Dilemma : What colour of curtains?
hi everyone,
Need some inspiration for colours of curtains to go with our freshly decorated living room. We went for the French Connection Zinc sofas from DFS in Teal - but really struggling to find curtains to go with our room. We have tried a few "Dark Teal" coloured curtains from John Lewis and Wayfair, but neither go.
Walls : 3 white, 1 Deep Sea (dark Blue-Green)
Sofas : FC Zinc Teal
Carpet : Light grey
Furniture & Blinds : Dark wood
I have attached a photo of the finished room and if anyone can help - would realy appreciate it!
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PROMiri Design Ltd
7 months agoRelated Discussions
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sjamg1
7 months agoThanks everyone! some great options, we ordered these:
but they are greener than the sofas but match the triangles on the stool….not having a good eye - would these go in your opinions?
@Miri - the links you posted dont seem to work for meUser
7 months agoI feel the room needs an accent colour like orange cushions, which could be included in the curtains. Too much teal otherwise.
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7 months agoThe Pure Edit do cushions and curtains in colours such as cinnabar, rust and spice. May be worth getting some samples
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Jo Jones
7 months agolast modified: 7 months agoWe have a Voyage fabric ”Kenton pomegranate” in our dining/living area. However, since Voyage have been taken over, I’m not sure if the background of the fabric would be white enough for you (i ordered curtains from Blinds2Go, and bought the fabric from elsewhere to make a blind for the kitchen, and the blind fabric background is a more beige colour than the curtains). Here it’s off white.
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