Colour advice dull but desparate

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Hello I have a dusky pink carpet in the living room which is horrid but must stay.

Want to paint the walls cream(ish) and need some new curtains, but I am not keen for cream curtains. What colour does any one recommend? Links would be lovely!!

Blue.

Green.

I was wondering about green - have seen some nice ones about - lighter rather than darker

Hi,

I was considering adding dusky pink cushions to my cream and aqua/turquoise/duck egg blue (whichever you want to call it!) bedroom. and I am so NOT a pinky person.

My curtains are these: curtains

Maybe you could have similar colour curtains and add some cushions/vases in both dusky pink and turquoise in the room?

Duke.
xXx

Anything with grey in it: sage, charcoal, stone, duck egg. I would say that for the walls as well, not too yellow-y cream, more a greyish one (sounds horrible but F&B do some lovely shades).

interesting, as I will be painting over yellow walls! these I am quite keen on

What do you think?

I wouldn't put green or blue with pink and cream, personally but I'm not you!

I'd go for a really warm beige colour for the curtains. That should connect the carpet and the walls.

It should look really nice and cosy!

Although I do like the ones you linked to (just looked, duh!)
it's a very greyish creamish green, so should be Ok. Still reckon a warmer colour like beige which does go with everything.

Hb do you have any suggestions? All the cream curtains that I have seen would be the same sort of colour as the walls, and I just can't see how that would work? (not good with visulising colous together at all)

Hmm will have a look, hold on! I'll see what there is in JL.

Ok I'm back! Not much there but Next have a few ideas.

Or maybe this colour might look nice?

I don't know, you might hate brown!!

i was thinking a grey ish colour

curtains can be just as expensive as carpet - are you sure you cant change the carpet? i replaced the one in our bedroom lovely oatmeal colour, waffle design, new underlay and fitting 350. then you can have any colour curtains you like - could get second hand?

I have cream walls and cream curtains, mainly as I am totally unimaginative and I thought the curtains were are bargain!

I love these curtains - they are v cheap. I guess you could buy these, see how you like them and if you don't like cream you can easily dye them with dylon machione dye. I sucessfully dyed my bedroom curtains so it works well.

www.johnlewis.com/3278/Product.aspx

I have just recommended the same curtains on two posts. I really need to get a hobby!

Thank you for the replies! The carpet can't be changed as we are renting at the moment! We have a greyish sofa....did like the plum coloured spotty curtains from next..

and the horizontal stripes...actually striped curtains are my favourite...is it called ticking??

oh i see best not then!