Adding to the effect are the decorative throw pillows designed with red and black printed floral patterns.
White living room with dark wood furniture.
As you can see regular brown leather sofas are the brown furniture pieces used here.
The living area has dark cherry wooden floors light cream wallpapered walls white ceiling and some light beech wood accents.
A matching set of a sofa armchairs and a bench were uniformly upholstered in white while its solid wood legs and matching sides table and coffee table uses a dark wengue finish.
Without the white color the furniture will look too dark.
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Open style living room with wood brown sectional couch and small orange table color ideas.
In this living room the two x leg stools may have looked washed out if placed directly on the wood floors but with a blue and red persian rug in between they fit in and don t look out of place.
Wood warms up even the most sparsely furnished white room.
The dark wood floors of this modestly sized but comfortable living room are covered by a natural fiber area rug that lends a nautical feel to the blue and white color pallet.
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The furniture pieces in the space is a large l shape sofa upholstered in light cream linen a classic scroll arm armchair in mocha fabric a modern square stainless steel coffee table and matching stainless steel.
I think the furniture in this living room is really well chosen.
I have an open concept floor plan with medium brown hickory wood floors throughout.
I have an oriental rug with gold cream green terracotta red an navy blue colors and dark wood pieces in the room.
For a more formal looking living room dark furniture may be an option although stark white is often the color of choice for modern formal living rooms.
You can see the application of this color idea in the picture of open style country living room above.
What feels so rich and comforting in the colder months now seems dreary and stuffy.
Breaking up your wood elements with a rug can make a huge difference especially if your furniture and wood floors have a similar wood tone.
Fabrics with woven tone on tone chevron or herringbone patterns marble countertops and antique rugs on the reverse just flip the rug over so the muted side shows.
With spring in full swing and summer wafting in through open windows many of us with dark dramatic furniture get a little heavy hearted looking at the pinterest boards full of white wicker and birch.
There are exceptions to every rule though.
Exuding a very classy and elegant appeal this white living room combines whites with dark wengue and high gloss finishes to achieve that modern sophisticated look.
Matched with the dark center table and chair arms the white cushions in this living room look classy and stunning.
As a rule of thumb for a warm family oriented living room choose light colored hues but avoid white.