Living Room Rugs: October 2009 Archives

What colors should we incorporate into our apartment, to make it look classy, but welcoming?


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Pick three accent colors and work with the brown.  With a deep, chocolate brown I would choose burnt orange, golden yellow, and a deep red. 

With brown walls, your dining room/kitchen furniture can be black.  Add black frames to the walls, black candles, or framed art with your chosen accent color.  Deep chocolate, black, and burnt orange looks beautiful in a dining room.

Add your accent color through accessories such as throw pillows or blankets. Baskets with multicolored liners and lamp shades also work to pick up accent colors. 

Be sure to add a large area rug to your floor to emphasize your color scheme.  A rug such as this neutral/red contemporary would go great in a brown room.


Since I have dark grey walls (Behr-Dark Ash) what color sofa, rug, AND curtains should I purchase?


FYI: I do NOT like traditional. I love modern/contemporary/abstract/"artsy" designs.
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With a wall color that dark, you can either go very light or stay very dark. I would go navy for your couch, and stick to a contemporary/modern sectional type. No fluffy cushions, just clean lines.

I honestly think curtains in a room like that would be overkill, but if you do them stick to a darker color with a light pattern of some sort. I've seen dark grey curtains with a swirl pattern that would look great. Alternately, you can do roman blinds in the window in a shade or two up from your wall color, but be sure to get a pattern.

Get a rug that is artsy and modern, so you can pull your eye from your solid color couch to the floor. You could go with a red color area rug and accent the couch with red/blue cushions. Alternately, if you want funky and you have a alternate colored couch, you could do a glorious Ash colored shag area rug.

With your furniture and the wall color, you should have a really well put together room.  Have fun!
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Dark brown carpet and hunter green furniture what color should I paint the walls and color/type of curtains?

Green is a tough color.  When you have a couch that is a color as strong as hunter green, you know you are going to have to tone it down in other areas.  Pair your green couch with a dark, brown rug and you will definitely have to find a way to lighten up your room.

When you combine dark brown, light brown, hunter green, and black in varying increments, you can have a room that looks very stylish and contemporary.

My suggestion for the wall color would be a cafe au lait or a mocha.  Stay away from yellow undertones in your paint, as they cause an odd reflection to come from the green in the room.

For a window treatment, you could go for with a patterned mocha curtain to contrast with the walls and carpet or a roman blind in a neutral color.

On your floor, you can relieve some of the dark brown color in the rug by placing a large area rug in front of your couch.  A rug such as this contemporary ivory area rug lightens up a dark floor and gives a sense of style and continuity to your space.

A collage of black picture frames looks great on a mocha wall.  Find varying black frames for photos and art work, then add a few decorative pieces in black such as a clock or wall sconces.  Experiment with different pieces and use your imagination, the result should be a great room. 
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How can I decorate a living room with white walls? I like olive green, dark brown, and orange for color.


Nice color combo!  It would definitely look cozy with the right touches.

Depending on what type of couch color you have (chocolate brown or olive green) add a large area rug under the base of the couch, extending under your coffee table.  For a true homey touch, get a deep pile area rug so that you have something cushy to sink your feet into when getting up and down.  A Flokati rug is so soft, has a long pile and adds a touch of luxury to your room.

With white walls, you really need to refocus the eye and use the white as a back drop.  Add some color with frames and other knick knacks.  One idea is to create a collage of black or deep brown frames, blowing up your favorite photos and putting them up in a set pattern on the wall.  You might want to focus on sunsets or orange flowers, just to get that extra orange color into your room. Prints of Prairie lilies, falling leaves, or the beautiful orange glow of the sun across water would look great.  If you blow the prints up in black and white or sepia, take a felt and lightly color in a random flower or leaf orange.  It's a very beautiful effect.

Fill up the wall space by adding items such as a large clock, wall sconces that can be plugged in, or framed artwork. Once again, focus on deep greens or orange colors, so that your eye is drawn to the color on the wall and not the white.

Be sure to add orange pillows to the couch and curtains to the windows in your room. They will liven up the space with color and create an extra level of coziness. It sounds like it will be a great room, enjoy!

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