Big mistake with dark grey carpet

Lol, thank you

Blues and yellows look good with grey, could you make a feature of one wall in a stronger colour and do the others paler?

No not magnolia ! Why not a off white and then colorful deco items. Pillows , artwork .

I would get a couple of large Indian rugs and then you could have something like lime white on the walls and have bright coloured cushions and maybe slatted blinds. definitely not magnolia.. or other slightly pinky colours

Well there you go it DID work! (twice!)

Sorry I attempted to add an image but it didn’t work.

If you google yellow sofa lots of images come up and that will give you lots of suggestions.

I’d go for silver grey and jazz it up with splashes of pink or purple on your gold sofa.

Rather than go for a bright colour you could try blue

Light coloured walls would look better with a dark grey carpet. Could you add some colourful rugs and cushions to brighten it up?