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madibasit

hi there!im from south africa and need help with my boring living room

madibasit
10 years ago
please kindly advise me on what to do with wall colors,curtains,accent color and rug?i really like dark shades of blue for wall is it advisable?is yellow a good choice for accents?and what kind of rug and curtains can I go for?all help will be appreciated thank you!:)hope pics are clear enough!

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  • PRO
    Rug&Rugs
    10 years ago
    What about a patchwork or overdyed carpet?

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  • luna05
    10 years ago
    If you want to keep the couch just put some pillows on it that will make it look more comfortable

    This are some ideas
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  • luna05
    10 years ago
    For the wall...that depends how you want to decorate but here are some of my ideas

    I would use like a navy blue that's a darker blue. For the last picture with the 3 stripes I would do it different I would to the most right line about 80 cm then leave an empty space of 30 cm and then the next blue line would be about 55 cm and again a gape of 30 cm and the last line I would do around 15 cm. I would paint this behind the couch on the right side where your window is. I hope this is not to confusing

    Another idea is just paint a horizontal line about about 80-90cm and also navy blue you could hang a few picture frames in that line. I would suggest white picture frames and one should be a deep red as an accent. I am sorry could not find any pictures that would describe best my idea
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  • luna05
    10 years ago
    This are a few ideas for your rug. I prefers the white saggy rug but this is up to you what you like most.
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    A Crew of Two
    10 years ago
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  • luna05
    10 years ago
    To the curtains

    If you like dark colors I would go with navy blue for you curtains. I personally think its not a good idea to paint your complete wall a dark blue because your couch is blue that will just look like your wall is swallowing your couch :). I think stripes are better.

    But here is also a picture if you want to accent with yellow.
    You can also accent with red just not to much you can use for an accent pillow red or a picture frame maybe a little in the rug or curtain or anything els you decorate with but be careful to not use to much.
  • madibasit
    Original Author
    10 years ago
    thanks so much guys!@luna i love the stripe idea but i already hav horizontal stripes in my boys bedroom meaning blue and white is it advisable to than go with stripes in the lounge as well?and i do love the idea of plain curtains:) i think they will work best!
    @kelly that world map is gorgeus , and i love the malena mandallon pillow with just the right amount of yellow:) i think that will be a great way to introduce my yellow in:)and yes we do have guys who make tables and lamps what did you have in mind?
    sorry but just one question should i paint walls first or get rug n curtains first ??
  • PRO
    A Crew of Two
    10 years ago
    Rug first- then choose paint. You can match the paint easier to a rug than trying to find a rug to match a paint color.
  • PRO
    MANU ARORA
    10 years ago
    Panel the sofa back wall with laquered glass and MDF grill boards like in the picture attached. In this picture we have taken the grill board design in between 2 pillars of italian marble but you take glass at the place of italian marble and grill board with the background of plain wall. The color scheme shoumd be black glass, grey base paint and white MDF carving. The panel sizes can be - Glass pillar - 3 ft wide and full height, MDF also 3 ft wide of full height. Glass pillars should be +3 inches from wall.