Finally found living room inspiration. Just need furniture!
Hubby wants contemporary, I can't do it. We'll meet somewhere in the middle. I finally found this pillow which we both like. Need ideas for wall color, furniture color, window coverings, etc. The only mainstays are tan carpeting, oak woodwork and a large stone fireplace. Will need a sofa, loveseat and two swivel chairs. Was thinking solid sofa and loveseat, patterned chairs (circles or geometric?).
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I'd pull one of the colors that's used less often in the fabric as the wall color. It's hard to tell on my monitor exactly what the colors are, but I think one of the beige colors would be nice for the walls. It looks like there's also a gold orange there, that might be nice for an accent wall. Furniture in beiges and blues. Use lavender and purple sparingly in your accessories, but make them nice pure colors so they "pop".
You'll want the room to look nice overall, and "work" even if you removed this pillow, so keep that in mind as you choose your other items.
Often you can find the same fabric for sale (someone else might be able to identify this one for you), and you can buy yardage to make window treatments or different sized pillows. You might consider having an ottoman upholstered with this fabric. It's great because it gives you so many colors to work with.
For solid color sofa and loveseat, I would pull out the blue. then use blue and yellow for the chairs.
Great find, I might use this with my grey couch too. I also have tan floors, oak trim.
BTW our lipstick red chair is a leather swivel chair. It's the major punch of color in the room. We've found a couple brands and ended up with a Natuzzi. We LOVE that thing. In fact, the one we just got was our 2nd. The 1st lasted about 15 years. I think swivel chairs are a great thing in a living room!
If you close your eyes there are a lot of blue tones and warm grey tones - also highlights in Gold - maybe working with those tones is the go. Looking at it again there are many natural tones - even heading towards olive, the connecting stripe between the colours seems to be a neutral olive tone. I DO LIKE the gold and ochre highlights!
You could have a couch in a mid to dark linen tone to off set the cushion and have the cushion as the highlight. I would not highlight the pinky or purply tones in any major way, but leave those as little jewels of colour in the cushions themselves or you could perhaps have a solid mid or dark tone red cushion behind these cushions on a neutral couch.
The pale lime tone is interesting too, but don't over do that, again either keep as a jewel, complimenting the neutrals or perhaps you could consider using a hint of it in the paint colour of your walls.
I like the idea of a the solid background on your larger furniture. As far as circles or stripes, neither, I think texture is what you want, there are natural forms in the cushions - keep your complimenting shapes natural. I hope this helps you? . . . bit new at this and know I have mentioned almost every single colour so I hope my suggestions are not too contradictory.
I can see how tans and ochre yellows would be great but I would stick to warm greys and olives in both wall colour and other furniture so that the cushion is appreciated and not overwhelmed. Do take the cushion with you to furniture stores - that's a great suggestion! Best of Luck!
For wall colour I'd go a little more greeny grey than pinky grey - but then I am very drawn to the colours I can see in your original posting. I think a greeny grey will work with your Tan sofa fabric.
(I do tend to think of mushroom brown as a bit of a pinky grey, but do love those tones too! Not sure a mushroom brown would work with the tan - smiling now, as its all open to colour interpretation by individuals, which is tricky over the airwaves, plus I live in the Southern Hemisphere and I have a feeling our colours maybe given a different tone because our light is different???)
Looking at this new photo - what colour is that connecting line? (through the dots) maybe that also ties in with the other beautiful fabric? maybe that will help with wall colour selection. I am a bit of a monochromatic fan with small colour highlights, so guess I envisaged a neutral palette, with your original cushion being the quiet star, showing hightlights of colour. I am considering an involved reno myself so I know how difficult the process can be - at least you have some bits sorted!
I would steer clear of cold greys.
Table lamps I hope will be easy for you. You've given yourself an array of colors and materials to work with. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong. Art may be a bit trickier. Although if you and hubby reached such a perfect compromise by way of the pillow, I'm sure you'll do the same with art.
I saw a piece of art here a couple weeks ago and the poster was kind enough to send me the website. I'm passing it on to you here. Even though you've indicated contemporary isn't your style, take a look at some of the contemporary canvasses. There are some things with colors that would work beautifully in your room.
http://www.greatbigcanvas.com/category/contemporary/
Dear judyg, I LOVE your Dusk Blue and I actually think it goes beautifully with the Woodcliff Lake. (both these colours could be cut back with white if you wanted to keep the room lighter and airy - in particular at this time of year). The Dusk Blue is a good match to the mid tone of blue in the cushion.
Also the interior shot you've shared is a very good example of several of the elements already discussed, plus it shows how neutral linen tones (even heading towards a darker linen tone) will work in a similar situation, fire place, books shelves either side, with the cushion being the quiet star, showing highlights of colour. All your suggestions are great!
Hey WKB, I would think your beautiful cushion will look great with the colours coming through in the stones around the fireplace and will help to bring out the different hidden tones.
Also I can really see a couple of leather arm chairs - similar to those in judyg's example, reddish/tan working beautifully in complimenting the tones of the cushions on a neutral, yes even darker neutral couch. A paler neutral linen tone on the walls - not unlike the grayowl.
I think a nice touch would be very small touches of antique gold or antique pewter tones in metal lamp bases or picture frames or mirror frames. Actually that is what I meant when I said . . . I DO LIKE the gold and ochre highlights! . . . I would keep them as highlights in accessories rather than wall colour.
The side table is lovely and could even be updated, colour wise, to work with metal lamp bases so they match and an update to the wood colour if its appropriate, in a darker neutral tone as a wood stain or paint colour.
WKB this interior example of judyg's is a nice move away from what some might call contemporary into traditional, so might be a good meeting in the middle for both you and your husband styles - the room has a lovely relaxed feel. Sorry if this post is too long - good bye