What color sectional? (Pics inside)

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Trying to decide on a color for a new sectional in our soon-to-be remodeled family room. We're getting rid of carpet and adding Flooret Vinyl flooring in the Madeira color. Our walls are SW City Loft (light grey) with Agreeable Gray accent walls.

We're getting a sectional custom made for our space by Monarch, if that matters.

As far as fabric, we like the Nordic fabric from Crate and Barrel and we're debating between a color like Sea which is a darker blue color with a little gray and Frost which is white with a little beige in it.

We were told that these fabrics were durable and generally cleanable. We don’t have pets, but we do have young kids, so that’s important to us. We like the texture. It's soft too. Not too rough.

Any advice for us? Like these, hate these? We're open to other colors and textures.

I like the lighter one to keep the room brighter, though it starts to blend into the wall. I thought we could solve that with pillows, throws and colorful wall art?

We're feeling a little stuck on how to make the final decision.

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User
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Because you have young kids, I'd go with the blue.
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inabunker
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I'd go with the blue. The other looks too matchy-matchy (plus will be easy to keep clean looking). As far as colors...you have an amazing amount of choices...how did you come up with this either/or selection? Me, I pick some color ranges that I like and bring home at least 6 or 7 and then try and tie it in with what is going on with the rest of the house. The other thing is, you don't have to go dark either. There are many mid-range colors you could check out.
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Mrs. S
7 years ago
"We are told that the fabrics are durable and generally cleanable"

I have kids and dogs, and I learned more the fabrics used on our sectional than that. I'm no expert, granted, but for our purposes, I chose a fabric with the W (meaning cleanable by water, not solvent, as I recall--again, I'm no expert), and also I paid close attention to the double-rub number, which is indicative of durability.

I'm sure there are more definitive numerical indications of durability, and I'd certainly investigate those.

I agree the darker color will probably work better. It's very nice, and won't look too dark, especially with some lighter throws and pillows.
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K Laurence
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
I like the blue definitely. I just ordered two sofas in a similar color from Room & Board. Way out of the box for me since I’ve always had off white neutral sofas , but I’m ready for a change. Bonus is that it will be more forgiving of stains, etc.
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Lily
7 years ago
I also agree with the previous posters. Go with the darker color. The off white will get dirty really fast. We have a cream colored couch that looked beautiful wh we first got it, it’s now thrashed and needs to be replaced.