How to warm up grey lounge

[Twiglet2353]

Moved into a new house which has a relatively new darker grey carpet. We have brought our two light-mid grey sofas with us. We can't afford to replace floor or sofas at the moment, so looking for tips to warm the room up a little bit, and make it a little less grey and drab?

It is a L shape (with an extension coming off it). The extension has an emerald green feature wall. The rest of the walls are freshly painted warm white (think Dulux Timeless). The extension has a lot of natural light but the other end of the L only has a small window (we can't afford to extend the window size/replace with patio door at the moment).

Thanks

Goodness I’m surprised you’ve related this to class. Is nothing, not about class. The reason grey is out is it became too ubiquitous. It was everywhere and over done ny many, and many who did it, did it wrong with cold dark blue toned greys. With the pop of mustard , pink or yellow as no one could think what else to put with it.

I absolutely can't understand the grey fad at all. My nearest neighbours have painted their whole house grey, inside and out. Grey everything from floor to ceiling. The outside is a dark military grey and it just looks so grim and miserable. Saying that, they probably hate my terracotta coloured house too, to each their own as they say.

I'd personally keep the emerald and add lots of lighter woods and plants to liven it up a bit, but I'm absolutely obsessed with green so I'm probably biased there.

I love yellow, the colour of the gorgeous sun😎

@CoffeeBeansGalore as a long term renter (albeit nice houses) I've got used to warming up some very dull bland schemes. With greys and whites I also go for deep reds ,plus some electric blue

We've studiously avoided grey this time around...probably because we made our first (and only!) foray into grey in the 1990s.

Back then - when we had to get the colour mixed as grey typically came as undercoat and my dad referred to it as 'battleship grey' - we paired it with a bright, sunny yellow (which went above the dado) in our Victorian hallway to which we applied 'decoupaged' swags etc in a print room effect. We had a mid grey carpet and a fabulous swagged grey/black/white curtain on the landing window. It actually looked nicer than it sounds!

I think I'd keep the emerald and add other warm jewel colours by way of cushions, throws and a rug....but definitely not a grey one!

Warming up grey with gold, yellow and saddle leather brown looks fresh. Using grey as a neutral for brights to pop against feels a little overdone now.

Grey and red go well. I'd get red cushions and curtains to add a pop of a bright colour to the room. Wall art, a lamp with a red shade and a rug in red.

Plants, pair a wall a pale clay pink and maybe add some warm mustard or burnt orange throws/rugs

Rugs on carpets are a nightmare - whatever you do they will wrinkle and move. I'd go with lighting, artwork and accessories to add colour.

I like a grey pallet, but it needs interest through textures and always, plants.

Adding an accent colour is always naff, unless it’s just one chair or one thing.

So much grey, and the pic of the tile close up in the loo? What are they trying to show, how poor the tiling job is?

Oh god, it's so depressing....like a black and white filter has been applied to it

I was just about to post about how others have found rug on carpet. We'd need a large rug to cover the space, would probably portion some of it under the sofa legs, but could possibly still wrinkle.
With young kids too, is it just a bad idea?

Pleased others agree with the emerald green feature wall, as I did it on a whim last year when I was feeling particularly depressed in the room of grey, and I do like it. Have quite a few oak features in there, but definitely could do with adding more plants

Rugs on a carpet do move but if you palce it well - under the sofa and with coffee table on the center it can work - at least it does for us.

Loads of plants and warm up the walls with something like Little Greene Portland Stone or F&B Setting Plaster. Get the colour matched with Leyland Trade or something so you don’t pay the earth. Go for texture - velvet cushion in a soft green or something or lamb skin or a nice blanket. Contrasting with the grey (eg yellow) is a bit passe. Beech wood coffee table maybe.

Depends on the rug — a thin kilim can work without moving a mad amount. I did that in our last house where the previous owners had newly carpeted the entire downstairs in cream. We knew we’d only be staying a few years, and felt it was a waste to get rid of it.

I actually quite like warm greys on walls, but I think a lot of people don’t know what to do with it, especially how to light it. We have a lot of art hanging, so it’s really just a backdrop.

DS bought a house like this, utterly dreary. Grey everywhere. Then bought grey sofas...
However he has a huge fluffy rug in a deep red and some multi coloured throws which brighten it up. Also lots of large green plants.