Help me decorate around new couch and rug please?

[sierramist03]

Great choice I would just do some looking to see what accent color you want to go with it

[Roc A Bee]

What kind of art are you drawn to? I would start there. Without knowing more of your style, it is hard to say.

[amblor]

We're doing an aqua/light blue with our gray couch. I've also seen and liked dark purple or navy blue with gray!

Maybe choose the art you like and then pull your colors from the art? I think it would be easier to pull colors from the art then match the art to your pillows.

[decoraholic]

What color are your walls?

I like mixing warm colors with gray since it's such a cool tone, and too many cool colors in a rooms just ends up feeling cold to me. Depending on what else is going on in the room, choose an accent color and do a couple bold pillows and maybe one or two other things around the room with it. A little goes a long way with color . Yellow is really popular with gray right now, but I also really like green with gray. I'd also mix in some creams and tans or wood tones like in the picture with the rug, they used a stained wood chair. Wood tones, tans, and creamy colors look great with gray.

[pickle123]

What color are your walls? And where did you get that rug....love!

[floridakat]

I love that chair, LOL. We are using a rich red with our grey couch. I love it!

[sjh722]

I always like orange with gray too.

[theycallmeliz]

I like a lot of the PP suggestions. What color are your walls? What colors make you happy? Its really a personal preference. I did a similar look in my guest bedroom and painted my walls yellow. Used yellow accents in pillows and accessories.

[sratsey]

I would go this route





Throw in some blue, if you want even more bright


Not sure if you're a modern floral or a modern geometric type. I love etsy for pillow covers. I'm a throw pillow whore. Sucks that I can't sew because really nice pillow covers are so frekkin expensive.

[sb]

Are you opposed to pink?

I think blush, peachy pink looks amazing with gray. It warms it up, but it's not quite as harsh as yellow.

[FoxInFiji]

I would find a piece of art I loved first. Something I wouldn't mind taking to my next home and that could go in any room. I'm not sure of the style you're looking for but abstract art would look great with what you have so far.

[mrssavy42112]

May 16, 2012 11:24:52 GMT -5 sb said:

Are you opposed to pink?

I think blush, peachy pink looks amazing with gray. It warms it up, but it's not quite as harsh as yellow.

We did something similar, but with a stronger orange. We also have some touches of blue in the room. The walls are a blue-ish gray and we have a few vases and items that are a turquoise or teal blue. I plan on adding a little more orange in a picture frame collage.

Please ignore the tags still hanging on the pillows & the boxes behind. We just moved in!

[mrs.jacinthe]

I think I'd definitely try to put as much color as possible into the art. What about (if you're not opposed to large-scale art) something like this:

www.art.com/products/p14425302-sa-i2856117/close-up-of-bright-red-and-yellow-flowers-dripping-with-water-droplets.htm?sorig=cat&sorigid=0&dimvals=0&ui=e7d6022e8f064fc98f5eea322bdc8c9d&searchstring=red+and+yellow+flower