I have a dark blue sofa, oak end tables and beige carpet. What color should I paint my walls?

Question

My sofa and love seat is dark blue, oak tables and enterntainment center with beige carpet. My living room is connected to the dining room. I would like to coordinate them together. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Since your furniture and carpet are neutral colors, then keeping the wall neutral will really make your furnishings pop. There are different shades of beige and taupe you could look at, and I visualized a coffee-with-cream kind of colour. It may sound boring, but take a look at some of the sample strips so you can see how classy it would look.

Answer 2

Try a soft buttery yellow (unless your room has north-facing windows, in which case, avoid yellows), or a light green (think plant green, not sea green). Apricot or peach are also options. If you use a blue wall colour, your room could become overwhelmingly blue - and while white has its place, from what you've described, I suspect that white will give your room a slightly industrial quality - not really what you're looking for! To coordinate your living and dining room, think texture instead of colour - use the same colour in both spaces with different textures (don't be intimidated, there are plenty of easy paint finishes out there that look great. . .your local paint shop can provide you with instructions). Alternatively, find a colour you like in your living room and use a related shade in your dining room (as a rule of thumb, go lighter in your living space and darker in your dining room). Finally, before you commit to a colour, get a sample can from your paint store, go home and paint a spot on the wall (about eighteen inches square) in a nice, visible spot. Live with the spot for a few days and see how it looks (remember to prime under and around it, if you currently have a dark or very different colour). If you don't love it now, you never will (and you'll have to pick a new colour) but at least you won't have to repaint the whole room! And don't panic if you don't get the first one right - even the pros make mistakes (and they spend years learning to visualise colour).

Answer 3

Depends...you could do anything from basic eggshell to a buttery yellow, or more oatmeal...or pick a color in a throw pillow that you like and use on the sofa....or pick a color from some of the artwork in the room.

A lot will depend on how much natural light and artifical light you have in the room on a regular basis, and what time of day you're using the room.

Get some paint chips from the store and put them on the walls...leave them there a few days and look at the colors different times of the day, in different light....narrow your choices from there to about 3 or 4, then get some paint samples (actual paint) and paint a bit of each on the wall...remember, you'll be painting over them later!! Leave those up a few days and look at them in different lights at different times and then make your decision.

Good luck!

Answer 4

i would go with a lighter blue. it ties in with the blue of the couch and the lightness of the tables and carpet.Or maybe a yellow/ brown with blue accents around the room like a rug, pictures, candles, etc. Adds some contrast. it also depends on what you want in your dining room and the furniture in there. The yellow/brown will let you do different things in the dining room besides just blue while still coordinating with the living room.. The blue will make you kind of stuck on decorations in the dining room. Try this site, it has a virtual painter for rooms.

Answer 5

ya know, i'm doing the same thing! my couches are dark denim, my floor and furnitue honey oak. I'm thinking baby yellow on top, divided by a pure white chair rail, with baby blue on the bottom. but _rich_ pastels, not washed out pales. on the other hand lavender and baby blue crossed my mind, too. i just want it to look light and beachy. my issue is w/curtains -- can't find anything i like and i'm just a terrible window-doer! good luck!

Answer 6

I would suggest a warm color like pumplin orange or gold. I would work with the oak and it's a complimentary color for the sofa.

Answer 7

A dark color will make the room appear smaller. You can always use white. ..but that's sort of standard. Personally I would go with one of two things. either a very light blue....like "Robin Egg Blue".... or an off-white...creme....color.
Either of those will make your room appear larger.
AND: Good Luck.

Answer 8

cream or eggshell with a dusty gray/blue trim....the dinning area should be the same with oak furniture and a cream colored accent rug underneath

Answer 9

Powder Blue or cream seems like it might work.

Answer 10

I would go with a light blue/pale gray