Adding Color To a Neutral Room - Page 3

Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

@Oznell wrote:
Since I am fully on board with color, that is well done, and fully on board with neutrals, that are well done, I guess I'm "ambi-visual". I like this room.

Love the freshening blue-and-white, little custom touches like the green trim on curtains, the casual mix of natural and darker woods and touches of rattan, greenery and florals, even the charming little ottoman.

A 'friendly', happy, light-filled space, conducive to conversation. I'd add a table lamp, though, and a more interesting rug.

@Oznell @jubilant

Yes, I agree with you, Oznell. I love the blue and white.

On second thought, I might have only added the blue & white pieces (which I love so much) and I would have omitted any green unless it was, perhaps, a small trio of succulents (even faux ones because they look so real I cannot tell them apart).

CANDLEQUEEN · ‎03-09-2010

It's a start, but needs a little more. I would add color to the rug for sure and also maybe different color shades for the chandelier for a nice little pop!

Patriot3 · ‎06-07-2010

I would make the side chairs navy and get rid of the rattan chair. Looks very uncomfortable. Otherwise, I like the room.

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

I like the colors they have chosen, but I think they have played it very safe. The room is pleasant and tasteful, but it needs and edge.

~What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.~ William Shakespeare

shoptilyadropagain · ‎03-19-2014

It's still too neutral for my tastes. I'd coordinate some of the color into a couple of the furniture pieces, rug, window treatments, etc.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, but Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
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DREAMON · ‎03-09-2010

I like this room and the colors chosen ...just would take down that chandelier (it looks totally out of place to me), replace the coffee table and end table with weathered/distressed pieces, and remove the wicker chair.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@faeriemoon wrote:
I like the colors they have chosen, but I think they have played it very safe. The room is pleasant and tasteful, but it needs and edge.

@faeriemoon Just because some of us love and appreciate neutral, doesn't mean we are playing it safe. As a matter of fact, I now think it is being most out there and radical since it seems almost everyone wants a "pop of color."

To me adding color would be the more popular (pun intended), hence safer, choice.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

And after all, maybe--as this room shows--it is as difficult, or maybe more difficult, to get a neutral room to really really work well.

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@faeriemoon wrote:
I like the colors they have chosen, but I think they have played it very safe. The room is pleasant and tasteful, but it needs and edge.
@faeriemoon Just because some of us love and appreciate neutral, doesn't mean we are playing it safe. As a matter of fact, I now think it is being most out there and radical since it seems almost everyone wants a "pop of color."

To me adding color would be the more popular (pun intended), hence safer, choice.

@Sooner You're preaching to the choir. I am the queen of neutral as I have stated many times on this board. I prefer this room without the pops of color, in fact. That being said, I should have been clearer in my post. I was referring to the decorating style. I seems a bit "furniture showroom" to me. It needs some edgier pieces of furniture and/or artwork to make it a more interesting space.

~What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.~ William Shakespeare