https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 06:05:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049300 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:00:41 +0000 LindsayInNY 1049300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: Yay! I'm hoping the two textures work together :)</p> <p>@looch: We want to put blinds of some sort behind so we can darken the room more. Add that to the "to do" list... The paint looks yellower in the photo than in real life for some reason...</p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: I think that's the plan... My wallet needs a bit of a break ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049221 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:37:05 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1049221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I like the idea with a fabric colored chair later on. I think the red leather and the brown leather is too similar (but does match). I think adding the texture of a fabric chair would be great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049219 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:36:49 +0000 Freckles 1049219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I think burgundy/brown leathers fall on the more masculine side, though not necessarily traditional. Nothing wrong with either!! I didn't mean to say i didn't like your rug, just looking for ways to lighten up the room. :)</p> <p>ETA: Just saw your comments. I like the walls and window treatments!</p> <p>I say if you like the couch, go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049214 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:35:55 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1049214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: have you seen my house?! Lol</p> <p>Ok, I googled some red leather rooms to be more objective. Go with the burgundy sofa. </p> <p>@looch: yeah, if I could do it all over I would have at least picked a color or pattern for the accent chairs in the living room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049210 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:35:18 +0000 looch 1049210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: thanks for that photo, I like the window treatments....we have a similar issue with there being something under the window and as much as I want drapes, it might not be possible.</p> <p>You've given me some inspiration!</p> <p>eta: I do think you're going to need to paint, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049204 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:33:52 +0000 honeybear 1049204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like it! I think the two differently colored leathers might be a little odd until you replace the chair, but I think that sofa would look great with a fabric-upholstered chair next to it. (Says the woman who has a fabric-covered couch and a leather armchair in her living room! ;) ) </p> <p>Just be sure you really love the color and style of your sofa. That's one piece that is hard to change out. I'd rather live with a mismatched room for a while and have a sofa I loved than a coherent room and a sofa I was indifferent about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049203 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:33:48 +0000 LindsayInNY 1049203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: The walls are a creamish yellow tan. You can kinda tell from this photo (previous owners decor). We have the same wall color and window treatments right now. </p> [attach=2229/13/ms8z8d.600x468.O_EEF3506860CB44C6A8FEE5CFBC53E32C_330035_1_1.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049184 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:30:02 +0000 LindsayInNY 1049184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Rug is brand new. Like just got it this summer and cost twice as much as the couch. So that's not an option, LOL! Coffee table and end table are also brand new (just delivered last week!). I'm fine with traditional - that's how DH and I are. I thought the dark brown screamed more classic/traditional though? (PS - Love Houzz.com!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049163 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:25:23 +0000 looch 1049163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What color do you have on the walls?</p> <p>I purposely didn't get a brown or cream sofa, because I feel like it's all you ever see, so my vote is for oxblood. It's just so classic and feels right in leather! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049147 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:22:10 +0000 Freckles 1049147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you go for the couch, i would want to change up the rug to something more creamy to lighten up the room. (<a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/souk-rug-b865/" rel="nofollow">http://www.westelm.com/products/souk-rug-b865/</a>)</p> <p>Or when you get a new chair, i'd go for a cream in a different fabric.</p> <p><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/334287/Kirkland-Tanditional-traditional-living-room-seattle" rel="nofollow">http://www.houzz.com/photos/334287/Kirkland-Tanditional-traditional-living-room-seattle</a></p> <p>The burgundy couch (@MsLipGloss: the word oxblood always makes my toes curl!) says "masculine" and "traditional" so go for it if that's the look/style you're going for. </p> <p><a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/83986/Gloucester-Road-Apartment-modern-living-room-london" rel="nofollow">http://www.houzz.com/photos/83986/Gloucester-Road-Apartment-modern-living-room-london</a><br /> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/40827/Hilldale-Residence-contemporary-living-room-los-angeles" rel="nofollow">http://www.houzz.com/photos/40827/Hilldale-Residence-contemporary-living-room-los-angeles</a></p> <p>Are the end tables what you have now? Maybe some gold/glass tables would add some feminine touches.<br /> <a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/127963/Scot-Meacham-Wood-Design-traditional-living-room-san-francisco" rel="nofollow">http://www.houzz.com/photos/127963/Scot-Meacham-Wood-Design-traditional-living-room-san-francisco</a></p> <p>And here's another link: <a href="http://homeguides.sfgate.com/decorate-around-burgundycolored-sofa-64591.html" rel="nofollow">http://homeguides.sfgate.com/decorate-around-burgundycolored-sofa-64591.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049142 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:20:48 +0000 LindsayInNY 1049142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I'm just worried about an all brown room being too drab? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049081 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:06:19 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1049081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: my favorite from the link is the middle, although we have C+B Lowes bar stools and chairs in cream and they look awesome.</p> <p>I brightened my phone screen and can see the colors you originally posted more clearly and the burgundy isn't so bad, but still not my fav. I think you can tie in the red by using accent pillows and other accessories. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049012 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:51:31 +0000 LindsayInNY 1049012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: The other reds are more classic red. Not sure about the dining room rug yet since it's sitting in my office still in the packaging (was just delivered, LOL). These are the other leather color options: <a href="http://www.thomasville.com/DrapingNet/Drape.aspx?ItemID=307251&#038;G_PROD_SKU=HS1803S_13" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomasville.com/DrapingNet/Drape.aspx?ItemID=307251&#038;G_PROD_SKU=HS1803S_13</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049009 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:50:36 +0000 looch 1049009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Tell me about it! My living room needs window treatments, but we have to replace our oil tank and install our new generator, so that's got to wait right now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049001 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:48:55 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1049001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the shape of the couch, but would need to see the other red shades in the other rooms to determine if this color is the best.</p> <p>An alternative leather couch color would br cognac or honey brown is good color with red. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1049000 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:48:53 +0000 LindsayInNY 1049000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: That's what we'll end up doing, just trying to hold off in the meantime since we've bought a TON of new furniture. =/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048992 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:45:17 +0000 MsLipGloss 1048992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like the oxblood-ish couch . . . and it sounds like you have good cross-pollination of red throughout your rooms . . . And a nice throw (with some red in it) over the chair may help to tie it in a little better until you get your new chairs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048990 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:42:54 +0000 LindsayInNY 1048990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Ooh, good call - that too. I don't want the room to look like a cigar lounge. We had MIL make some throw pillows out of curtains and they look awesome with this leather. They're a dark red, brown, gold sorta stripe pattern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048982 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:40:58 +0000 looch 1048982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: gotcha!</p> <p>That's why we got a chair in a different print altogether. They've both got gray in them, and the wood on the legs is the same color. </p> [attach=677/13/ms8x6b.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048971 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:38:26 +0000 littlek 1048971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: I think too dark of leather looks man caveish. We have dark leather in DH's man cave and it works there but I like the wine colored leather for a living room. I think you can definitely add a splash of color with pillows, draperies or a fun armchair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048958 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:36:30 +0000 LindsayInNY 1048958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I think the two different leathers will look a bit better than having two mismatched dark brown leathers? I just think dark brown will make the room overly traditional and too neutral (the walls are a creamish tan color plus hardwood floors). We need some color somehow! (PS - You may have sold me by describing it as wine too! We love our wine!!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048941 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:33:57 +0000 littlek 1048941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNY: Then I think it's fine to go ahead and get the wine colored sofa. I think for awhile it might look a little off, having two different tones of leather, but whatevs it takes time to find the right furniture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048927 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:32:22 +0000 LindsayInNY 1048927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: The end plan is to get a new arm chair in a coordinating print - a stripe or something, I think? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048920 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:31:52 +0000 LindsayInNY 1048920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: I think the left photo is more accurate. The right one shows the color in brighter light which is why it looks redder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048917 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:31:33 +0000 littlek 1048917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is the end plan to get an archair that matches the color of the new couch? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048914 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:31:06 +0000 LindsayInNY 1048914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsKoala: Problem with getting the couch in the same color is that it won't be the same color. So it'll look close/similar but not quite...</p> <p>@looch: We plan on getting rid of the current chair at some point and likely replacing it with a complementary patterned fabric chair instead of leather. The design lady at the store suggested avoiding the same color leather as the chair because it'll look like we're trying to match and failing. So she also recommended a different color to coordinate together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048893 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:24:14 +0000 MrsKoala 1048893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd keep the color of the chair instead and get the couch in that color... I'm not sure how well the burgundy couch goes with the other items (not that it couldn't work). But that couch looks super comfy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048888 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:23:29 +0000 looch 1048888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha, that's how I do my mood boards too! All in Paint!</p> <p>My honest opinion is that it looks like you had pieces from different collections and just stuck them together. There's no cohesion in the pieces other than the fact they're both leather. Take my opinion with a grain of salt though, I have a gray linen couch and a plaid wool chair in my living room.</p> <p>eta; if you're going to get the couch, get the chair, lest they discontinue it or make it in a diff. leather when you are ready to buy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048880 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:22:03 +0000 CottonCandy 1048880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TBH I am not *loving* the redness of the couch but it is a beautiful piece of furniture, and I don't think it would look bad at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/living-room-decor-advice-needed#post-1048879 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 09:21:59 +0000 aprk 1048879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it could work. I like the darker of the two. </p>