Can you suggest a blue for my living room walls?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

We are moving into our new home at the end of the month. I need so much help. This is really our first home (we are in our 40s) and I am so sick of rental off-white walls. I need some color in my life.

Please ignore the furniture in the first pic. That is theirs. We are getting a Lounge II chaise sofa from C&B in truffle and will be replacing the carpet with Mohawk Natural Elegance in Rocky Coast. Pics of both below.

Living Room Realtor Lighting.

Living Room Empty Taken by Me. NOTE - that carpet is NEW(ish - about a year), but I'm not fond of the color or the pile. Practical me says keep it. New house me says get rid of it...

Crate and Barrel Couch in Truffle (note blue wall)

Here is the carpet. The carpet is more gray and the couch is more...(truffle??) brownish.... but there are flecks in there that will make it work(ish).

Here is the carpet in someone else's room:

Here are inspiration photos for blue rooms I liked.

I am open to any and all suggestions. The whole house needs work and we are going to tackle one project after another.....

THANK YOU!!!

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doctornancy

8 years ago

Congrats on your first home! Folks typically want to paint before they move in - because it's easier, but unless you hire a colorist, it is extremely difficult to select the correct color without your furnishings in the room. Other Houzzers may have different thoughts. I'd suggest you post pictures once you have your furnishings in the home.

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Kim Berlee
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you doctornancy!
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Kim Berlee
Original Author
8 years ago
I am also looking for a couple accent chairs too! Forgot to mention that!
12358w
8 years ago
I’m with you on the practical side of keeping the existing carpet if it’s in good shape especially since it’s neutral. But if you’re buying new carpet and a new sofa, why not make them work well instead of just work(ish)? The two colors seem a bit similar in the room together.

I do like the blue from the C&B store, did you ask what color that is?
Kim Berlee
Original Author
8 years ago
LOL - The stock Lounge colors really only leave me with a few options - the other most realistic one is a very pale gray. I have two (elderly) dogs and a VERY spilly husband, so that one is out. Maybe I need to revisit the carpet color. The pic from C&B was just a random one I found on the internet. Wish I knew what that color was too!
12358w
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
This one is BM Phillipsburg Blue...
12358w
8 years ago
How are you orienting the sofa and is this a TV room?
User
8 years ago
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Look what I found...Color by Crate & Barrel paint. I wonder if it's one of these and if so, where you can buy it.

https://www.bhg.com/decorating/paint/room/why-were-loving-crate-barrels-new-paint-line-281474979549252/
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BeverlyFLADeziner
8 years ago
I might not paint the walls blue. Select accessories in blue instead
pandtkendall
8 years ago
I'd wait until the new sofa and accent chairs are in the room and then bring carpet samples home where you can see how the colors look in your space with your furniture and with your lighting. You can't make a good decision in carpet store lighting without your furniture.
Kim Berlee
Original Author
7 years ago
thank you richfield95 - I love that blue. Yes, it is a TV room. I'm planning on the TV against the back wall on something open or simple (I like rustic contemporary) and the couch will be on the tall wall facing the window with a slim console table behind.

Lil S - THANK YOU! I will try to look into that closer!!

Beverly - Sigh. I know. I'm just really over white walls. I have been accenting white for so many years and I'm kind of over it right now. It is still a consideration though. How do you feel about one blue accent wall. :)

Pandtkendall - All the flooring was selected and viewed in the house and I have fabric samples of the sofa. I've run it them both past the C&B person (she helped me pick the couch color based on the carpet I brought in) and then took the color we selected back to the person at my flooring place who will also help me with window coverings. It's just the paint that I really need direction on. :) And the accent chairs. I have NO idea what color I should go.