Decorating living/dining room-any ideas for colour scheme please?

I would love one but the floor's concrete underneath the carpet. I also have two heavy dressers/sideboards so it would have to be a very substantial wood or it would dent very easily.

Must you have carpet? Couldn't you have a natural wooden floor with rugs? Much more stylish and practical.

I always go for wool with 20% man made. Wool bounces back when furniture has dented it, spot cleans with warm water, and feels lovely underfoot.

I was put off man made on stairs, when a friend fell downstairs and had terrible burns from the man made carpet.

Having said that, we wanted a new carpet for our bedroom ( to be left when house sells) and settled for a the man made one in the colour we wanted.

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Don't go for loop pile. Got ours from John Lewis - paid a good price - (bedrooms). It's bobbling! And now I find on the internet that you have to expect this from a wool loop pile. Didn't tell me that did they?

Lots of super suggestions, thank you so much!

Gracesgran there's an offset wide archway between the living room and the dining room extension. I hadn't considered looking at wallpaper for colour options, I'll certainly do that.

Lona, that does sound lovely, but does it show every mark? I always take my shoes off indoors but would have to train DH pdq . I like the idea of silver grey I must admit, but how practical is it? The beige flecked carpet is ok-ish but 'traffic' ways show up despite annual cleaning and vacuuming daily.
That carpet's turned out to be a big mistake because it's had to be re stretched twice (it rucked up) and now the blasted thing is 'bubbling' despite being professionally cleaned. The shop went bankrupt so I don't have any redress although it's only. Few years old, and it wasn't cheap

What's the best type of carpet to go for? Wool/wool mix or what?

Lovely ideas rubylady but I'm not that adventurous, sadly. I'm hoping to have a colour scheme I can easily adapt in the future.

to you wonderful GNs x

Have you thought of purple? Or on the purple spectrum, for a feature wall maybe. It would look good with red and you could then bring in some cushions, throws, rug with both colours on to blend them together. Or find a wallpaper with both colours in and then accessorise with cushions etc. I do find cream or grey very boring and will inject no energy into the room.

I have a mural of flowers and stone columns which has lots of different shades of green and some flowers in cerise. I have an opposite small wall in cerise and the room is then grounded back down by an moss green colour on the other wall and round to the cerise. It gives the room energy, light, cheerfulness and brings the garden inside somewhat.

loopy I've carpeted two houses in pale silver grey carpet right through (both were open plan) and it looked very classy and almost any colour will go with it, so each room looked different.

Grey can work well - I have it in the dining end of my room - but it is generally an urban colour so I will eventually paint it out as I don't feel that it is country enough for me.

If you are struggling Loupylou it can be worth finding a wallpaper you like and getting a sample. You do not need to use the paper but just let it help you with the colours. You then use the background colour on the biggest expanse - probably the continuous through wall and possibly the curtains. Is there a wall with a natural break between the sitting and dining areas? If so you can decorate them differently but toning so perhaps use the wall paper or one of the colours you like from it in the other two walls of the sitting room and another (from the paper) on the two walls of the dining room. I think this works best if you do use the wall paper in the sitting end but some people don't like it I know.

My through lounge diner sounds similar to yours loopylou we have patio doors the lounge end and a picture window dining end. Chimney breast wall and one wall the dining end are teal with cushions and light shades matching. Other wall s are the nutmeg colour in the above link. Carpet is milky coffee colour and suite tweedy shades of brown.

As for grey carpet we had one laid last year in DS bedroom. It's mid blueygrey and doesn't show bits very much.

Our B&B room was blue; not a colour I like in rooms because I find it a bit cold, but it was really relaxing. It's amazing how much difference it's made in some of my rooms just painting some of the pine furniture white or grey, but it's easy to overdo it so I'm holding back from painting more of it at the moment.

PS. In one of our old houses, my DS had pale grey carpet and light blue wals in his bedroom and I loved that colour combination.

My entire house needs redecorating. We've been here twelve years and only the kitchen has been painted since we decorated when we moved in. I wouldn't know what to suggest loopy, as I haven't a clue where to start here. I like greens and blues, but I also like pale shades of yellow. Teal sounds lovely.

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A neutral grey (sounds dull but isn't!) would be a good background (like magnolia but different!!) Charcoal grey upholstery , pale grey/silver carpets,. A silver curtain/blind with a colour in it which can be further accented with cushions and accessories (pictures /vases etc) !

We got some of our pics from JL, They do a good range.

We saw a tripdytch (not sure how to spell that) of a coastal scene that we liked but the one we saw was miles too big, and then I came upon it in JL and it was just the right size. Pleased with it and people comment on it. Everyone is sure that they have been there - wherever they have been

Yes. I want it almost white. But with a slight bit of pink. And then I will start again with some big deeper pink-ish floral pics from John Lewis.

I have never had a chance to decorate from scratch and would also be lost not knowing where to start.
I guess that's why my home is all some shade of off white so that it goes with everything. Even bedding is neutral. Everything everywhere goes with everything!!!
Hence delighted with touch of berry red in the living area.

jing it seems to be blue based rather than pink is that what you want? Mind you what do I know!!!

Parma Grey was the F and and B colour I was thinking of. It's a lovely greeny bluey colour. Try the test pot.

It's a pretty colour * jingl*, very similar to my DD's room.

Coolgran I have zero sense of 'pulling things together' mainly because up to now we've acquired family/other people's cast-offs ever since we got married 38 years ago , mainly for practical reasons.
So, having the opportunity to start from scratch has me flummoxed! I have a reasonable budget, but no idea how to coordinate everything , hence magnolia galore.

Our lounge/dining is ivory walls and barley Hessian type curtains that when closed cover two full walls. The furniture is rustic. The big bugbear is a fireplace which is butterly brick and runs the length of a wall. Lowered section at on end for the tv and filling the alcoves. Brown shiny hearth tiles. You get the idea...stuck somewhere in the 80s. To remove it would affect the chimney breast and leave flooring naked...we've no wood left from what is on the floor.

After several hesitations DH has agreed to paint the fireplace. The bricks will be limestone colour and the wooden mantels will be a deeper shade in the pale coffee range. Black slate matte tiles on the hearth.

Now I have my fingers crossed that it will be as good as I hope because there will be no going back.

loopylou I also wouldn't want a red room however found that cushions in a tartan using the barley colour of the curtains and dark ruby red is gorgeous. A bunch of peonies on the table and a ruby wool throw on the arm of the sofa has pulled it together beautifully.

Every living room I have ever had has been painted a shade of yellow, From the strong orange/yellows of the 1960s to the very pale cream of my current living room and upholstery and curtains have blended in; from dark brown Habitat furniture in the 60s to the soft yellow ochre of the upholstery on my predominantly vintage - antique furniture that I have today.

Alright. Would someone tell me that they hate my jasmine shimmer. I can take it. Thank you.

Nutmeg emulsion

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