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living room decorating help please!!!

14 years ago

Hi everyone i want to re do my living. I have been gathering a lot of ideas for this but now i am confused. I am buying a couch from macys which is very modern and gray color. The main color that i want to use is teal, orange, turquoise, red, gray, black, white and brown may be. I am thinking to choose red orange rug but which one. You can see 3 rugs in a picture or suggest any of your choice. Also i am thinking to use soft camel color for walls is it a good idea? And what about the curtains? Teal or nuetral. I want to go with neutral. I dont want to much blue and orange everywhere. For the coffee table i am thinking to paint it light turquoise or white . What do you guys think? Right now my living room is weired light yellow color with dark blue/black carpeting. Please help. Any advice is appreciative. I am attaching a picture. Thank You all.

Comments (9)

  • 14 years ago

    I'll start by saying I love all the colors you have and the patterns. However, I think there may be too many colors. Orange, Red and Teal are all very strong colors and for me it's just too much going on. I would choose between the red or the orange for starters. I'm also having a hard time seeing the camel color walls with the gray couch.

    I might go with a soft gray for the walls - keeping things cool in palette - and solid color drapes with a hint of pattern. Depending on how much you are using the orange/red and teal would determine if I moved it over to the drapes.

    Just my two cents... maybe someone else with have thoughts on the camel color and gray! Sure looks like it will be a fun room!

  • 14 years ago

    I agree with christyinco. To me orange, red, and teal together are too much. I personally would pick orange and teal as I think they look really lovely together. I also agree that I personally would not do camel walls with the gray sofa. What about a pale blue leaning turquoise? Or a lighter or darker gray than the sofa? Depending on how much bold bright color, you could do an orange rug and turquoise drapes or an orange rug and gray or white drapes. Either could work, it just depends on whether you want just a few accents of color or if you want a color saturated room.

  • 14 years ago

    thank so much for your comments. So what color drapes do you think goes well with gray. Also my couch is gray so i dont know about the gray walls. can u plzz show me the color. the place i am using red is in my paintings. this is a painting on canvas and there are 4 18x24 canvas. also which rug do u think goes with my decor.plz reply thanks

  • 14 years ago

    I actually like camel and gray together, and if you choose that combination, I would use a rusty red and/or orange that tends toward terra cotta, robin's egg blue for accent rather than a strong aqua or turquoise, and add some burnished gold in picture frames, and a deeper shade of gray for curtains.

    I think the rich orange rug with the gold diamond pattern would give the scheme a lot of life - that, plus your paintings and a few couch pillows, are all the bright colors you'd need.

  • 14 years ago

    Thanks everyone for the follow up. Yes i like the orange with diamond rug too. But really confused with the wall color now. At this point i think camel, pale turquoise or gray all will go. So what should i do. How about a vertical stripes in a pale turquoise and white paint color? Or how about a camel color and white vertical stripes? Also what should i do with a coffee table? Should i leave it cherry brown or color it white or pale turquoise? Please reply thanks.

  • 14 years ago

    If you stripe the walls blue and white, I think you'll risk a circus tent effect. Remember that the most elegant schemes are the ones that don't try to do everything all at once. Go ahead with camel walls. You can always repaint if you don't like the effect.

  • 14 years ago

    You could also do white or off-white walls. Or even go dramatic with black or navy blue walls.

    Though as bonwynsmom said, you can always repaint so there's no harm in trying camel. It may not be my preference, but maybe you'll love the combination.

  • 14 years ago

    My first thought..the red doens't fit in. Other than that, I love everything you have going on in your inspiration board.

    Depending on the shade of grey of your sofa, maybe you could color lighter or darker shade of grey on the walls compared to sofa..??


    Can you post a picture of your sofa in your actual space? That might help with feedback on your wall color...

  • 14 years ago

    yeah the picture i have posted on the inspiration board is the sofa i am going to buy. Thanks so much.