living room 15x30 and the dark green rug with maroon furniture I'm painting it tan what bold color would i use

Question

it is an older house very small on one wall the bedroom doors are off the livingroom, on the other there is two windows, on the shorter walls is the entrance into the livingroom from out side and the other short wall in entrance into the kitchen, the living room is long but is cut inhalf with furniture couch loveseat and tv at one end, and dining room set with buffet and hutch at the other, would you paint it all one color or try and break it up into two rooms

Answer 1

i also have a living room that big, dark green carpet i put in, my furniture is vanilla colred however, and oak. i painted the walls a cream/ light almond color. i dont think you would want to go too dark becuase of the darkness of the furniture and carpet.

Answer 2

Because of the green & maroon, I WOULDN'T use another bold color. Those ARE pretty strong. I think the tan is good, but that could be a little dark also. Maybe take it up a shade or 2 like cream or a very pale butter yellow. You sound like you almost don't have any full walls---every one has a door or window. I would definitely split the room making it LR & DR. You can paint half the room the color most complimentary to the maroon & greeen and then take 1 shade difference over to the DR so that your eye doesn't really perceive a different shade but look better in the DR area. If possible I would try to get the dining room down at the doorway that leads to the kitchen. Then ppl don't have to walk through the LR to get to the table and possibly spill stuff along the way. Perhaps have the LR area down by the BR entrance. Hope you like the suggestions---GOOD LUCK!!!

Answer 3

Paint all the walls one color or the room will look chopped up making it appear smaller.

Use either cream, beige, sand, or shell. the tan will look dark and make the room appear even smaller.

Turn either your sofa or love seat or chair so that it faces away from the dining area, thus creating a visual block to divide one area from the other.

Use accents that combine the green/maroon/beige for throw pillows - say a strip or a floral - and then use candles in the same color as the wall except a couple of shades darker. add a small green plant on and end table and a large house plant in a really pretty container (pot) to help incorporate the green into the scheme easily. Be sure to have at least one large mirror on one of the longest walls to help make the room look wider.

I think your room will look fabulous!

Answer 4

1] go with the ivory/beige/tan for the entire room
2] keep drapes all same as well
3] get an area rug for the dining area, big enough to stick out about three feet wider than table; and a second one for the living area, big enough to cover to edges of furniture.
Maybe one rug green with maroon trim, and one maroon with green trim?
4] concentrate maroon accessories mostly in dining half; and green mostly in living half; add brass or pewter accessories to both

Answer 5

It's screaming for orange, I think. Check out "Spicy Hue" by Sherwin Williams. The green/maroon/orange combo will look like the leaves in autumn.