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Living room colour scheme

5 years ago

I am renovating my new flat and trying to decide on a colour scheme for my living room. I only have one piece of furniture (gifted to me); a sofa very similar in both colour and style to the one below. I can't afford a new sofa so I need to pick a colour scheme to go with this one.

Walls are yet to be painted and all other furniture and soft furnishings all need to be bought so I pretty much have a blank canvass with a splash of dark brown!

I'd love to get some advice from the Houzz community! Thanks in advance.

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Anthony (Beano)

5 years ago

Honestly, best thing to do is go to the home page in here and type in brown leather sofa and search in photos :-) thousands of pics will come in showing different room settings, it’s my go to for ideas

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Rachel
Original Author
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
I don't think the photo uploaded with my original post.
rachelmidlands
5 years ago
Hi Rachel (great name;-)) You can add photos to comments under here. Wait till you can fully see the photo on screen before hitting submit.
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Rachel
Original Author
5 years ago
Hah, right back at you! Thanks, I've added it to my last comment now
Jules Mc
5 years ago
Some ideas below for different styles/aesthetic. I've found that 'brown sofa' searches mainly come back with neutral browns and beiges as per top photo (but you might like that). Good luck
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Juliet Docherty
5 years ago
What type/colour of flooring do you have?
Sonia
5 years ago
My favourite wall colour with chocolate brown is dusty pink. Not for everyone I know, but it’s so cosy! Loving Jules ideas too.
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Rachel
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you everyone, I love blush pink too but I think I'm going to have that in my bedroom :) I like the neutrals but I'd like to add a pop of colour so I'll have to look at some more pics for inspiration. Thanks again!
Ann Jones
5 years ago
Why not stay with neutrals and put pops of colour in cushions, flowers and other moveable items?

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