How to Decide Color Schemes for Living Room
Take the flower wall paper down; it’s time to start really thinking about living schemes. Most people never even thinking about living room, because the colors are already chosen for them with the furniture that they like, and the home that they have purchased. Think about how many people buy furniture unstained, or uncovered, and at the same time, purchases a home that has yet to be painted on the inside. Right, not too many people do that, so we must focus on the obvious truth about living room color schemes, much of it is already chosen for us.
The best way to approach a schemes is think about what you can do, not what you can not do. This means to look at whatever you have the ability to change, and change it as much as possible to match some type of living room color scheme.
A color scheme is simply a coordinated effort amongst all the colors in the room to create a group, or scheme that is noticeable from a distance. Think about the stripes on a traditional prison uniform, the color scheme of that is easily identifiable as black, and white. Some rooms have single color schemes like brown, or red, or white. While most have multiple color schemes.
One of the most iconic schemes of all time is the hunting lodge scheme. This is a deep brown color that most of the furniture comes out to be, matched with a dark green wall paper. The brown and green is then matched with natural wood accents from handmade furniture. This color scheme works well together because the green and brown contrast one and other to a point that is pleasing to the eye.
While not all will want to go with the hunting lodge color scheme, there are plenty of other living room color schemes that one can utilize. One popular living room color scheme is that of grey on the walls, and tan on the furniture. The grey helps to keep the furniture the focal point, while the tan keeps the eyes from becoming too overwhelmed with color, this is a good example of a modest living room color scheme.
Regardless of the schemes that you choose to implement, the important thing is that you become cognizant of what living room color schemes are, and how to create one that works for you.
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self explanatory; the boy and i paint a bit of the living room.
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stained glass home value question: we have a colonial house built in 1928. halfway up the staircase is a smallwindow. we were thinking about replacing it with a stained glass window. it is small as in maybe 24 inches by 30 inches. would making an improvement like this be worth it as far as home value is concerned? this window is visible when standing in parts of the living room. my general guess is it would add more charm to a house which is already pretty charming (great architecture and lots of dark old molding) is it worth it?
Could you suggest slipcovers for the sofas so that they all match?
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Actually, the hunter, blue & beige color scheme doesn't sound that hard to work with. I'm sure that you can find some draperies that have at least two of those colors in common. Such as:
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With those colors, I think you could definitely pull off a cabin/lodge, Americana or cottage theme. Think of landscapes with forest greens & a bright blue sky.
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Hey, that is funny, I have the same colors as you and I accent my Burgundy colors with a light turquoise greenish color. I have a southwestern theme and many stores carry accessories with the wine/turquoise combinations. You may not approve but I always get compliments. Good luck and search your stores. Just start looking at all the Burgundy pillows and see what color they pair it with and go with "that" accent color to buy window coverings. Hope this helps! ;}
i would add brigh bold colors to give u a bit of warmth
Periwinkle and white are very classy, and pretty
play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find colors that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/
I think it would look terrific to paint it a dark olive like "basque green" (# 6426). Accent with light blue or a rusty orange.
You can also take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:
http://www.roomvues.com/
You can get color suggestions & they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.
play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find colors that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:
http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/
I like the idea of purple with gold trim, but I would use a muted purple like "sensuous gray" (# 7081) rather than a royal. It would be more relaxing.
You can also take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:
http://www.roomvues.com/
You can get color suggestions & they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.