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3 years ago

Hi there, I have a beautiful rug but I don't know how to match the other stuff in the room to feel cohesive without using too many colours. I don't want my room to be busy, but if not using colours from the rug it doesn't look cohesive.

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  • 3 years ago

    It was night and I had to remove my chandelier for a while that is why it was dark

  • 3 years ago

    I don't think you can get serious responses until there is some light. Get some pics tomorrow.

  • 3 years ago

    I will take some pictures tomorrow

  • 3 years ago

    Thank you Mrs. S

  • 3 years ago

    I also think it looks great. The rug adds some spice to a pretty dark room. I would probably reconsider the art and get some above the couch with more color. It could bring in color without adding to busyness. Art is too personal to suggest for others, but just some examples that would bring some color in but still in keeping with your dark, moody vibe.








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  • 3 years ago

    @Elham Zare I like your room a lot and love the rug. I also applaud what you did to the back wall. It hides the TV nicely. I know you don't want too much color. @olychick suggested color in art. I'd repeat the rug color as she did. Are you sure you can't paint one or both sides walls that color? If not, I understand. Great room as is.

  • 3 years ago

    I also love your plant arrangement and vase!

  • 3 years ago

    Wow I am inspired by your bold choices! Perhaps the throw blanket can be changed to a green like in the beautiful rug to bring some earthiness. And a small gold accent piece added under coffee table to tie in with the gold side table legs. Great job!

  • 3 years ago

    This room looks entirely cohesive and stunning. You have an antique rug with chesterfield tufted sofas. You can't get a more classic combination than that. Your black and white pics look sophisticated and elevated. I think getting artwork to match the rug is really cliche. Your fireplace tile coordinates with the lighter areas in the rug. The wood tones on the underneath side of the chairs coordinates with the tones in the rug as well. Perhaps you need a few pillows. And I might suggest a larger coffee table. The brass legs on the C-table look great. I'd get a glass coffee table (so you don't cover the view of the rug) with brass legs.

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    You need more than just a ceiling light . Floor lamps or table leamps lighting is about layers of light . I actully like how you have handled the rest of the space .I think your srt could be hung lower so that the center of the art is at eye level usually 60" to 65" from the floor

  • 3 years ago

    I would add a few table lamps and a floor lamp, but overall I like the room as is. I think Persian rugs like this work with anything, I don't think you need to carefully match things to it. Mine have some very strange colors in them if you look closely, but the overall effect does not really show these.

  • 3 years ago

    Wow, if they like it now imagine what they'll say when there is some light in there and we can all actually see it, haha. Right now I'm seeing an extra small coffee table that is too far from all the seating and a lighting in the cabinets that is too harsh with hot spots that need addressing. I can't comment on the colors because I can't see them on my monitor.

  • 3 years ago

    I was able to lighten the photo a little.




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    I agree with Paul. The coffee table is much too small. I cannot tell what is in the cabinets but that could be an area to add colors from your rug.

  • 3 years ago
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    Thanks ILF! I'd also move the rug away from the fireplace to give the chairs some space and pull the right sofa away from the wall a foot to get it on the rug. Still not sure if the furniture is black, blue, gray or a mixture?

    Also, do you really watch tv in the room? That is very high if so. I'd put doors over it that match your cabinets, if it is a 'breaking news' type of TV viewing.

  • 3 years ago

    Pictures in day light

  • 3 years ago

    Yes thank you all
    I was thinking the coffee table is too small but didn't want to cover the rug

  • 3 years ago
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    A bigger stone table in a lighter color but black frame to vibe with the lowered art. I would center the sofa to the windows and of course the rug along with it, which will move it away from the fireplace a little. Move the right sofa onto the rug to match the other one... no need to snug it to the wall like that.


  • 3 years ago
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    I think the most beautiful colors you have in the room are in the centerpiece dried leaves, so I would use those autumn colors to buy pillows for the sofa and chairs. I would stick to that color for table lamp bases, unless you prefer black, and make the lamp shades the same color as your fire place surround. If after you buy pillows and lamps you still feel there is not enough color on the walls, I would put different matting around your black and white photos -- the same color as the fireplace surround.

    Over the desk it looks it would be nice to have a very Italian work with deep reds.


    https://www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/picture-gallery-with-views-of-modern-rome-by-giovanni-paolo-panini,2150167/?product=15&size=16x12&coupon=BRYDN

  • 3 years ago

    Omg, I love the picture you suggested! Do you think it is a good idea to paint the white wall olive green?

  • 3 years ago

    Do you think this picture works in the desk area, if I put it up?

  • 3 years ago

    from Wayfair (and it would be nice to have solid pillows in this kind of rust red)




    Bed Bath and Beyond



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  • 3 years ago

    I would put all three of those items on the desk. They are perfect together.

  • 3 years ago

    Wayfair



    Lamps plus






  • 3 years ago

    Please ignore the mess but this is the other side of the room

  • 3 years ago

    Do you think painting the walls olive green or rust red is a good idea?

  • 3 years ago

    The art is hung too high.

  • 3 years ago

    They are actually at the eye level

  • 3 years ago

    The center of the art should be about 57". What do you have there? Maybe it's an optical illusion.

  • 3 years ago

    Finally, it might be very nice to have a very large round tray under the centerpiece vase that was the light green in your rug.



    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1043440384/extra-large-turquoise-round-serving?gpla=1&gao=1&;

  • 3 years ago

    Can you please take a look at my other questions? Really appreciate it

  • 3 years ago

    I think the black/white walls look fabulous. Green or red might too if you are just looking for a change but my vote is to keep them as is.

  • 3 years ago

    Thank you so much

  • 3 years ago
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    Sorry I missed your questions!

    I think the art work you want to put over the desk is very nice and will look well there. You could also put it with the art work I showed you if you buy it in about the same size as your own. They would look nice togther, with all the other things (including David) But just your own work is certainly fine.

    I agree the black and white walls are very nice as they are and you shouldn't change them.

  • 3 years ago
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    I am ignoring the mess on the other side of the room but think maybe a different animal on the floor would be more fun with your art work on the wall and with the Mouille light fixture


    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1546429517/bold-and-modern-zebra-rug-the-perfect?gpla=1&gao=1&;


    A storage ottoman might be useful. Maybe in a dark red like your rug or maybe even a zebra ottoman to go on top of the zebra rug!

    If those are speakers on each side of the black sofa you can't put live plants of them but more dried leaves or flowers might be nice. Or white ostrich feathers. ;)

  • 3 years ago

    @Elham Zare now that I see the whole room, I take back my question about painting the wall. I still think you could if that idea is growing on you. I love the way the two white walls opposite each other draw my eye back and forth between them, making the space seem wider. The black back wall recedes and allows the brighter white to dominate and create the wide effect. I think the same effect could be had with a red wall, but if you want to get the paint out, consider the ceiling. Match it to the rug color to create a similar effect and make the room feel taller. Or leave as is. The more I see of your room the more I love it.

    For your picture question, is the picture you showed the same width or smaller as the desk? If it were wider than the desk, it would feel off to me.

    For a coffee table, how about a glass one to show off your rug and contrast with the vase and gorgeous leaves. Some have smoked glass to repeat the black. Not sure that's best but an option.

  • 3 years ago

    This is my favorite one for your room, because it seems to "go" with those gorgeous leaves and the really nice chairs behind them, hidden by the current coffee table.

    https://kaiyo.com/manor-and-mews-manor-and-mews-transparent-coffee-table/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwusunBhCYARIsAFBsUP9IDnTiRZNgRKyJVAb6W1MiK-WjAitXzKAjSgtBpKukI1eXqpmoTFcaAmjnEALw_wcB&utm_campaign=Google|Pmax|DC&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=

  • 3 years ago

    Agree that your room is lovely and interesting mix of furniture and furnishings. The rug is gorgeous but it doesn't need to be the only item to focus on.

    As suggested, center the sofa on the windows (obviously centering the rug and other sofa) and bring in the sofas towards the center of the room.

    The coffee table is not the correct shape or finish. Are you open to replacing it? A coffee table should be 18" maximum from the front edge of the sofa to create a comfortable setting.

    Consider researching new curtain panels to complement the rug.


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    I see lots of kids toys in your photos. Please don't get a glass table.

  • 3 years ago

    Skipped down to say I think it looks pretty good as-is, other than the perhaps too-small coffee table. I think I'd just get some throw pillows in that warm red color of the rug and be done.

    I like the round shape of the table, but if you can't easily reach it from a couch, what good is it? I agree a larger size would look better, but would that make navigating the space more awkward?

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    For what it's worth, I think most coffee tables are useless, and prefer to have small drinks tables that people can move around as needed if seated at the sofa. Your round table with its centerpiece is very nice to look at, however. Perhaps this might work better, because it's bigger but more flexible than one huge round table and it's open at the bottom to show off the rug. It's from West Elm.



    Then I would have a small drinks table or 2 tucked away in the room to give to guests if needed. This drinks table is from Wayfair.



  • 3 years ago

    Personally I love the darkness in the room! perfect!

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  • 3 years ago

    I don't think the room should be about the coffee table.

  • 3 years ago

    And I don't think the room should be all about the rug.

  • 3 years ago
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    A lighter color coffee table will highlight the rug. Also, the current one is too small. A touch of black will aide in continuity of the space.

  • 3 years ago

    Love all of your ideas!