs. An area rug like this Festival area rug has a neutral brown base but a large teal stripe. Coupled with other accents, it will bring out the teal in your rug.

I have painted many dining rooms the same color as living rooms. The trick is to focus on complementary accent colors, so if your accent in your living room is teal, choose one that would work with teal. There are certain shades of cream, beige, even a dull red that would work with teal. 

Rug and wall color problem?

In a modern room, I'd avoid any type of area rug with animal prints or wild patterns. Modern/contemporary is about color blocking or swirls of color. In light of that I'd choose an area rug like this modern bistro area rug or this Chelsea PFJ area rug.

I would use grey on your walls. If you want to liven the room up a bit, you could do a feature wall with wallpaper. Wallpaper is huge right now, and you can find any variety of patterns and colors. I'd chose a wallpaper with black/grey/ and a bit of red in it. Something that truly pops.

Offset the grey with white or black photo frames, or choose one very bright painting that has your shade of red.

How to decorate an area in my home?

We have moved into a new house and the upstairs has hardwood floors and a beautiful bay window with an empty space in front of it.

I'd create a separate reading area in that space, and build in a window seat. Bay windows are a great place to put window seats.

If you have the seat created for you, I'd put shelves below to store books or knick-knacks. I'd put a large, puffy cushion on the seat and several throw pillows to make it comfy for reading. If you have the space along the sides, get a couple of built ins for extra storage.

On your floor, add a space defining area rug. Area rugs are a must have for hardwood floors, as they add extra comfort and separate your areas. A contemporary area rug  is a great addition to any room. 

What colors can I use that would give color to my grayish/bluish couch? HELP!?

I think out of all of those colors, I'd choose brown and blue accents. Dark brown goes with black, white, and red easily, and it can bring out the blue in a greyish/blue couch. Dark brown and blue is a great combo.

Try to alternate between dark brown and blue throw pillows. Find something with a pattern so they color pops when you look at it. Add mirrors here and there to reflect the color. Throw pillows should be in a similar color/pattern. You can find so much out there right now in brown or blue.

On your windows, add sheer curtains. They will allow light in and if you follow the color theme they will bring a uniformity to your room.

On your rug, add a big area rug with your colors in it. An area rug like this Blue and Beige contemporary would draw your eye away from the couch and onto the floor, livening up the room.

Other items I'd add to your room: patterned picture frames or word art (ie: friends, family, love, etc.) Lamps add light and ambiance, and if you have a chocolate lamp shade it adds color to your room.

If you find that you still aren't happy with the couch, you can cover it up with a slip cover. They are fairly inexpensive now, and you can find them at Ikea, Ross, TJ Maxx, and other stores. 

What paint colors go with dark brown?

Brown is still a very hot color, and I've found that its being used on walls, furniture and carpet.

If you are looking to complement dark brown furniture, you can either paint metallic blue, taupe, a mix of taupe and dark brown (alternating walls), or straight taupe and then a feature wall of orange or deep fall red. If you add a bunch of throw pillows to the couch in your contrasting color (blue, or orange/red) and other accessories with a touch of color, your feature wall will really pop.

I've found you can choose almost any straight paint color, but its the throw pillows, area rugs like this dark brown area rug and knick knacks that will really bring your room to life.

Carpet question what do I do?

I rolled it out and it looks good, however there is lumps or air pockets in the middle that i cant get out. Should I add water?

Decorating living room with brown leather sofa?

I have a brown leather sofa and love seat. Originally I accented with taupe, but that got boring very quickly. Instead, I chose brown, red, and orange as my colors. These are flat colors, not bright, and they work very well together.

On the leather couch, add some red and orange accent pillows. You can add a brown pillow on there too, and if you are fussy about how your pillows are positioned, you can place the brown pillow between the orange and the red. Focus on fabrics that stand out against the leather, such as velvet or brocade.

I have a feature wall that is painted a deep farmhouse red. It's not too bright and I used flat paint. Only one wall with the red, as it seems to stand out too much otherwise. If you do a feature wall, choose the wall that you find yourself focusing on the most when you enter the room or the wall that the couch rests against. Add a big area rug to your floor to liven up the space. Something like this Orange and Red area rug is quite dramatic and really stands out well against a leather sofa.

Use red and orange in your accents when choosing picture frames, mirrors, candles, and lamp shades. Even a little bit of a vivid accent color stands out against dark brown, so don't overuse.

Decorating an office for a beach look?

For a beach look, you can paint your walls sky blue. If it's an office and you want to mute the color a bit, do one feature wall in sky blue and the others a neutral color. Behr has some great blues in their lineup.

Once you have your walls painted, add some accessories that will make you feel as though you are at the beach. Fake grass skirts can double as curtains if you like a kitchy look. Add a surfboard to your floor in the form of an area rug. Something like this Surf Board area rug would look great in a beach room.

Add vases with sand and tea lights, cup holders for your pens and pencils made from Ron John insulating mugs, or a series of beach scenes framed and put up on your wall. 

Accent color for dark brown carpet and black furniture?

Blue is a great accent color for dark brown and black, and so is red. Go for a sea blue or a steel blue rather than a baby blue, and the combo will look great. You can also add small touches of ivory to it, and it will pull the colors together.

For example, you could lighten up your flooring with an area rug like this Mystique Area Rug. On your bed, choose a blue/ivory duvet or comforter. Pottery barn has a great selection of duvet covers.

On your walls, add pictures with black frames. If you can paint the walls, try one feature wall in dark blue and the rest in a shade two tones lighter.

Decor ideas: I can't paint the walls....any other ideas?

The solution to a lot of wall space and no way to change the color is to fill the room in other ways. Focus on putting texture on the walls, but then carry that over to other areas.

Picture frames, art work, clocks, mirrors, and hung candles all work together to create a collage on the wall. Find similar color frames but different styles, then group your personal photos next to a clock or a mirror and so on. A good way to picture the layout of your wall is to place everything on the floor prior to hanging it.

If you have a strong color theme in your wall hangings, carry that over to your couch cushions. For example, if your wall art/frames has some strong blue tones, purchase throw pillows with that color in them. Add a lot of throw pillows to fill up your couch. The cluttered look will create a cozy feel. Be sure to have a blanket or two in the room as well.

Area rugs make a large, empty room cozy, even if you already have carpet. With white walls you can be as bold as you'd like, so pick a pattern such as this Aria Ivory Circles area rug or this Black Modern area rug . Area rugs work to separate a large empty room into a dedicated seating area.

Lighting is important in rooms with empty wall space. You can hang wall sconces that plug into the walls and don't need to be wired. Table lamps provide task lighting and a soft glow when watching TV.

Have fun!