What colour should i paint my living room?

Question

i want to freshen up my living room. at the moment it is magnolia and i want something different. i have dark brown wooden floors and dark black and brown furiture and sofas.

I woud quite like something calming yet vibrant any ideas?

Answer 1

post office red

Answer 2

you say calming but vibrant

im not sure u can get both of those :P

tbh i think because of your darker funiture?

maybe a cooler colour

i just painted my friends house a lovely colour

its called almond white

its really nice

i recomend you to have a look at it :)

Answer 3

i agree, mushroom and aqua are fab. so this season.

i am loving it at my house.

Answer 4

green

Answer 5

a light sky blue or a light green. another thing that is always neutral is light tan/beige.

Answer 6

different shades of earth tone colors.  different variations of brown.

Answer 7

Avoid blues and greens at all costs with your furniture colours.  Pink is also a no no. I would choose a warm mid tone gold or pale peach.

Answer 8

Duck egg a rich brown and creams

Answer 9

What about one wall as a feature wall in a bold colour, and the others in a complimentary colour?  So maybe a golden yellow with paler yellow?  Or a deep burgundy, with pink shades?  The Dulux catalogue you get in the DIY stores was always a good source of inspiration to me.  Maybe catch a look in that?  Good luck!

Answer 10

a cream with one wall chocolate brown

Answer 11

deep cream!  

Answer 12

play around with the Sherwin Williams color visualizer to find colors that you like. It is the best paint visualizer on the web, imho. I like how their color palette is laid out, I like that you can search by color family & color name, the "painted" rooms look the most realistic, and it suggests coordinating color schemes. You can literally spend hours:

http://www.sherwin.com/visualizer/

I think "independent gold" (# 6401) would look terrific.

You can also take a photo of your house & upload it to the makeover gallery on this website:

http://www.roomvues.com/

You can get color suggestions & they'll photoshop them onto your room so that you can get an idea of what it will look like.

Answer 13

go with either a light orange, a light almost white pink or a dark red almost brown!

Answer 14

We did a feature wall in suede effect - ours is dark chocolate brown, but comes in many colours and looks really effective as is tactile.

There is actualy some very very cool wallpaper out there now too - I was considering this for a feature wall.

Aqua is calming and looks lush with brown I think!!!

Answer 15

Go with a beautiful shade of gold or caramel. You won't be sorry.