Comments on: Email Answer: Match Point

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:05:29 +0000

I love mixed metals! In our living room we have ORB curtains and chair legs and hardware with silver table lamps and floor lamps and a big silver nail head ottoman. Love the layered look!

xo,
s

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:47:47 +0000

So, I want to pick your brain. We are (finally) getting down to decorating business. Since we have an open floor plan, the living room/dining room/kitchen are kinda of one big space. We are replacing the kitchen and dining room light fixtures with drum pendants that have a polished nickel plate/cord. I’m in love with an ORB finished ceiling fan for the living room and I would also like to purchase ORB window hardware for the living room, patio doors off the dining room and kitchen. Should we try to keep the finishes consistent? Would it look wonky if we had two finshes going on? Thanks for the advice!

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:34:17 +0000

Oh yeah breaking them up in different rooms or even keeping them together but using punchy art and accessories and rugs and curtains to add layered interest and color will definitely help! Happy decorating…

xo,
s

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:17:33 +0000

Hey guys:

Question for you. Maybe you’ve answered this, but I’m too lazy to find the answer among all your project posts/comment replies. My husband and I just bought our first house, and have already started planning all of the things that we want to tackle. Of course, certain rooms/projects are priorites over others, and our budget certainly helps dictate with priorities win out. We inherited a bedroom suite from my husband’s grandfather that includes a bed, nightstand, dresser with a mirror and tall dresser. The color of the wood looks very similar to the color of the wood dresser that you refinished for Clara’s nursery. It also has a veneer. My plan (eventually) is to sand down all the pieces and stain a dark wood color. But with four matching furniture pieces, I fear breaking the no “matchy-matchy” rule. What do you suggest? Maybe trying to use the pieces in other rooms in the house to break up the set? The furniture is very sturdy and well constructed, and when we finally get around to re-doing the pieces, I know they’ll look wonderful. Just wondering what you would recommend. Thanks much for reading this rambling comment! :)

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:52:45 +0000

Oh yeah, that’s enough items in that dark color to make them feel like they belong!

xo,
s

By: Twiggy

Twiggy — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:51:56 +0000

Thanks for your quick response! I know that you say colors should be repeated in a room in order to feel cohesive. Does that include neutrals? I have about 4 dark wood items (2 dressers and 2 nightstands) in the room, but the dark brown isn’t in any of my other furnishings.

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:16:48 +0000

You can totally bring in pops of green or orange (or both!). Just think of the blue as your primary color and the dark wood furniture as a neutral (it goes with everything). There’s still lots of room for a few accent colors since you just have a primary paint color and a neutral going on in your space. Just bring home a bunch of paint swatches and hold them up to see what tones look best and bring the winning swatches with you to the store when you get accessories to be sure they’re the right tone. It’s practically foolproof! Hope it helps!

xo,
s

By: Twiggy

Twiggy — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:12:50 +0000

I’ve been trying to redo our master bedroom, and I keep coming back to this post for tips and ideas. We have all dark wood furniture in the room. Although I purchased it separately, it pretty much all matches. We just bought a bright/light blue comforter, and I had curtains (from a different manufacturer) in the same color. I love blue, but I’m beginning to feel like the room is TOO blue. I wanted to use pops of bright green or orange to break up all the blue and brown, but I’m worried that those bright colors aren’t the same tone as all the dark brown furniture. Painting the furniture isn’t an option, and I’m on a small budget. Any advice?

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:27:18 +0000

Hey Dawna,

Both white or black are considered “neutral” colors so they’ll work in nearly any space with any combination of tones. In short: either of them will look gorgeous- so just go with the one you like the most! As for mixing and matching prints and patterns, here’s a post about that: http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/02/pillow-talk/

Hope it helps!

xo,
s

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:41:31 +0000

I have a brown velvet sofa and loveseat, beige carpet, safari tan wall as an accent wall (Ralph Lauren), the rest of walls are beige. There is a white media chest and am needing to purchase a chair. I’m thinking white to contrast the brown. Also, I have a desk that will go behind the chair for the kids. Currently it is cherrywood. Should I paint it white or black or what? I get confused with choosing colors of things so they flow.

Also, how does one choose patterns? For example, if I get a rug with a pattern, how do I pick the pattern and how will I know how to match it to any other patterns I may like in say, pillows or curtains?

Geez, sounds like I need prayer!

Thanks for your help!
Dawna