Changing Color Schemes for the LR

I have changed the color scheme in the living room so many times it is unreal. 10 times in 6 years, but having a neutral base is what makes it possible without breaking the bank.

In the beginning I started with this color scheme. Beige, rust and chocolate. (Sorry, this was pre-blogging and before I got a new camera)

Then I decided to lighten it up a bit with some soft seafoam green and white. This wasn’t one of my favorites and just didn’t do anything for all the beige basics I had going on.

Somewhere I went back to rust and chcolate with a touch of gold and cream plaid added in. I also added an area rug that had some soft golds in it.

Then I got a new white sofa, so I decided to use a little blue and yellow. This was ok, but just not really me.

Lots of rust, brown and chocolate for this go around. I really like these colors and keep coming back to them.

Then completely neutral was my thing. Nothing but browns and creams. Just so-so.

Same thing here but I did add a little more cream and some soft camel. The camel helped a lot.

Bright and cheery was on my mind for this one. Love the bright oranges, yellows and greens. Super happy color scheme. I’ve really enjoyed these colors.

Orange, Green and Chocolate was the happening thing here.

Then I thought I would completely change things and I went with a little Aqua. This is really different for me, but I do like it.

This is today, Still with the aqua and a tiny bit of rust thrown in. Adding the little bit of rust just made the aqua more me. This is fun.

Thank goodness my room is very neutral (in other words really bland) and that I can sew, so most of my changes have all been made with a few yards of fabric and a few accessory changes. Thrifty changes that don’t break the bank.

Have you changed your color schemes, are do you keep them the same?

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