My husband and I recently bought a house and I am in the process of painting and decorating. The previous owners left their sofa and love seat. The sofa is brown and the material is almost suede-like. I really like the sofa, but the love seat is HIDEOUS. It has a horrible pattern of pinks and greens, and it is torn in some places. I would just toss it, but it is super comfortable. Instead, I am going to buy a slipcover for it. My question is, should I get a matching brown cover, or would a light beige one look okay with it. It is a smallish living room with old hardwood floors that doesn't get a ton of light. Eventually I want to paint it a pale blue with white trim. So what do you think? Would the beige be better to avoid bringing more dark colors into the room or would they look weird together? Thanks in advance!
Here is the approximate color of our couch
I think the beige slipcover will be fine, especially if you get some throw pillows that have some pattern and texture to them that incorporate the brown of the sofa to tie the two pieces together.
Since you are getting a slip cover that can be changed out you can actually get both eventually and swap them like you do sheets on your bed, washing them after changing them out. The beige would compliment the brown and lighten the space, so maybe get that one first. The brown would be great to interchange once the room is painted the lighter blue you mentioned wanting. Just be sure that any throw pillows compliment both shades so they don't seem out of place on one of the couches.
A beige slipcover would be perfect!! It would coordinate well with the sofa and also lighten up the room since it gets little light. You might add a standing light or some table lamps to bring more light to the room, too. You could tie in the sofa and loveseat by adding toss pillows in the same colors to each one. So apricot and yellowish cream for a warm color scheme or light blue and sage green for a cooler color scheme. I like your couch color!! : }
