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White upholstery is popular this year, as evidenced in stores this spring and at the recent High Point Home Furnishings Market in North Carolina.The absence of color makes a good backdrop for bright hues, and you’re also seeing lots of white on white for a serene look.
“ White is also good for making small spaces seem bigger and has a crisp appearance when paired with wood and metal. But keeping white and its vanilla counterparts clean can be trickier.
Neutral certainly doesn’t mean boring. Especially when it comes to sofas.
In fact, most designers say a neutral sofa is your best bet. As seasons change and your home decor evolves, you can update a room simply through throw pillows.
We thought we’d put that theory to the test with one white sofa, six designers from the Kansas City area and their pillow selections and styling. The results: A sofa can be a blank canvas and easily evoke your personality.
• Costume designer Hilary Brown discovered a multicolored placemat she loved (“Andre,” $9.99, Crate & Barrel), so she turned it into a pillow that informed the rest of her design scheme. “It’s so easy to turn a cloth placemat into a pillow,” says Brown, who’s also an interior design student at Park University. “You rip a side seam, stuff it and sew it together.”
She added two 22-inch charcoal Belgian linen squares ($60 each, Restoration Hardware) and a two-pack of plum “Wesley” pillows ($19.99, Bed, Bath and Beyond).
Brown sewed the white pillows herself from a Calvin Klein apparel fabric (half a yard, $16, Kaplan’s Fabrics) and appliqued black stripes on them, using silver thread.
“Instead of hanging a piece of art behind a sofa, the art can be one pillow,” Brown said.
• Pillows usher in new seasons, says interior designer Mark Sudermann. No matter the time of year, he admires the pillows of Aviva Stanoff.
The Brooklyn textile artist lays real flowers, leaves, stalks of wheat, fish nets, sea fans, as well as custom pieces on fabric, and then etches forms into the surfaces of silks and velvets , hand dyeing them around silhouettes. No two handcrafted pillows, backed in silk dupioni, are alike (starting at $185 for the orange-red rectangle, M. Sudermann Interior Design).
“Tempo” velvet pillows in pumice and ivory are $39.95 each at Crate & Barrel.
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Additional seating is provided on the plush leather sectional with throw pillows. A round glass-top table holds collectibles. A flat-screen television on the wall completes the room. A step down from the family room is the warm and inviting sunroom.
In fact, most designers say a neutral sofa is your best bet. As seasons change and your home decor evolves, you can update a room simply through throw pillows. We thought we'd put that theory to the test with one white sofa, six designers from the
The slate guest room, furnished with a sofa bed, is made interesting by the complementary colors found in the other elements—white table, blue-green shades, bronze throw pillows and the yellow abstraction on the wall. Black is a daring choice for a
There are photos in frames and throw pillows on the couch. Maybe just after a marriage broke up, or a child got sick, or the working hours got longer, household chores had been curtailed, but the intentions remained. Anyway, there's no telling.
I see books, dolls and all of my “throw pillows” thrown onto the living room floor (they should change the name to 'sit decoratively on the couch' pillows). Then when I walk across the kitchen to try and attack one area, I hear the ever-present sound
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Teal/blues, was the first color combo to come to mind as well. And pink was another....go wild and mix them up. What about Grey, White and Teal with a little pink pillow hiding in there.
I just got a small teal throw pillow for my kitchen nook and it brightened it up alot.
If you want to keep it neutral, Black and white/creme would be nice elegant option if the rug is a darker brown tone in real life.
Thank you all for the comments! So many ideas now. To Coni: no, there is no other dominant color in the rest of the room. Except for the floors, which are a warm brown. And the brick, of course. I thought of buying some Moroccan poufs to brighten up the room though. To Murphy: I agree with the art piece comment. I am on the lookout for a nice one at a reasonable price!
You could go seasonal with the same hue, just change the saturation, tone or shade depending on the season.
I think reds or oranges would go well with your room. Spring and summer, corals, sherberts, Fall and winter, raspberries, fuchsias, garnets.
And you could break up the warmth if it's overwhelming with cool hues. Teals, turquoises, sages.
Overall, I just wouldn't do a straightforward primary color.
And of course, you can always do hues that make you the most happy!
Great space, by the way!
I instantly see burnt orange and reds, maybe mustard or browns in a big bold graphic prints.
See the cushions on the floor in the first picture, they would look great.
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Go here to play with the colors. I think larger pillows in a wool would feel just right.
http://www.jonathanadler.com/designyourown/
My initial thought was to play off the colors in the bricks, but since that idea was well-spoken for, I kept thinking.
What's outside your window? If there are colorful buildings, or trees, or a body of water, you could maybe play off those and bring your surroundings in.
Or, instead of focusing on colors, focus on patterns and find things with the same criss-crossed pattern as your rug, and get them in many colors.
Just trying to be outside the box.
But this chicks couch is completely leopard print. She's got like 12 leopard throw pillows. 
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