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Beige Sofa with brown accent can be warm and inviting !!

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:16:00 +0000

Scared of color ? You'd rather play safe and boring than take the risk of coloring those walls... Right ? Here is a color scheme that uses the safest colors in the whole wide world. Brown and Beige and nothing else !! But does it look boring to you ? No, sweetie, Absolutely Not! In fact the living room looks so tastefully done and so elegant (click on the picture above to get a better view). When I designed this collage, I wanted to re-do my green and red living in this brown an beige color palette.

Are you wondering why this works ? Well, everything in room has been balanced. Light colored beige sofa has been balanced with dark chocolate-brown stunning durrie rug. Black framed paintings in beige have been added to the white colored wall. The throw pillows are in chocolate brown color, to balance the beige of the sofa.

Darlin's, if you want to do browns and beige then remember to balance light with dark. And if you don't want to color those walls , then Don't! But do not ignore them, deck them up with wall art and accessorize. Most of us tend to bust our budget on the ever so important "furniture". But when you are setting the budget for your living room, at least 20% - 30% budget should be kept aside for rug, wall art, lighting and decorative accessories.
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Still not sure ? Steal the design idea above. But the million dollar question is where to get the same furnishings, the decorative accents? so here you go...

Resources:
Tip: Click on the picture to get a better viewCoffee Table - Marcella Rectangular Table $349 (approx) FurnitureXO.com

Sofa - Annisoton Wheat Sofa $839(approx) FurnitureXO.com

Rug - Safavieh Dhurries Area rug $549 Macys.com

Wall Art - Pencil Sketch Floral I, II Wall Art framed $84 each(approx) art.com

Decorative Bowls - Curly cermaic decorative bowls $59.95 (approx.) Pier1.com
Table Lamp - Pacific Coast Leafy Sphere Table Lamp $230 (approx.) macys.com

Brown&Black Rectangular Pillow -Adonia Brown Pillow $16.99 (approx) ryzal.ecrater.com

and checkout my daughter's blog : http://mywrites5.blogspot.com/

Decorating Dilemma: If you have a decorating dilemma, do not hesitate, write to me a quick note or a comment, I will be glad to help.

Living Room: Green Walls Brown Sofa

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:37:00 +0000

The eternal question that every home owner asks "How do I decorate around that brown sofa ?" Well, first... stay away from bringing in any more brown in the room. All brown, and no other color makes a very dull living room :( . What you really need to do is bring in other colors. If you prefer warm colors, pick beige, orange, reds and Off White. Or cool down the room with colors like greens and blue. Personally, I prefer pairing warm and cool shades as that creates a balance in the room. Look out your window and notice the nature's harmony between blue sky, green trees and brown earth.

Now the question is how to put it all together? If you were to paint the walls green, brown sofa and bring in all accent pieces in blue like throw pillows, vase, chair, art. Will it look good ? I would say, most probably not. Instead of getting blue chair - how about a blue-green-brown chair like the one above. Now that you have something that has all the colors from your color scheme, you can add other decorative accents in more than one hue from your color palate i.e blue, blue green, green, brown-blue, green-brown. It will all work !! Go on give it a try, if it still doesn't work, leave a comment and I will be happy to help. Its my passion after all.

Still not sure ? Steal the design idea above. But the million dollar question is where to get the same furnishings, the decorative accents and what paint color to use? so here you go...

Resources:
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Coffee Table - Fusion Round Coffee table $449 macys(approx) Macys.com

Sofa - Fontana Loveseat raymourflanigan $869(approx) Macys.com

Chair - Erin Accent Chair $769(approx) raymourflanigan.com
Rug - Sphinx by Oriental Weavers Genesis 2060Y Area Rug 879 macy Macys.com

Blue-Green Art - Moonshade I, II Wall Art $329 each(approx) homedecorator.com

Pheasant Art - Filigree Pheasant 129 homedecorators(approx) homedecorator.com

Decorative Vase - Floral Turquoise Ceramic Vases $49-$69 (approx.) Pier1.com

Floor Lamp - Brushed Steel Floor Lamp $129.99(approx.) Pier1.com

Table Lamp - black metro twin light 33 in $199 (approx.) target.com

Brown & White Pillow - American Century Home Trevi Pillow Pack $49.99 (approx) Kohls.com

Paint Color - Benjamin Moore Nantucket Grey HC-111

Decorating Dilemma: If you have a decorating dilemma, do not hesitate, write to me a quick note or a comment, I will be glad to help.

Room Design Idea: Green Walls - Taupe Sofa

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:00:00 +0000

GREEN IS IN !! The decorating industry is abuzz with "Go Green" slogan. If you are thinking of painting your living room, green is the way to go. But remember do not go overboard, that is the 1st rule of decorating. Whether you are going to stick to monotone scheme or pair it with other colors, do not overdo the green.

Check out the picture above. To balance the green walls and the lovely pastel green chair, every thing else in the room is neutral. Even though the chair is in green color, its much lighter than the wall color, this adds drama to to the room. If you've picked the primary color for your room, do not stop there! You still need to pick the secondary colors for your room. Here, my color scheme is Green-Taupe-Black.

Most of us try to stay away from black...But black in small doses adds sophistication to any decor. How about adding black wall art to your living room ? It works great in the space above and the reason is that Green Chair !! The black wall-art draws your attention to the gorgeous pastel green chair kept against it. When selecting decorative accent pieces for your room, always bear in mind what its going to be placed on and what will be around it. And those are the colors you don't want to get. For example, the vase for the coffee table above, could not be black or taupe as it would completely disappear and not make any statement. So then what color? Green? But, that would have been predictable. So how about a vase which has some colors from the canvas hanging above the Taupe Sofa. Voila! Vase in shades of Green-Blue-Yellow, perfect solution to common dilemma.

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Still not sure ? Steal the design idea above. But the million dollar question is where to get the same furnishings, the decorative accents and what paint color to use? so here you go...

Resources:
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Coffee Table - Tema 9003.619649 9003.278891 - Kyoto 2 Tops Coffee Table $411(approx) allcoffeetables.com

Sofa - Martha Stewart with Bernhardt Putnam Tufted Sofa $1299-$1799(approx) Macys.com

Chair - Chloe Chair green $549(approx) macys.com
Black Wall Art - Languishing Drifters Giclee Print $249-$350 ballarddesigns.com

Blue-Green Art - Individual Mesmercado Hand-Painted Canvas $249 each (approx) ballarddesigns.com

Resin Budha - resin buddha $20(approx) Pier1.com

Decorative Vase - Decorative Glass Bowl Vase $30-$35(approx.) Pier1.com

Floor Lamp - Brushed Steel Floor Lamp $129.99(approx.) Pier1.com

Table Lamp - Black Crystal Lamp $149.98(approx.) Pier1.com

Black & White Pillow - DwellStudio for Target Lattice Decorative Pillow $24.99(approx) Target.com

Blue & Green Pillow - Swirl Oblong Pillows $14.98-$30(approx) Pier1.com

Paint Color - Benjamin Moore Grasslands 502

Decorative Pillows by ryZal

Decorating Dilemma: If you have a decorating dilemma, do not hesitate, write to me a quick note or a comment, I will be glad to help.

Bedroom Color Scheme in Orange, Beige and Chocolate Brown

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 05:03:00 +0000

Double-click on the picture to see enlarged view... I love this bedroom design, the warm burnt orange tones in the bedding, the lovely taupe chair by the bed and the gorgeous Fleurs dautomne Wall Art. This room is simply Divine.

Don't you ever wonder that in spite of investing in great pieces of furniture and accent pieces why your bedroom still doesn't have designer look. Well, the biggest mistake that we new home buyers make is to go with everything light colored and beige. But if everything is light colored, there would be no contrast, nothing would stand out in the room. In short every room needs a balance or as Chinese would say yin yang.

The light colored decor needs to be balanced with dark color furnishings. And the furniture is the safest place to start, if you are worried about having a dark bedroom, start out with light colored bedding and wall color and go with dark furnishings. As you gain more confidence with your decorating skills, graduate on to more colorful bedding. Another cool trick that the designers use is, to never get furniture sets, as diverse furnishings creates more interest in the room. If you see above, the headboard, the dresser and the nightstand are not really from the same set, actually are from completely different stores. Yet the bedroom looks great !! The furniture pieces share the same color and style- and darlin' that's the trick! In fact the dresser above could have been bought with its matching rectangle mirror, but doesn't the round mirror with taupe frame add a "WOW" factor to this bedroom.

If you're lost and don't know where to start in your bedroom, the trick is to find a piece of inspiration, a piece of art maybe like the one above. It has all the colors I love - burnt sienna (orange), taupe and chocolate brown. If you are not sure about orange bedding. Do not spread the comforter on your bed, instead, triple fold the comforter like a coverlet and put at the foot of the bed and add crisp white sheets. You will instantly achieve 5 star hotel look. Also note, orange has been repeated through out the bedroom but in very small doses. Orange is a bright color so you want to be careful as to how much you use it and you don't want any other color competing for attention. So to balance the look - all the other accent colors are in neutral hues like taupe and browns i.e taupe chair, taupe mirror, chocolate brown headboard, dresser and end table. But, do you know what pulls these color scheme together - its the Wall Art with all the hues form the color palette. Go on, just cover up the painting with you hand, the room would not look that WOW. So its important have at least one big piece that has all the hues from your color palette.

Don't be afraid to add some color in your life ! Once you have it, you wouldn't want to live without it !!

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If you'd like me to use any specific color for the designer bedroom please write to me.

Still not sure ? Steal the design idea above. But the million dollar question is where to get the same furnishings, the decorative accents and what paint color to use? so here you go...
Resources:

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Wall Art - Fleurs dautomne Wall art $149.98(approx.) Pier1.com

Bedding - Luxe Papirika Duvet $99.99(approx.) bedbathandbeyond.com

Headboard - random cutout headboard $379(approx.) WestElm.com

Dresser - uptown dresser by studio $449-$699(approx.) JCPenney.com

Mirror - Dulcina Mirror $129.99- $200 (approx.) JCPenney.com

NightStand- Shanghai nightstand $179 (approx.) Pier1.com

Chair - Daisy chair $379.95(approx.) Pier1

Decorative Vase - Animal print glass vase $40(approx.) Pier1.com

Yoga Frogs - Pier1.com

Table Lamp - Ivory scroll table lamp $159.99(approx.) Target.com

Pillow - Orange paisley pillow small $22-$46(approx.) Pier1.com

Paint Color - Behr Leap Frog 380D-6

Decorative Pillows by ryZal

Decorating Dilemma: If you have a decorating dilemma, do not hesitate, write to me a quick note or a comment, I will be glad to help.

Brown Sofa, Blue Walls

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:19:00 +0000

Have you ever wished your home looked like a designer space? Really, its not that unattainable. Start with something that you absolutely adore. Use the color palette from that piece as your color inspiration. Like I started with this green-blue chair (in the picture above) with chocolate-brown legs. I am in love with this chair- isn't it adorable and yet it has a classy look. And best of all, its not that pricey either.

Once you find your color palette, you're half way to a room of your dreams. But remember do not get distracted, stick to the color palette and you will not be disappointed. Like here, I got my color palette green-blue-chocolate brown from the gorgeous pier1 chair. Single out the colors for your wall and the furniture from the color palette. Get accent pieces in more than 1 hue from the palette. Here, I've picked blue (Benjamin Moore AF-495) for the walls and chocolate brown for the sofa and the coffee table. I could have just picked all my accent pieces in green but won't that be predictable and lil too matchy matchy. So for accents how about blue-green or brown-blue or green-brown or lightblue-darkblue or whatever combination as long as it has hues from the palette. If you check out the accents in the picture : the pillows are in blue and green, rug is brown-blue, decorative vases are in blue with a hint of green. Did you notice the delightful yoga frogs in gold tone - that's my touch of whimsy !! All spaces need a lil bit whimsy, so don't be scared to add lil personal touches.

Still not sure ? Steal the design idea above. But the million dollar question is where to get the same furnishings, the decorative accents and what paint color to use? so here you go...

Resources:

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Sofa - Linden Street Cordovan Sofa at JCPenney.com

Coffee Table - Black Cocktail table at JCPenney.com

Chair - Abacus Chair at Pier1.com

Rug - Mohawk Home Urban Style Abacus Geometric Rug at Kohls.com

Decorative Vases - Pier1.com

Yoga Frogs - Pier1.com

Table Lamp - Polo Wood Table Lamp at Kohls.com

Blue Pillow - Park Avenue Luxury Manhattan Pillow at Kohls.com

Blue,Green Swirl Pillows - Pier1.com

Paint - Benjamin Moore AF-495 (Affinity Collection)

Decorative Pillows by ryZal

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If you'd like me to use any specific color for the designer bedroom please write to me.

Decorating Dilemma: If you have a decorating dilemma, do not hesitate, write to me a quick note or a comment, I will be glad to help.

Decorate with Beige Sofa, Black & White Damask accent

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Don't you love the Black&White accents used through-out this room? If everything was just black and white in the room, it would been just that - a black & white room. What really sets this room apart is the black&white theme has been used against the backdrop of neutral colors like beige & taupe. All the big pieces that is the the walls, sofa, bench, floor are all in varying shades shades of beige or taupe. But all the accent pieces like the pillows, throws, lamps, chairs, vase are in Black&White!

The Black&White accent transcends this room to another level. Damask print in Black&White is my all time favourite. Vary the Black&White ratio in the accent pieces, you are going to use. For example put a black&white damask pillow, a black pillow with a touch of white, a beige throw with a black accent. Also, remember if you ever thirst for color in your room, it would be just a matter of changing couple of throw pillows.

Resources: You can find black&white accent pillows & throws at Kohls in the bedding section. Beautiful vases in HomeGoods and TJMAX, Gorgeous Table Lamps at Target, HomeGoods.

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Decorating Dilemma: If you have a decorating dilemma, do not hesitate, write to me a quick note or a comment, I will be glad to help.

Green Walls, Brown Sofa - Perfect for small spaces

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:12:00 +0000

Ever wondered what gives a small space that cohesive, that pulled together look. How do you make that small family room work for you? How do the designers do it? Very Simple! Small room - small furnishings. When you go out hunting for the perfect sofa, remember you don't always have to get a pair i.e sofa and a love seat. If you have a large space - maybe you want to consider getting a sofa, love seat and couple of chairs. But if you have small space - definitely skip the love seat instead get a pair of chairs. Its adds an interest to the room and takes it to a whole new dimension.

It all sounds good and its OK for the designers to do mix and match. But you are thinking, that chair and the sofa don't match - how will it ever look good :(. So sweeties, you just need to add some throw pillows with the chair color on the sofa. By adding a green-ivory color pillows on the sofa, not only has the decorator added the chair color but also added the wall color.
Don't forget the black - (or deep brown) - Every room needs a little bit of black. Black highlights the space and gives it a focus. Here the deep brown coffee table draws your attention to the sofa.

And dress up those walls. Hang pictures with similar color palette. Voila! you've just created a perfect room to welcome your friends and for that matter, a perfect place to chill.

Resources:

You can find similar pillows as shown in this picture at Bed Bath and Beyond and if you want get lil funky try my favourite Pier1. Accessories, Lighting and Pictures at TJ MAX, HomeGoods.

Decorative Pillows by ryZal

Decorating Dilemma: If you have a decorating dilemma, do not hesitate, write to me a quick note or a comment, I will be glad to help.

Ivory Sofa, red pillows - Room with a splash of red

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:19:00 +0000

What a soothing , calming, relaxing room! It feels like home to me. Beige, Beige, everywhere! but surprisingly it works. You can achieve the same look in your room too, provided you keep the following details in mind:

Vary the texture. Sofa chair has different texture than the sofa. Do not get the love- seat and the sofa in the same print and texture. Get the love-seat in coordinating print instead.
Vary the color intensity - drapes are slightly darker. Don't get an exact match, as it would blend in with the walls. Our eyes like the subtle changes in color.
Ground the space by adding dark furniture like the coffee table and the end tables. Our eyes are always drawn towards a dark object. Any dark object highlights the area around it, it acts like an "underline". The coffee table here, draws our attention towards the sofa with beautiful pillows.
Add an interesting accent color like the red toss pillows, painting with the red flamingo and the book with the red cover.

Also, if you are going to copy this look but do not have the windows in your living room like room above. Add some interest by hanging some nice pictures on the wall behind the sofa. And don't forget to have fun while you are at it :).

Pink, Grey and White color Scheme

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:12:00 +0000

Could you ever imagine liking a pink Living Room? Me neither. But here, in spite of the pink walls, pink drapes and pillows - this room looks fabulous. The trick is to pair it with a masculine color like grey or brown and throw in a little bit of white or ivory. Pink-Grey-White [BenjaminMoore:Pink 2005-50], or Pink-Brown-Ivory is a classic color scheme. This color scheme will look gorgeous in your little girl's bedroom too. No color is bad - it just needs to be paired with the right color accessories.

Green Walls with Black and White accent

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:15:00 +0000

Striking ! Isn't it. Can you take your eyes off the picture? If you love bright colors, this is the way to go. Let the walls do the talking, build everything around it. I mean, keep everything else in neutral hues i.e stick to whites, beige, black, taupe, browns. To give your room an extra punch, add something in zebra print or for that matter any interesting black&white print. If you have to, and I mean, absolutely have to add another color, add it in small doses. Like the small pink flowers on the side table in the picture.

This is a very common technique the designers use to satisfy their client requests for bright colors. And don't forget to add the black & white pictures to your walls to complete the look. Don't know where to get them ? Try HomeGoods, they've got loads of them in all sizes.

Neutral Color Scheme, with splash of Orange

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:10:00 +0000

What do you think of the orange chair in the living room picture above? Doesn't it make a statement ! Doesn't it have an unforgettable quality about it ? Now remove the orange chair and the pillow in your mind, and you are left with white walls, white sofa, white coffee table. Just by the addition of orange chair and accent pillows this living room transcended from boring to Wow. Sometimes that's all a room needs - a punch of color!

Still afraid of color? Start out in small steps. First, try completely neutral color scheme like the one suggested in the previous blog. Then, experiment by adding couple of accents like a pillow, or a throw in a brighter color like orange or blue or green. By adding a bright color to your neutral color scheme - you're adding an unexpected twist, an interest, surprising depth to your room. Try it, if it doesn't work - remember you can always return ;)

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Beige, Brown & Taupe Color Scheme Living Room

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Sun, 10 May 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Have you always played safe with colors? Here is a cool idea for bringing interest to your neutral living room and this will work with any white, beige, taupe, brown color scheme. Paint the wall in a similar hue as your sofa. Create interest by adding contrasting neutral color drapes and accent pillows on your sofa. In picture above, the decorator has added taupe color drapes and accent pillows in brown, taupe and camel color. This color pallet of White-Taupe-Camel-DeepBrown is fail proof and gives a designer-look to a room. And of course no neutral color scheme is complete without a neutral picture so don't forget to add a picture in black&white :) .

Decorative Pillows by ryZal

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Yellow Walls, Red & White accent - Deck up those walls

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:16:00 +0000

Have you ever been in dilemma that you need to get a big picture for a empty wall but do not want to spend the big bucks. Here is a perfect decorating solution - put multiple small picture frames of same size and same frame style. To achieve a designer look, stick to black and white pictures with black clean lined frames. Use your own pictures in black and white to make the art more meaningful and personal.

How to achieve this look: Use black picture frame of size 11x14 or 10x11. Easily available at any local retailer Walmart, Target, Kohls. Take close-up pictures of your family members, your home, interesting art objects at unusual angles in black & white, and frame them. Voila ! you've created your very own master piece.

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Decorate around Beige Sofa, Green Walls

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Hi there. Don't you love the living room above!! Me too! I am always looking for decorating tricks for small spaces. And here the decorators have used beige sofa which is even better. As most of us end up getting beige sofas 'coz we like to play safe with colors - so this blog even answers all your questions on "What do I do with my beige sofa ?"

Check out the living room picture above (courtesy HGTV) - the living room is actually quite small no more than 7 x 10. The trick with any small space is to keep the color scheme simple. Paint the walls in nice green [Benjamin Moore: 2145-30] or blue [Benjamin Moore: 2136-60] or yellow[Benjamin Moore: 2022-50] color. Keep the furniture, drapes and pictures in the room in neutral shades (beige, brown, black, white etc) . To spice up the sofas, add nice accent pillows in the hues of the wall color (so green pillows if green walls) and spice up the coffee table with something green, even a book with green cover would do. For pictures stick to black and white - black & white always adds drama and class to any living room. If you are wondering about where to get the pictures from, well I am a huge fan of HomeGoods - or try any home retailer that sells brands at lower prices. For pillows, I generally find my pillows at Pier1.

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Decorate around Brown Sofa with Peach and Beige accent

noreply@blogger.com (JoyOfDecor) — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:09:00 +0000

The Brown Sofa that looked absolutely gorgeous in the showroom, does not look that great in your living room. Darling, Its all got to do with accessories !! Any sofa can look good with the right decor. Check out the brown sofa above, its just plain brown - if you were to remove the accent pillows and the pictures above it - you won't give it a second look.

The decorators have used beige, peach with hint of green accent pillows to pair with the brown sofa. And the same colors are repeated above with the pictures on the wall. Since the accent colors are repeated vertically i.e above and below - it gives it a "finished classy look". But even if you were to get nice pillows how do u get coordinating pictures. Well !! I have used this decorating trick over and over. If I can't find the pictures with the right colors, I just get scrapbook papers with the color scheme I need, from the local crafts store like Michael's. Second, get nice clean lined frames from retail stores (generally black, dark brown work quite well) with dimensions greater than 10 x 11. Either I just frame the scrapbook paper or use it as a matt for a black and white picture which I download from the Web. Voila !! Accent Pillows from Pier1 and Picture Frames from Walmart and I achieve the designer look in less than $100. Decorating can be lot of fun just pay attention to the little details like accessories that all the well decorated rooms need.

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