We did this two years ago, we started by collecting colour swatches of fabric and various paint cards for their shades, we also collected the furniture fabric colour swatches which were free from the Next shops or on line, a lot of the large online Carpet shops will also supply free samples to enable you to create a ‘mood board’ of ideas in total, which you can keep referring to or adjusting as you live with it in your room for a few days and get to see it in different lights.
Light colours will make a room feel larger, dark ones have the opposite effect. A neutral coloured carpet or flooring will lend itself more sympathetically to any future colour scheme changes than a fashion colour will, we made that mistake a few years ago when we bought a Chilli paper coloured carpet to go with the then fashionable Brown and Red large floral print Curtains, it ended up fading in the strong sunlight, and turning to an almost orange colour which looked horrible.
Our latest colour scheme is a neutral dark Beige Carpet, Burford Fabric seating from the Next range, and Soft Coral walls with a brightly coloured pattered rug , and toning cushions. We also replaced the lighting with some Black chrome fittings from Castlegate lighting online store.
We are very pleased with the result, and the accent colours can easily and simply be changed in the future without any major disruption or mess.