^ curtain help

[UnderProtest]

How about white/cream? It would make the blue pop a bit more and is much softer than the dark brown. It is also more versatile if you ever change accent colors.

[dexteroni]

Actually I was thinking pale grey as soon as I saw your wall color. lol. What about taupe, or a champagne-ish color? It would complement with the wall color without blending into the sofa.

[dexteroni]

Super quick and rough mockups:

Medium gray


Light gray


Beige/champagne-ish

[dexteroni]

Looking at them now I think I like both grays, but I like the medium gray more. The room might benefit from a slightly deeper tone. I can't tell if it will go with the chair though. Maybe if you can find a shade similar to the deeper taupe in the chair, or at least a warmish gray.

I don't think champagne will work with the chair. A light beige might, but I think it would look drab compared to a deeper taupe or warm gray.

[ellipses84]

Before looking at everything, I immediately though champagne. I have champagne curtains in our guest room and they are neutral but provide more of a color pop than a boring beige. You could also do gray or off-white. I like the darker gray in your mock-up. Everything doesn't have to match perfectly. You have a lot of color inspiration in the chair and you can go a couple of shades darker or lighter and everything will still "go" together.

[rex]

I like gray/platinum!

[boiler717]

I think light gray would be great!

I love your sofa.

[bunch]

Darker gray.

Dexter, what program did you use for the mock up?

[ssmjlm]

Where did you get those curtains? I need the 2nd color ones for my master bedroom!

[sa]

Definitely go for the darker gray. My friend had the lighter pair and they just fell kind of flat. She spent a lot on them and tried to make them work, but she just never loved them. I think if she had the darker gray she would have been happier.

I was also going to suggest a slate blue color as another option, but I can't seem to find them. I thought PB used to carry them in that color.

[dexteroni]

Oct 11, 2012 6:30:32 GMT -5 bunch said:

Darker gray.

Dexter, what program did you use for the mock up?

Photoshop.

[dexteroni]

Oct 11, 2012 7:07:55 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

Where did you get those curtains? I need the 2nd color ones for my master bedroom!

The darker gray are the Dupioni Silk Grommet Drape from Pottery Barn in Platinum Gray. I made the second and third colors by lightening and modifying the first pair. Sorry!

[bunnysmom]

Are you going to pull them close or you will have them always open at the sides of the window? If you think you might do the first, as I think you said, you should definitely ask for a sample of the fabric and see how the sunlight goes through it.

For my bedroom I bought some curtains which fabric I loved at the store but then at home I hated them. The sunlight made the fabric make some weird shadows in the room and the curtain looked vey cheap.

So, what I'm trying to say it's that what looks pretty in the store might look different in your home. With that said, I'd opt for beige or cream to give the other elements more attention.

[ssmjlm]

Thanks, I just ordered a swatch of the gray!

[definitelyO]

based on your pictures I do like the medium gray and am not a fan of the champagne at all.