Living room wall paint colors
klm1972
I recently purchased a dark green living room set with dark brown coffee and end tables. Currently the walls are white. I would like to paint the walls but have no idea which way to go. I'm horrible at decorating and need lots of help. I was contemplating going with a light color since the furniture is dark. I have considered colors like celery and a light tan. Please help!
catwoman708
I have dark green furniture too, and have a medium beige color on the walls with an off white trim. White can be so stark and boring, especially with darker colored furniture, so you might start simple with beige, tan, khaki or taupe for a warm and cozy, but still neutral background. Its easy to decorate with, will be in style for a longer time frame, and you can add colorful accents to brighten it up for seasonal or holiday decorations. Change out some silk flowers, pillows, throws, and area rug, and a few seasonal knick-knacks to change the "look" of the room 2 or 3 times a year. Deeper, richer colors are in style right now that can be really beautiful and "exotic" but I personally get tired of them faster, dark furniture tends to "get lost" against the color, and they are just harder to decorate with. If you do go with a darker color, you might try a deep yellow/amber, a rust or burnt orange, or even a deep violet or eggplant purple. I'd be interested in hearing any other's suggestions and what you eventually end up using.
brasov
I'm thinking that putting a textured background behind a dark set of furniture would create not only depth/ interest, but would take away the eye concentration from those dark big items. I would probably try faux-painting or just accent walls/portions thru the room. I'd stay away from a single flat color surrounding everything and I'd avoid chair rail or any horizontal color combination/room division. I've seen on TV a Venetian Plaster technique which you could look into. The finished wall has a textured shiny/velvety kind of look and you could combine 1, 2, 3 shades of the same color to give it more depth. All the colors mentioned by catwoman would be great for this.Another combination I'd try would be sponging/raging with those colors: light amber/copper/gold (maybe not all together). I'd try to decide by practicing those combinations on small patches of wall. For example, you could use an amber background, than sponge/rag on top of it the copper or the gold, or both, in different intensities. (You could mix them w/glaze for a smoother transition). If you want to go bolder, you could pick a metalized copper or gold but you'll need to use them sparsely, just to give a pinch of interest not to dominate the room. Hope it helps. P.S Catwoman, thanks again for the bathroom advice!
jlaurelez
I think that a burgandy or maroon flat color would go really good with dark green. I had a couch that had those two colors and I loved the combination. maybe even a two-tone on one wall like cream and maroon?? ok well good luck!!!!
Czak
I also have dark forest green furniture, and I also hate white or beige neutral walls . . . they are boring and add no warmth to the room. I personally think the key to a pleasing look - whether we're talking about decorating or fashion - is CONTRAST! If you have darker furniture, lighter walls will make it pop and stand out. My livingroom is a warm corn-colored yellow, my sofa is a dark green adn I also have dark wooden tables in the room. My accent color is a dark red - more on the raspberry or maroon side. There is a bit of this shade in my persian carpet, adn I have some of this color in accent pillows around the room. It goes very nicely with the warm tones on the wall and when the sun shines in, everything looks bright and cheery. You could go with a lighter pale yellow too (I had that before we picked this darker, warmer shade).
Ari Terry
I have a green couch and dark furniture and we just painted ours "Crabapple" by Ralph Lauren. It isn't green like it might sound. It is actually a nice beige brown. We also have white wainscoating half way down, so there is a lot of nice contrast. To save money, we had a local paint store (with a great reputation) color match the Ralph Lauren color and it turned out beautiful and was much cheaper. We get a lot of complements on the color. The smartest thing we did when choosing a color is buy a small sample and paint a board with the color (we painted about 3 or 4 feet of a board) and held it up with the lights on, with just the sunlight, etc. to see how we would like it. Good luck!
mrsdelaware
We also have a dark green couch - more on the fir green side than hunter green. We have a soft sage green on the upper half of the walls and white wainscoting on the lower half. It is very restful and calming. Be sure to take a pillow or swatch of the fabric with you to the paint store. Greens vary greatly based on the ratio of blue to yellow.
ntsop1020
Depending upon the exact shade of your green furniture, you might try Silver Sage from Restoration Hardware. It has a cool undertone and goes well with most darker greens and wood tones. Another, more dramatic idea, would be a cayenne pepper red or Laura Ashley Russet no. 6...this looks gorgeous with moss green furniture..very Pottery Barn.
to228
I have a royal blue living room set with cherry wood legs,and I have cherry wood end tables.Now I'm very bored with plan white walls can u give me some ideas on what colors to use for my walls.
planetclair
For dark green furniture you could do a pale yellow and maybe accent the chairs and couch with deep orange ot some other dramatic color. I like to save the dramatic colors for the little touches because sometimes I get tired of the color and all it takes is a few small changed to freshen up the room. Hope this helps!
Jem999
You should consider starting with an inspiration piece that has the same green as your furniture in it. Say, a rug, painting or throw pillow maybe. The wall color could then be "pulled" from a color in that inpiration piece.
Birthnest
Light coral would work well with the darker wood furniture and play well off the dark green.
Arndt
how about white and yellow stripes
x-amish
hi i painted my living room dk blue and driftwood with border of blue br and tan and my sofa is br what should i decorate it with
grammagina
Color suggestions for painting a Tuscan style living room that has 20 foot ceilings on 2 sides. Furniture is in the burgundy family. Adjoining open kitchen in tan and black furniture.
paint dox
I manage a paint store and I get asked that question several times a day. Benjamin Moore has over 275 2 oz. jars or popular paint colors to try. I suggest painting a poster board and tacking it to different walls different times of the day and see how it looks. Some of the most popular Benjamin Moore colors that are neutral and would work with dark green furniture would be: lenox tan, bar harbor beige, fennel seed, dark beige, mesa verde tan & bridgewater beige. Hope that helps.
prissmiss1876
You should totally go with a golden yellow or butter color to create a warm, cozy environment. It will also pop the green and the brown.
edziu
I have a brown couch a beige rug, and a very strange room the seiling is white with a brown wood that makes square and a have a sliding doors in one side that is also dark wood right now a have a red wall and caramel it looks very dark and not what i was looking for what do you sujest.
Kagmaf
Hi to228 - I have blue denim on my couch and "chair and a half" and have a medium yellow walls, a soft tone, not orangey at all. I found 2 plates with different yellow and blue patterns that I hung on the wall close together, about 6 inches apart, so they take up the space of a larger picture. I added a mirror with a carved dark wood frame nearby. Blue and yellow are French country colors that many magazines feature, so you can get ideas from them. You could use a burgundy tone on the bottom of the walls with a chair rail stained cherry and a creamy white on top. Or, how about an accent wall in burgundy with the creamy white or yellow on the rest of the walls? I think a soft moss or celery green would be a quiet background to make the royal blue pop. White doesn't have to be boring, it can be creamy or "dusty" with a beige tone. The accent pieces in the room will stand out, especially if they are deep "jewel" tones. It sounds like the room could use the interest that patterns would provide on pillows, in wall hangings, or curtains. Good luck - I'm sure your room will be beautiful!
Kagmaf
You could lighten either the red or the caramel wall by using glaze and rolling it on with rags or crumpled plastic bags. Roll or dab, either technique will do. The dark door could be painted in the light shade of the glaze to brighten it. You could also use the beige color from the rug to tone down some of the dark wood. Try painting and then glazing a poster board with the wall color and prop or hang it on the wall. That way you can see it change in all the different lighting throughout the day and the artificial light at night so you'll know whether you like it. good luck!
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