Curtain colour help please

xyz123

hi

We are really struggling with curtain colour for living room.

Walls are painted Oliver Green
Sofa is Brown
Fireplace surround is dark pine colour.


Any tips please?

bambibear

Personally I'd break up the green and brown by going lighter, Cream or Gold with cushions etc to match.
Or possibly a combination, striped/ patterned of all 3 colours?

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/mocha-manhattan-lined-eyelet-curtains-239130

If all the walls are green then I'd avoid that and try and go lighter if poss. You can pretty much get away with any neutral colours if you can have a few accessories around that match: cushions, ornaments, pictures, rug.

If you have 1 feature wall that's green, (and the windows not on it!) than I'd match the curtains with that.

Hope i've helped some.

Alikay

I'd go for a print which combined the natural tones you have in the walls and sofa with a nice accent colour like magenta or turquoise to add a bit of interest.

Our living room has cream and light sage green walls and we have beigy sofas and carpet. It all looked a bit too calm and neutral until we added the magenta print curtains, cushions and rug which livened it up really nicely

xyz123

thanks for replies. apologis for late reply.

any other suggesions?

Gold_Dust_2

I agree with bambibear - that whole post is great! I would probably go for a cream curtain accented with brown - cream to maximise the light from the windows, brown to accent the sofas and the fireplace surround. I know that the suggestions don't sound very adventurous, but the type of material that is used can make a whole heap of difference. My own room is done up in shades of brown and cream, but the wallpaper has bronze and silver highlights, and the curtains themselves are a shimmery bronze, which brought it all together nicely without just being a solid patch of brown.

ankspon

I would redecorate,sorry.

xyz123

ankspon wrote: »

I would redecorate,sorry.

thanks for nothing then....

Coopdivi

Try hitting the Thanks button once in a while, xyz123. You might get more helpful answers.

You've got darker, gloomy colours so you need curtains which are lighter coloured to provide a contrast. For example these curtains from Dunelm Mill are pink on a cream background.

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/pink-annabella-lined-pencil-pleat-curtains-202128#5050390031219

Have a look at this section from the Channel 4 website for more ideas:

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/design-decorate/colour-schemes

xyz123

Coopdivi wrote: »

Try hitting the Thanks button once in a while, xyz123. You might get more helpful answers.

You've got darker, gloomy colours so you need curtains which are lighter coloured to provide a contrast. For example these curtains from Dunelm Mill are pink on a cream background.

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/pink-annabella-lined-pencil-pleat-curtains-202128#5050390031219

Have a look at this section from the Channel 4 website for more ideas:

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/design-decorate/colour-schemes

i do try to thank as often as i can but i often use the website from phone and the forum is not very mobile friendly when it comes to hitting thanks and other buttons! thanks