New Palette for the Living Room: Oranges and Blues
My beloved orange chair has been in five different rooms in this house, looking for the perfect place to fit in. I think I’ve finally found it: the living room. This of course throws a big wrench into my plans for a neutral living room but what else is new? So my latest thinking is to use the orange and different shades of it – rusts, corals, etc. complemented by a good dose of navy and inky blue against the gray, white, cream and gold that’s in there now. Here are my inspiration pictures.
This is a really unexpected combination for me – not one I would have ever used before. It seems I’m having a lot of surprising ideas lately. Your thoughts?
(Photos: 1,5,6 via Coco+Kelley 2.Dwell Studio 3-4.Elle Decor)
Uh Oh…….
On another thought….love that third picture! It IS very inspiring.
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LOVE the 3rd photo with the orange, and a cool abstract on the wall!
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Neutral is soooo last year! Absolutely love the combination of orange and navy and those orange and white stripes – wow.
I love the first picture…a great example of effortless living. Your color palette is classic..good luck with the execution.
Smashing, Ally!
I gave a presentation a few months ago at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle about design. I showed room no. 3 as an example of room perfection in combining old with new and making it perfectly current with colors and textures! Yes, to orange and yes to warmth! Throw a little bit of blue in and you will have a winner. Very inspirational.
Happy new week to you my friend.
I love the balance and the light in the third photo, especially how the red is picked up in both the art piece and the chair! nice!
I am loving this new color palette, orange and navy sound fantastic! The Elle Decor picture with the suzani on the wall reminds me of a room at the Colony Palms Hotel in Palm Springs, which I fell in love with last week!
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I’m doing my son’s room in this combo so yeah I am definitely digging in hardcore.
Not a palette I have ever used either so I’m excited to see how you put it all together. It sounds very exciting!!
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I love that top image. So delicious!
Leigha
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I love the palette! My living room is taking shape and it’s got an over arching orange and grey theme. I’m liking it. Photos will be up on my blog tomorrow: http://www.nesteaglerock.com. Oh and some awesome orange pillows being given away at the moment.
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Adore the Elle Decor bedroom…great inspiration for my son’s room, as I just bought a campaign bedside table for $10 from the Salvation Army that I need to paint. I’m thinking grey now! Thanks!
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Oooo, I’m a fan of that color combo…much like I love the combo of tofu and pancakes.
I’m changing direction, too, in my never-finished LR. Decided to throw green in the mix. Well, see!
I’m dying to see your place!!!!!
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Loving that color palette. Can’t wait to see what you come up with! I was obsessed with orange in high school, and 10 years later, it’s quickly making a return as a favorite.
I love the happy classic color combo of orange/blue. Orange is the happy and blue is the classic.
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Layer on the color!!
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i just want to turn on some marvin gaye, take off my shoes (and bra) pour a glass of wine and just stroll around these rooms. theyre all so comfortable, organic and beautiful.
you always pick the freshest combinations, ally. I really like the orange and navy – you know my take is just a little different – a combination of umber and gray. I think my eye gravitates toward ‘muddy’ tones – but I really appreciate the ‘clearer’ combo of orange and blue.
and I REALLY LOVE how your new logo flips from right to left…very clever, girly!
donna
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I think it’s brilliant! Really love the way the colours work in the first photo and the one of the bedroom. I think its the layering of all the different shades of orangey-red and the dark-grey blues that I’m attracted too. Really nice and fresh looking!
ally, now this color palette is after my heart. i literally just settled on to a gray and blue combo with coral accents!! now you have my heart racing to see your designs. im so into saturated blues these days especially with neutrals like gray. thanks ally
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So hard to match that orange chair isn’t it? I think those colours will be amazing. Not sure how you will do it without a bit of boho ikateyness though? xoxo
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LOVE. these images are killing me with their beauty. great potential for a truly timeless look, if you ask me.
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I love the orange. My girlfriend and I are currently working on an orange room upstairs (all our rooms are referred to by color). We have beautiful wood work in our house and we are using mahogany accents. It is coming out beautiful. Ours all started with a chair also
Great looking room!
can’t wait to see the room Ally!
I’m using a similar palette in my baby’s room, mostly due to the fact that I’m decorating mostly with lots of things we already have. Never thought I had so many navy, burnt orange and yellow things, and not really used to decorating with those colors. But you’ve given me some awesome inspiration. I love the earthier vibe of some of your pictures.
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I’ve really been drawn to deep blues lately in interiors – something chic and soothing about it. And I love that so many colors work with it – like orange – so fresh and springy!
Orange and blue is my absolute favorite color combo. I never get tired of it. That Elle Decor image with the tapestry hanging above the bed is to die for. I love the slate blue/orange combo in that room.
We are absolutely NUTS about the Elle Decor room with the mirror back chairs… NUTS!!