Naomi Howard
Other accessories like lights, coasters, wall art, even tea and coffee sets are all opportunities for adding color without the worry of committing yourself too much. Quick Tip – You can use pattern as well as color to inject some fun, opt for bold animal prints, stripes, and even spots to create some interest in your living room.
Some of our favorites include the perfectly pink Tradescantia, the rich Purple Velvet plant, and citrusy Peperomia. Drenching with one color has been shown to bring soothing effects – because why wouldn’t living in the middle of your favorite shade make you happy?
This is the slightly less bombastic version of tip number 2 but it still involves you channeling your inner child and choosing your favorite color in the whole wide world to decorate your living room. It will add a burst of color, provide atmospheric lighting, and serve as a piece of very cool, expressive art too.
If you feel unsure about going bold after years of neutrals, take the plunge and create a true eccentric’s den! Quick Tip – Invite the outdoors indoors – take some inspiration from your garden and draw in some of the colors that you can see from your windows.
Grab the paints and splash images of things you all love or go completely abstract with shapes and colors.
You might find that decorating around a navy blue sofa naturally brings out contrasting, bright colors like yellows, greens, and powder pinks. Color does not have to mean bright neons and candy stripes – you can bring a great deal of tonality into a room with metallic surfaces. Gold and brass really lift deep shades like navy and burgundy if that is the direction you want to go in, but shimmering surfaces also add texture and reflections in a neutral room too.
There are other flooring options too, like tiles or retro lino – and you can take color up to the baseboards if you feel really bold. You will have a colorful living room in an instant with vases of beautiful flowers on tables, sideboards, and sills. Quick Tip – If you find yourself completely stuck as to where to start with living room color ideas, look to your other belongings like dinnerware, clothing, and jewelry.
Books make a house a home and will complement either modern living room colors or traditional ones because of their variations and their timelessness. Take your white or neutral space and see it as a blank canvas on which to splash a great pop of color.
