How should I decorate my living room?
The living room in my manufactured home is 18wx30L (inc. the dining room) At the moment I have a dark brown love seat, two cream easy chairs and one light brown rocker. The tables and glass cabinet are black in a very modern style. The dining set is pale wood. The carpet is a good color between the browns and creams. (Sorry no photo). you'll need to use your imagination.
At present, I have sage green walls and red/orange curtains, also various cushions along this theme. I really love it and everybody compliments me on how cosy it is. But I really would like a change after 8 years in this house and want to keep all the furniture, just basically make the walls lighter and probably buy new curtains to open up the room. I've considered very light grey walls and slightly darker grey curtains but am unsure that this will go with the chairs. I really hate white, and don't want to go with cream either.
Any ideas?
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Hello Sally,
I see gray as the new neutral. Would you consider trying a sample jar of paint as a test —to see how it looks with your lighting?
Hi Sally. I'm Cindy. Your current decor sounds lovely but I understand wanting a change after so much time. You could start by painting the walls. Since the biggest piece of furniture in your living room area is the dark brown love seat, you should consider colors that will go well with it. Perhaps light blue, coral, or light green. My personal choice would be light blue for the walls and crisp clean white for the trim. The blue will also go well with your easy chairs. Use pillows, rugs, art work, etc. to bring in patterns and prints. I think large plants would finish the whole thing off. I like to put up-lights under my large floor plants to create shadows on the ceiling. Really lovely. Best wishes to you.
I agree with Cindy.