Can pale pink walls work with a bright orange sofa?
Houzz has provided super decorating advice throughout lockdown, thank you! So I thought I would ask another question. I want to paint my home office (I worked from home even before COVID). We have just put in a skylight to bring in more light to the small dark space. I am now ready to decorate and want to paint the walls a pale pink as it supposedly helps with concentration and reduces stress! But I have a bright orange sofa bed in the room that I can't move anywhere else, nor do I want -- or can afford -- to get rid of it. Can pale pink work against the bright orange sofa bed? For the pink, I'm currently looking at either Julie's Dream from Little Greene or Pink Ground from F&B, though I'm open to others. Below are photos of the messy room as it currently is.
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