What color area rug ??.We have dark hardwood floors and gray walls

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by Mar24397369
Our sofa is chocolate brown.I would like something with a little color.

  11 answers
  • Cindy Cindy on Oct 04, 2017

    Hello Marlener6052, I also think some color would be nice. Maybe turquoise or teal. You can also bring color in with pillows and art. Wishing you the best.

  • Darryl J. Gary Darryl J. Gary on Oct 04, 2017

    Some thing with a lot of red in the rug

  • Elaine Elaine on Oct 04, 2017

    I have medium brown loveseats and light brown walls and I brought in various blues in carpeting, cushions and a throw. I also mix cream colored cushions in with the blue cushions to keep it light. I really like pale aqua with brown, however, I find it’s too common nowadays so the blues I have are more of an icy blue/silver-grey color. They are a blue but have an “icy“ silver-grey look to them; it’s rather hard to describe but the colors look just great together and are a bit different than other interiors that show aqua all the time.

  • Catherine Anspaugh Catherine Anspaugh on Oct 04, 2017

    There are loads of great area rugs out there. It sounds like you could use something with some pattern to pull everything together. Try Wayfair.

  • Dana Ellebracht Dana Ellebracht on Oct 04, 2017

    Tangerine, rust, turquoise, and emerald pop into mind. If you stay with the earth tones, bright blues or greens would work.

  • DesertRose DesertRose on Oct 04, 2017

    Get a rug that has gray and chocolate brown as a small area, but lots of color, whatever color you love like muave or cranberry red, or greens or anything. Then use the rug for an inspiration to get small colored throw pillows with colors from the rug as your guide. It sounds beautiful! good luck!

  • Jamie Jamie on Oct 05, 2017

    can you paint your walls a different color, or buy a new sofa, to many colors in there , I'm not being mean I just like things to match lol

  • Lisa S. Lisa S. on Oct 05, 2017

    Gray and brown not natural companions but if that is what you have to work with: Get an area rug, and not a small one, which incorporates both colors and maybe a third color. See the possibilities below.


  • Heidi Lach Heidi Lach on May 11, 2022

    I would try Match the couch with the couch.. the darker colors make a room warm and appear smaller.. lighter once bright and bigger and pay attention to the way the wood runs, it makes a difference too I notesed.

  • Heidi Lach Heidi Lach on May 11, 2022

    What color rug would you go with? The floor is hard wood, color is both, dark and light, my couch is a jeans blue, walls are white.