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BY Rose McClement
Dear Decor Diva,
“I’m trying to jazz up my sitting room. I have two dark brown leather sofas which
I love, and two big Morris chairs with loose cushions back and bottom. These need
re-covering and I want to them to be the focus to pull everything together – so
new upholstery on the chairs, new scatters for the couches, new rug. I can’t bear
beige and shades of cream and brown but I love jewel colours and would like to go
deep blue.
Question: does blue go, do I need to pick a patterned, textured fabric for the chairs
that would feature brown somehow to link with the couches?
Kind regards, Christina
Dear Christina,
I have to start off by saying that not having an
image of the actual room and style of your sofa
makes this reply very general.
In regards to your chief query - whether or not
your colour choice of deep blue will work with your
dark brown leather sofas: The answer to that is a
definite YES it will! In fact Indigo blue and jewel
blues will work very well with brown. You can even
consider introducing some warm tones like a
Tangerine Tango colour to add dimension and
warmth.
It is always best to work from the floor upwards in
terms of décor layers. In your case, this would be
your rug. If you are brave enough, I would suggest
you consider something with Moroccan, Aztec, or
Navajo patterns, which include the colours I
mentioned earlier. Kilims are super trendy once
again.
Then keep an element of fun going, by continuing
on with pattern on your Morris chair cushions. I
would say that a narrow striped fabric, with
chenille or velvet type texture would work well –
the stripes can be drawn from the colours in the
rug.
Have loads of fun with your scatter cushions
patterns and textures. Again draw the colours out
of the rug. Mix in plain fabrics, with geo fabrics,
with retro patterns, with stripes and then very
tactile textured fabrics as well.