Just to clarify, moonlight5, that is not my actual living room - just a picture of the sofa and chair we have purchased! I wish that was my living room - it's beautiful! LOL

headers13 - Yes you are completely right! I'm just so anxious to get rid of the roman blinds that were left here by the previous owners!

Hi. I think a shade of yellow, purple or green would work with the floor and agree with headers re trying them out when the sofa arrives. Personally I'd also wait for the window seat and shutters to be installed before buying curtains, it could be that Roman blinds work better so as not to crowd the bay but it would be good to see a finished pic! Has the rug been bought already?

I am not sure the souk rug goes with the sofa & chair - maybe a bit shabby chic with the tassles & also I wouldn't put cream with the white on the sofa/chair. I think a plain rug with no tassles would look better as the furniture looks very elegant.

I'm also not sure re the rug for the same reasons. I would go for a plain rug something like the colour of ammonite ( ammonite walls in first pic with a similar floor!!) or a biscuit type colour which will tone with the floor. I think the sofa and chair will look lovely against a plain rug and you can add more pattern for the bay (I'd probably stick to 5 patterns max though)

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Hi ,L Newmen and To all .

it probably is not the cosy rug off chose , but it is some thing that i feel, could work very well with the sofas and having the right colour scheme ,

I totally agree with L Newmen , it need an accent colour on the walls

Farrow and ball is the right paint , for accent colours , and flat matt finish

i feel it does need some thing with a hint of grey or green ,some like french grey ,old white , if you want to go light how about strong white, what ever the colour chose , go for a flat matt finish to give you an accent feeling

That shows how off the colour can be on screen! You can make the seating less glam by not having a symmetrical cushion layout i.e. 2 cushions on one side and one on the other with a throw draped across the arm. Perhaps also use a heavy texture for a couple of the cushions

minnie101

how about mirriors?

what do you feel could go well with, L newmen , decor

Behind the sofa we will place a gallery wall. We have loads or artwork - my mother was an artist and so am I. May have a small mirror incorporated into the gallery wall and probably keep the artwork to black and white with some accents of gold and silver and a pop of color somewhere in there. We had a mirror over the fireplace but have since moved it and committed an interior design major NO NO - we put the tv up there! Really had to - it's massive and since there will be built in on either side of the fireplace, it just didn't look great there. Just looked like a big black cavernous hole! LOL We plan to extend the house in a couple of years and at that point the tv will move to a more casual space in the house and we will put the mirror back over the fireplace. In the interim, it does have to serve as a family room as we call them in the US.

Here is a better picture of the rug.

its got that 1960's modern feeling about it

Can you tell me another place where I may source a good quality wool rug? I wouldn't mind one like the one in the picture I posted - the one with the sofa and chair. I have not been able to find one. I do love the Souk Wool Rug as well. It's beautiful in person.

You can always see how the souk rug looks. I'm struggling to find a similar rug, John Lewis do a border rug in smoke and putty, it may be worth seeing if they stock it in your nearest store to look at the colours and quality

Carolina I had thought about that at one point. But then thought the curtains would be a good place to introduce colour.

Afternoon ,L Newmen & Too all

Have a look at a Company Called ,The Sofa & Chair Company, London

They Have a rug called ''HURLEY'' ,? it Does come in a few colours, they have 2 silver coloured Rugs ,light and dark , the light rugs ,looks very close in colour to the image but not as thin and rich ,

I have seen that one actually. It's grey and silver - too much grey for the room considering the walls are all grey. The other colours are taupe and then a reddish brown. I never thought finding a suitable rug could be so difficult!!

thought it would be

I did try to source the exact one ( i am very sure every body else did as well)

I rang up Duresta direct, the lovely help full sales assistance tried her best to get details of the product , she rang me back, saying it was part of the studio furniture !

She also told me, they had a High number off calls coming in , just enquiring about the rugs ,

Ivory Silver area rug, would not look bad

she has bought it from ,Duresta,