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Lex345 · 26/11/2024 07:21

Has anyone got any ideas for living room colours please? I normally know what I want when we decorate, but my mind has gone blank; google is showing me some gorgeous colour combinations but they are too dark or just not what I am after.

North facing living room with a bay window; fairly small. Black fireplace; 2 alcove spaces. Currently charcoal grey/ white/ black colour scheme. 3 walls white, chimney breast wall grey. I am after something lighter-I don't want red or orange though. I would love dark green but the room is too dark to take it I think.

Will be replacing sofas too so don't need to match to them. I am looking for cosy/informal, but it really does get dark as fully north facing. I don't want the whole room white. Can anyone inspire me with a colour idea please? Pictures also welcome so i can feel envious of your lovely living rooms too!

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Lex345 · 26/11/2024 07:54

Ooh that sounds lovely! Love the idea of finding an item i love and building the colours around it; am just struggling to find inspiration at the moment. I did quite like the idea of lemon yellow/very pale grey but everyone told me it would industrial!

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DilemmaDelilah · 26/11/2024 07:44

I start with something I really like and take my colours from that. It could be a picture, a rug, a cushion cover - anything really that I want to have in that room. Because your room is North facing I would choose lighter, warm toned colours in the main, but they have to be ones that you like.

My living room takes its colours from a large Chinese plate I have on the wall. My walls are a greenish duck egg because that is the base colour of the plate, as are the curtains, and I have added colours in cushions, rugs and pictures. My big sofa is donkey grey because it is practical, but I have duck egg throws on it in an attempt to stop it getting covered in cat hair. My little sofa is blush pink. I have a gold/yellow stool, Chinese flower paintings in deep pink with gold frames, my rug is a duck egg blue with pinkish beige pattern, my cushions are duck egg, blush pink and gold on the big sofa and raspberry pink on the little sofa.

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