Living Room Color Board

My living room is ‘blah’…I’m fairly certain ‘blah’ isn’t a technical term but if I had to define it, ‘blah’, would mean:  lacking personality, color, and overall aesthetic appeal. There are certain elements that I like but I certainly need to bring in more color, paint/change my coffee & end tables, and possibly find more furniture, as the space is quite a bit bigger than the living room in my condo.

THE PICTURE BELOW IS NOT MY LIVING ROOM…It’s what my living room wants to be someday (it’s from Caitlin Creer Interiors):

 I love the neutral furniture with pops of color. My biggest conundrum has stemmed from finding colors that will work with my current living room set (chair, ottoman, and couch).  I’m not in love with the color or style of the set but it was the first set I bought a few years back and I can’t afford a new one at this point so I have to make it do!

Thus far I’ve gone with a khaki/gray color on the walls (Pussywillow by Sherwin Williams) and an overall gray scheme for curtains, pillows, etc. The chair and couch are what I’d call ‘khaki green’, a very difficult color to photograph and with which to coordinate a color scheme…until this:

I’m in LOVE with the navy dogwood print fabric from Warm Biscuit!! I’m not sure why I never thought to bring navy into the space, as I have always loved a navy/green color combination! But, I will now use this print as inspiration to pull colors from & to design the entire room.

I’m loving that aqua lamp from Lowes and some sort of trellis pattern rug to pull from the colors in the fabric.  There’s also an aqua dogwood print that coordinates with the navy.  Since the fabric is on the pricier side (I found some on Etsy but only in a small quantity), I only purchased two yards to make pillows or framed art with. It’s a good start!