Okay - help me decide. Here's the scenario. We've found the couch, we've found the fabric (microfiber), but I just can't decide on the color.
The foyer, dining room, study, and family room are all pretty easily seen from each room. Here's a layout.
The study will be a sage green - dining room ? - foyer will be a taupe/mocha color - family room - taupe/mocha as well. The fireplace will have a deep red brick. That short wall at the bottom left portion of the family room is only a half wall. You can see directly into the dining room, as there are no interior walls on it, only that column. The sectional will sit right there in the nook.
So, here's my two choices.
Option 1 - Paint the dining room top half mocha with a chair rail and then a deep red below (not burgandy, but a very deep red). The red would not be really visible from the family room as it would be on the bottom portion of the wall. The couch for the family room would be red. All walls in the family room would be mocha. So, the dominant things are the brick fireplace and the couch. I would also have a very large picture or some other type of wall art above the couch.
Option 2 - Paint the dining room all red (top and bottom) and then paint just that long wall in the family room red as well - the rest of the family room would still be mocha. In this case, the couch is more of a camel color. So, now the dominant things are the fireplace and that wall - which again would have some sort of wall art to break up all of the red. The wall is 16' long.
I know the practical part of me says to get the camel couch because it's always cheaper to paint a wall. However, I REALLY REALLY love this red couch. But will I love it in 10 years??? I must say, that red is my favorite color, and I've always had some variation of it in my decorating schemes.
No, the house isn't complete yet, but the couch is on sale, and I can use it in our current home right now. Also, we've pretty much got to buy furniture for the entire house (with the exception of the bedrooms), and I hate to have to plop down a ton of money right after we move in - would rather do it a little along the way.
So, which option do you like better? Any other ideas too, feel free to share.
P.S. I did toy with doing the entire family room the same sage green color as the study, but wasn't sure if I would like that up against the red brick of the fireplace.
The foyer, dining room, study, and family room are all pretty easily seen from each room. Here's a layout.
The study will be a sage green - dining room ? - foyer will be a taupe/mocha color - family room - taupe/mocha as well. The fireplace will have a deep red brick. That short wall at the bottom left portion of the family room is only a half wall. You can see directly into the dining room, as there are no interior walls on it, only that column. The sectional will sit right there in the nook.
So, here's my two choices.
Option 1 - Paint the dining room top half mocha with a chair rail and then a deep red below (not burgandy, but a very deep red). The red would not be really visible from the family room as it would be on the bottom portion of the wall. The couch for the family room would be red. All walls in the family room would be mocha. So, the dominant things are the brick fireplace and the couch. I would also have a very large picture or some other type of wall art above the couch.
Option 2 - Paint the dining room all red (top and bottom) and then paint just that long wall in the family room red as well - the rest of the family room would still be mocha. In this case, the couch is more of a camel color. So, now the dominant things are the fireplace and that wall - which again would have some sort of wall art to break up all of the red. The wall is 16' long.
I know the practical part of me says to get the camel couch because it's always cheaper to paint a wall. However, I REALLY REALLY love this red couch. But will I love it in 10 years??? I must say, that red is my favorite color, and I've always had some variation of it in my decorating schemes.
No, the house isn't complete yet, but the couch is on sale, and I can use it in our current home right now. Also, we've pretty much got to buy furniture for the entire house (with the exception of the bedrooms), and I hate to have to plop down a ton of money right after we move in - would rather do it a little along the way.
So, which option do you like better? Any other ideas too, feel free to share.
P.S. I did toy with doing the entire family room the same sage green color as the study, but wasn't sure if I would like that up against the red brick of the fireplace.
We sat down and had a long heart-to-heart about moving, job change, etc. After really looking into the job he thought he wanted, the money really wouldn't be there - which would mean me going back to work in more than teaching to make up the difference, which he doesn't want me to do. So, we're staying and just praying for the best. 
You might have trouble with a camel colored couch.
