What color sofa should I buy to match gold walls?


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Old 02-10-13, 07:56 AM
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What color sofa should I buy to match gold walls?

I recently painted our living room gold and need to buy new sofas and chairs. What color(s) should I be looking at when selecting the new furniture? I plan to keep the drapes we have. Photos attached. The colors are pretty accurate (the drapes are green with gold and red). Thanks.
 
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Old 02-10-13, 08:47 AM
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Hello and welcome to the forum! If you're going to keep those window treatments (they're not draperies), then they need to be one of those colors. My preference in this order would be Gold, Burgundy or Olive (least favorite).
I know you didn't ask, but consider changing those curtains. Short cafe's are best suited for kitchens, baths and kid's rooms. A thicker rod, hung farther out on the sides, along with floor length, gold panels, would look really nice. Then I think burgundy or brown furniture would look nice.
The valance on the other window needs to go up higher. It shouldn't cover more than 1/4th of the window.
 
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For future reference, most folks pic out the furniture first and then pick a color to coordinate with the color[s] of the furniture.
 
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Old 02-10-13, 11:01 AM
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Yes, Mark is right and I was going to mention that, but what's done is done. It's much easier to match wall color to furniture, unless you already had furniture that you liked, in mind.
Try to get a large swatch of that paint color (paint a piece of poster board maybe) to take with you to the furniture store, to make sure the furniture blends well. Easier to repaint than return large furniture.
 
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Old 02-11-13, 06:08 AM
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That's not a big room, I would be looking to the lighter end of the color spectrum. While my first thought was burgundy, I'm not sure I'd go that dark in that room.
 
 

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