Cranberry or sage green on my wall? Couch is brown mostly with a tiny bit of green and more cranberry.?

Question

Redecorating- helpme!

Answer 1

sage green. It is a calm, soothing and natural color. You will be able to accent the room more with that choice over the cranberry. Also, the darker colors tend to make rooms look and feel smaller. Good luck to you.

Answer 2

Sounds like you may have a beautiful couch. The colors in the fabric sound great together.

I would choose a complimentary shade of green on the walls...and do some accents in cranberry...like a vase, flowers, or some pillows. Also something gold on the end tables. I'd use some ivory or off white in the accents to soften the look....like a bouquet that has some creamy-looking silk baby's breath. Or use some soft white doilies under some of the objects on the end tables
Use crocheted ones for a heavier look, or all lace or lacey edged doily.... Whatever your taste is and what would compliment the style you are achieving. Try some off white lamp shades. New lamp shades on old bases can do wonders. Maybe some of your pictures could be double matted with off white and cranberry.

Don't go too dark on the walls especially if your room is small or/and the couch is a shade of dark brown. If there are any other touches of color in your couch, you could pull those out and use them in the accents also. Just a dab, though.

Choose some beautiful, but simple complimentary wall pictures/artwork. Try to frame them in gold. Don't over do the number of them. Also hang your pictures or other wall decor if using them with the tops all being the same level around the room......And the level mark if at all possible should line up with some other feature in the room...such as the height of a cabinet.

For example
Where the cabinet height ends (if reasonable of course), have the top of your hangings start there for level height. It's easier on the eyes and more becoming in the room. Too many ups and downs for the eyes makes the room busy looking and takes away from trying to pull the whole scheme together.

Sometimes just one decor of the right size looks great on one.
wall. If you are using more than one, try to decorate in uneven numbers...like sets of three...vertical or horizontal.

If you have a small budget, buy some frames from a used store
or garage sale. Spray paint frames in gold. Look for pictures and table doilies the same way. Ask any relatives or friends if they are storing any of the items you are looking for and will probably never use them again. They might enjoy helping you search.

Again try to keep the room on the simplier side....even if you want the more elegant look. Not too much....and not everywhere.
Let some of your wall color really show and your wood work also.
If you have too much "stuff", store extra away for awhile and rotate items when you choose. Less is better.

Have fun redecorating.

Answer 3

I'd recommend sage green. Cranberry is just too dark of a color to paint a room. You could maybe use cranberry as a trim color or add a strip of cranberry paint running around the top of the room or even paint one to two walls cranberry depending on the room layout. But don't paint the entire room cranberry. I think cranberry actually goes with the color of the couch better, but you don't want the entire room that color because it is too dark. I like the one person's idea of painting the wall behind the couch cranberry then maybe painting the rest sage.

Paint a large 12"x12" piece of cardboard of each color. Then apply a ring of blue painter's tape to the back. Stick it up on the wall and see how it looks. I recommend buying the smallest amount of each you can buy and doing that first. You may find that the shades you thought you liked don't do the trick. I painted my downstairs 3 times before devoloping this technique. It works great. You can move the cardboard around to every piece of major furniture, painting, etc. You can take them to stores, whatever.

Just to note, I painted the downstairs in my house prairie grass green and I love it. It's close to sage green, but I like the color a little better. You can find the color at Lowe's. I believe it's part of their American Tradition or Signature line.

Answer 4

Definitely the green. Cranberry will over power the other colors and make the room seem smaller with the darker colors. It'll look great with the sage green!

Answer 5

I think the sage green would be wonderful with the brown, not to mention it is more versatile backdrop for your room. Greens also tend to have a calming effect , so if this is a room you want to relax in then green beats the cranberry hands down. Then your accent color, cranberry,will really pop! Happy decorating!

Answer 6

After applying thousands of gallons of paint, and doing my own decorating, I suggest a few things.

First, I would not mix the two accent colors in the couch by painting them on walls,,,nor would I strictly use both colors in that room even in accents,,,no offense meant to anyone.

You don't state any other predominant colors,,,IE: Flooring, current wall color.

If I was doing this project, I would pick either accent color, I would experiment with the cranberry as opposed to the green. I'd paint that color on one wall only,,, perhaps the wall the couch backs up to.

I'd also have a color wheel handy to check contrasting and complimentary colors and shades,,,or a chip sample booklet sold at any decent paint store.

I wish you had mentioned the color of flooring or carpet,,,but anyway,,, I'd try to find,,,in that chip sample booklet,,, a close match to the Brown, that is the sofa, and see how it's lightened in shades of that color on the chip sleeve. Then I'd try that lighter shade,,,even going to a cream, or tan,,, on the other 3 walls.

The good news,,, about any answers here, is that we all have preferences, so no one is strictly right, or wrong, as it applies to your own preferences,,,which, btw are very personal,,,even in color choices...It's our opinions.

Oh yes,,,Um,,, The Good News: Paint is likely the most inexpensive means to decorate,,,and if one is unhappy with it,,,IT can be painted over.

In your task ahead, I also suggest get the smallest samples of the color choices possible,,, perhaps 1/2 pints, and apply the colors in a patch. That will allow you to compare, and live with the choices, deciding which you prefer. Then move on to the entire room.

Rev. Steven

Answer 7

Sage green walls or paint one wall cranberry. All cranberry too much, not relaxing.

Answer 8

sage green would better. its also softer on the eyes rather than cranberry, but if you're the type who's strong and loves loud colors then go ahead with cranberry

Answer 9

Sage green

Answer 10

Sage green. It'll be very pretty with your brown/green/cranberry.