Blue and gold is soothing. Think of a beach with the soft blue waves gently foaming on the gold sand, or a meadow of gold grass in the autumn with the blue sky above. Make your blue and gold curtains the inspiration for your living room decor. Add paint, curtains, fabrics and accessories for a complete look. Finish with flowers, plants and candles.
Instructions
1. Paint the walls a very pale shade of gold to pick up the gold in the curtains. Paint looks different in a home than at the store on a paint chip. Select several shades of gold. Paint a broad stroke of each color on each wall. Observe how the color changes in bright sunlight, by the curtains, and in the evening. Choose the color you like the best.
2. Take a photo of the curtains. A swatch of fabric is better but curtains don't often come with extra fabric. Most curtains are too long to take along with you. Use the photo to choose the sofa and chairs. Pick upholstered furniture that picks up the non-dominant color of the curtains. For example, if the curtains have a dark blue background with gold fleur de lis, then a gold or beige sofa and chair would bring out the gold in the curtains.
3. Put three, large, blue, 18-inch square pillows equal distance apart on the sofa. Fill the spaces in between the large pillows with smaller pillows in a lighter shade of blue. Prints are fine if they're the same scale as the print in the curtains. Put smaller matching pillows on the chairs.
4. Place a bronze metal and glass coffee table in front of the sofa. The bronze pulls out the gold in the curtains. Add bronze-based lamps to other tables in the room for additional lighting. Place a vase of yellow flowers on the table surrounded by vanilla scented candles.
5. Frame artwork in bronze frames with blue matting. Spray paint the frames if you can't afford new ones.
6. Create a focal point for the room with green plants. Place a large palm tree, corn plant or other tall plant that's from 5 to 6 feet tall in the center of the grouping. Put two shorter plants about 3 to 4 feet high on either side of the center plant. Fill in with plants from 2 to 3 feet high. Coordinate the plant pots so they match. Bronze or blue would work well. Put an uplight on either side of the tall plant so the light plays off the leaves.
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