How to Decorate Around a Rustic Red Couch
A rustic red couch will mix simple lines, vintage materials and wood accents and will benefit from room colors and materials that have natural characteristics. When you coordinate wood tones in the room with rich, creamy colored wall paint and soft lighting, you create a space in which the couch will be a cozy focal point. Whether the rustic piece sits in an urban living room or a country cottage, you enhance its appeal when you seek to harmonize the rest of the space with the style of the couch. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Tan interior wall paint with eggshell finish
- Paint rollers
- Area rug
- Side table
- Coffee table
- Throw pillows
- Candleholder
- Wood box
- Window sheers
- Framed art print
Instructions
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Paint the walls in the room a light tan color. This will soften the brightness of the couch and enhance any wood trim on the furniture.
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Place an area rug in front of the couch that mimics the style of the couch. Look for a rug with faded red and brown tones in it to coordinate with the rustic look.
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Place two side tables and a coffee table in the room. The wood tables should match the wood trim, if any, on the couch and should be in a deep brown tone to coordinate with the walls.
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Place rustic themed or vintage looking throw pillows on the couch. Pillows don’t have to match each other, so you can mix pillow designs, sizes and materials to enhance the rustic seating.
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Top the side tables and coffee table with rustic accessories, such as candles in a rustic candle holder, or a rustic box made out of wood with red accents.
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Hang light cream or tan colored sheers on the windows. This will soften the harsh, hard lines of the wood furniture and mellow out the red color of the couch.
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Hang art on the wall that resonates with the rustic look of the room. Look for an art print that incorporates rustic and red elements.
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Tips & Warnings
Have a vintage couch professionally cleaned to brighten the color and give your room a fresh start.
Add more seating in the room with leather side chairs in natural tan or brown leathers.
Avoid crowding the room with rustic elements and accessories. Keep the room spacious by limiting clutter and knick-knacks.
Don’t use hard white or black wall paint or accessories. This color combination works well for modern red couches, but will conflict with a rustic style sofa.
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