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Furniture Living Rooms Design Dilemma

Need to revamp my living room - Help Pleeeease !

4 years ago

Hey, thank you for reading firstly - you kind soul.

The photos I've attached are of my living room, we are looking to keep the table and chars and the side unit. Now for clarification, they are grey - to me it looks greeny, but according the the Mrs the product def STATES GREY! We have just had a baby and want to move away from a material sofa and carpet - for fluid reasons; I'll let your imagination do the rest. I was thinking maybe a nice brown (darkish) wooden flooring and a grey leather lshape sofa? With some rugs to add warmth? Really struggling with the greeny grey units and what to match with it!

All advice and feedback welcome!

Thanks
T

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Sonia

4 years ago

Hi, the table and chairs look French Grey, which is a grey with a tinge of green, so you’re both right haha 😂 My favourite, favourite colour for leather sofas is tan. It goes well with so many shades such as navy, white, green and cream. I love it when it’s teamed with a Persian, or faux Persian, rug. Very stylish. Here’s some ideas:

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Tris Bart
Original Author
4 years ago
I forgot to attach pictures!
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Tris Bart
Original Author
4 years ago
Thank you! I've noted down French grey to investigate further 😂 I really like the last picture that style looks nice and isn't one I've considered, really appreciate your input Sonia. Second thoughts a grey sofa wouldn't really work!
Laura Thomas
4 years ago
I’m with Sonia on the tan leather sofas, and those examples with the Persian rugs are great.

I really like grey, but for some reason find grey leather often looks really naff.
Tris Bart
Original Author
4 years ago
Thanks Laura, I've had a look at them just now and I agree even the more premium seem to look a tad... Tacky, I'll be sure to try tan as it seems quite versatile 😊
Jules Mc
4 years ago
Another vote for tan here Tris. Love those inspiration pics from Sonia and a few more here for other styling ideas. I think your lovely French grey (😊) furniture would go with some of these looks better than others.
Tris Bart
Original Author
4 years ago
Hi Jules, thank you for the great inspo pics - really glad I put this dilemma out as I'd never have considered Tan! On a side note, what's your recommendation on good sofa shops? We've been DFS previously but wanted to see if there are any under the radar or commonly over looked shops/ sites - thanks again. T 😊
Sonia
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There aren’t many sofa shops left, but I recently went into Furniture Village and they had some nice stuff as did DFS, but some of it was awful so pick carefully. John Lewis have some nice stuff, but I just read they have temporarily closed all their stores........brands that seem to be good quality are G Plan and Parker Knoll. You need to google search your nearest stockist. There are a lot of newer companies like Sofology that seem to be popular but I’ve no experience of them. My sister bought her last sofa from Fishpools and she said they had lovely sofas.
Jules Mc
4 years ago
I'm a bit funny about buying items like mattresses,, sofas (and shoes!) without being able to try them out for comfort. However, lots of people recommend Made.com and theres are lovely shaped sofas (many reduced) at the moment. I particularly like this one but here's a link as well
Maybe someone on here can vouch for comfort, I see them being recommended quite a lot.

https://www.made.com/sofas-and-armchairs/3-seater-sofas/where/main_materials~Leather
Jules Mc
4 years ago
You might be able to get swatch samples cos this looks, like chestnut/tan but might be a bit darker in reality.

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