Inspiration for interior design?
Question:We can afford to paint our naked walls. Our house is fairly new and the furniture is from his bachelor pad. (black leather furniture) I have to work around them. We want a bright and happy, family oriented, yet modern home. I like accent walls I just can't think of a color scheme that goes with black.
Answers:
You can do tons of colors - for instance you could do a nice cream with a red accent wall - or if red is too bright for you you could use the new IT color. A nice teal. brown and black are ok to mix together as long as you use one as the dominant color ( if you are using the black couch brown would have to be used as an accent ). Also olive green looks nice with black.
Try looking for new pillows to put on the couch ... pillows are not that expensive and could give you an idea for a color pallet. try pier1.com - they have pretty much every color imaginable for pillows. Since it sounds like you have a solid color couch you can use a patterned pillow and if you want to soften up the look of the leather use a throw blanket or softer feeling pillows.
If you still want to do an accent wall i suggest keeping the other walls a neutral color like cream, taupe, gray, or light brown. Whatever wall you want the most focus on ( the wall with the large windows, fireplace, large screen tv ) is the wall to paint with the accent color.
Hope I helped.
Use a taupe wall with white woodwork. Get the color in an area rug, pillows and accesories. Check the Pottery Batn catalog online for ideas like this.
I would do a brighter green (like grass green). Or, maybe even a mango color.
it sounds like you know what you want,try looking through flea markets when you see it you will know it can be fun.good luck
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