What colour should my new sofa be?

[Darth_Kitten]

I need a new sofa for my new place!! :bounce:

I'm thinking red or a nice shade of green?

Any suggestions, I like colour but nothing too bright.

[Shine]

1. I'm partial to green, myself.

all of our living room furniture is a hunter green. Goes great with all of our houseplants....

:hi: Have fun making your new place a HOME. :hug:

[Darth_Kitten]

8. Thanks, I will have some fun!

:) I'll be looking around the furniture stores soon!

[BrotherBuzz]

2. Put on clean white socks.....

and walk around your property for a bit, then match sofa to socks. Just a practical idea, plus you can use throw pillows for accent colour. :shrug:

[NMDemDist2]

12. that's brilliant! when I built the house with the 2nd ex

the salesmen at the tile store and the carpet store and the cabinet place and the furniture store and the paint store all thought I was nuts when I showed up with two baggies full of dirt and asked for a cup of water.

I used the dry dirt and the mud to choose all the color tones and when the house was done, you never could see the dust


:rofl:

it really does work.......

[bigwillq]

3. Green

I just like it better than red. :hi:

[DainBramaged]

4. Blue, of course

[JitterbugPerfume]

5. I love green

but it aint easy being green ya know

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. I have a forest green sofa...

and love it. Moving soon into a condo with a red living room. It'll look like Christmas!

I am happy that you got the apartment you wanted.

[Darth_Kitten]

9. it's a relief to get it......

needed a guarantor on the lease. :eyes: I guess 17 years as a renter, a good income at a pretty secure job wasn't enough (my credit though wasn't at it's best (long story) but they placed more weight on that than I thought.

Anyhoooooooo, now that that hurdle is over, I can think about the move and what I need to do. :)

I need a bedroom set, plus a dinette set as well. Plus new drapes, etc. :)

One thing at a time. :)

[CatholicEdHead]

7. Harvest Gold?

;)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. Sage...

It's my color right now...Or Purple. Dark Purple is always a good choice.
Duckie

[Flaxbee]

29. dark sage green...

that's what I'll be looking for, anyway, whenever we move.

[Sanity Claws]

31. Good choice

Medium or dark sage green is very current. Surprisingly, it is more neutral than you may think at first. I don't think red is a good choice. Re may be a good accent color but not for a main item like a sofa.

[miss_american_pie]

11. Red

:hi:

[GirlinContempt]

13. red!

[politicat]

14. I'd go with red...

The sofa fabric I'm currently in love with is this:

It comes from a furniture factory that's not far from where I grew up, and the furniture is made in the US. Inexpensive, too, and you can have multiple covers for it. (And so far, the sofa my sister bought has withstood my 4 year old nephew jumping on it, my brother-in-law's football manic sessions, and four moves. Which is more than I can say for my first sofa...)

The catch is that you put it together yourself.
http://www.homereserve.com/store/furniture.cfm?PrototypeID=17&StyleID=4&FabricID=196&TypeID=2&shp=1

[Dervill Crow]

21. Wow - affordable and made in the US.

I have to check this out.

[NMDemDist2]

25. that's a wonderful site! bookmarked for the new house and they have PET

fabrics too!

awesome!

[Catchawave]

15. I have lovely Lazyboy sectional in blue/gray

w/built in recliners and a recling chaise..yummy comfy. Great part of this color choice, very neutral and fun with colorful pillows and throw comfies.

[AirmensMom]

16. My daughter just got a red sofa.

It looks striking! I love it! :bounce:

[Capn Sunshine]

17. If I got a cloth sofa

I'd get it maroon, as in the color of spilled wine, or dark brown as in the color of spilled chocolate ice cream.

I think you see where I'm going with this.

Dark brown leather works good, it's spillproof.

[Dervill Crow]

20. I have a maroon carpet. Red Kool-Aid doesn't show a bit on it. n/t

[graywarrior]

18. Before I read the rest of your thread, I thought RED

[Dervill Crow]

19. I usually look for a tweedy type of fabric that matches my pets' fur.

Works well for carpeting, too. Lots of pillows for actual color, since my dogs and cats come in neutrals.

[u4ic]

22. Red!

I have beautiful burgundy velvet curtains my mother made for me years ago. I have to get a new chesterfield, too...believe me, it'll have to look good with those curtains. :D

[izzybeans]

23. I'm thinking neon something...maybe green. Yeah Neon green.

[ET Awful]

24. I say it should be red and look like this

:evilgrin:

[Benfea]

26. Shouldn't that depend on the other colors in your living room? n/t

[riona]

27. neutral shade

when you get bored with the room, you won't have to spend money on big pieces - just change the throw pillows and other accessories

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

28. Yellow with purple polkadots -nt

[Elidor]

30. Any Colour You Like

Semi-obscure Floyd reference triggered by your british spelling.

[samplegirl]

32. I really like red but

seems like I would tire of it soon. I'm still
stuck on neutral colors for a sofa or cream and
accenting with whatever color pillows for a change.