Will Cream (Creme) Sofas look good with white blinds that drape down behind the sofas?

Question

There is some creme-white combination in the kitchen as well. We have white roll up blinds on the side windows, olive green wall color and creme sofas. Will white blinds look too strange or add too much contrast or will that contrast look good? The bottom of our wall also has a white (rim?) to it.

Answer 1

White and cream are both neutral and will therefore look good together. tYou can put a neutral with any color of the rainbow and it will look good. The only thing that might bother you is the fact that if the white is a very stark white and the cream leans more towards the yellow than the beige, you might get the impression that the cream is really just a dirty, aging yellowing white... There are however, a few things that can be done to change that illusion...

You shouldn't white cushions on the sofa nor should you drape any white blankets or throw covers on it.

Remember that to have complete color harmony in a room, you need to have 3 colors. One dominant color, one medium color and one accent color. You only have two colors in your room because white is not a color but the absence of color. That is also why you can add white to any paint color to change not the color, but the hue. So you'll need one more color. You have the green and the cream. What's another color that you like? You can basically choose any color you like with what you have going on. Consider your green walls your dominant color, the cream the medium one and.... how about black? Or a touch of red (cushions, flowers, vase, etc.)... or burnt orange... eggplant purple.... golden sunflower yellow? If it were my room, I'd use a warm color and somewhere in that warm color, I'd add a hint of the white from the blinds and the baseboard trim at the bottom of the walls... Like add some white flowers in a flower arrangement, have a hint (just a hint) of white in the cushions you place on the couch, a white vase, etc. Use 60-30-10 rule... dominant color 60%, medium color 30% and accent color 10%... As I said, don't count the white.

Oh... when choosing your colors, you might want to think about direction the room faces... north or south... northern light is colder and so you may want to lean towards a warmer color on the color scale... reds, oranges, pinks, purples, yellows, etc. If facing south, choose a cool color to keep your room cooler... blues, some greens, pastels, etc.

I gather your roll down blinds are roman blinds... If you ever get fed up with the all white look and don't want to invest too much, you can always stencil something really funky and nice onto the blinds... using the same color scheme as the rest of the room.

As for your kitchen, especially if you can see it from the living room area, you'll want to add some of the green from the living room and don't forget your 3rd accent color too. Think towels, rug, cookie jar, flowers, baskets, etc. Using the same color scheme as the living room will create flow and make your living areas feel harmonius.

Happy decorating!

Answer 2

Cream Sofa and White blind? Looks ok but very bland.

Why don't you add some bold color ? Get some Wood Blinds that are an honey pecan color.

Answer 3

Cream and white can look a bit odd, but why not try linking them, by adding some cushions, wth cream, white and a favoured colour combination, say, stripes, or patchwork etc. This will link the two shades, and also add a zinger colour, which it would need. Chocolate and tans wth maybe a lime, or red or something like that would look interesting.....

Answer 4

I think white and cream would look very good together. But you should get some green pillows for your couches so you can pull in the wall color.

Answer 5

I wouldn't use blinds...especially if you have kids or pets. They get destroyed, and they are a strangulation hazard for young children. I would go with cream or brown drapes instead. White I don't think would look good with the cream.

Answer 6

I don't see why not. Just know that the creme might look a little darker at home next to the white.