If your beige sofa is on the brighter side or close to white, use bright accent colors such as red, blue, orange, green, yellow or violet. You can use a complementary duo such as yellow and violet or blue and orange and use a mixture of both solids and patterns.
Beige sofas lend a relaxed, modern look when paired with bright summery colours and patterns. To create a strong contrast against a light beige sofa, introduce accent sofa cushions in dark shades of navy, burgundy, forest green and brown, or work with pastel hues: lavender, pale silver and muted grey-blue.
The Best Colors to Pair With Beige
Like this kitchen from sweetjamhomedesign shows, beige is a great color to pair with white because it keeps the space neutral but still adds a little cozy warmth. Pair warm beiges with off-whites or find a cool beige or greige to play well with a cool, icy white.
Too many cushions and your living room could look cluttered, and they may even make the sofa less comfy. As a general rule, we reckon a two- or three-seater sofa needs a maximum of three cushions. If your sofa's larger then you can get away with more. Think six or more on a large corner sofa.
Grey and beige are the perfect sofa-carpet pairing. Both colours are understated and sophisticated and work effortlessly well together if applied in moderation.
Yes, you can mix gray and beige paint colors, and gray and beige chairs. See how the artwork ties both neutrals together? This room is a great example of hues in harmony. In this gray room, warmer earth tones are introduced in the wood flooring and tan sofa.
The main reason why beige and gray do not often work well together is because beige is a warm color and gray is a cool color. With proper planning, we can decorate each room in a way that makes the beige and gray look intentional.
You may have noticed that gray has become one of the top neutral colors in the interior design world. While beige, tan, and white will always be great picks, decorating with gray grants homeowners design options they might not get with other neutrals.
It really doesn't matter which colours you chose as long as the tones are similar. And that goes for adding patterns too – stick to the same shades and similar fabrics and you can break any rule you want!
We recommend using anywhere from 3 to 6 cushions for a 3 seater sofa. Using 3 cushions creates a pared down look, 4 cushions helps to create symmetry, while using 5 and 6 cushions creates a much fuller look with plenty of opportunity to showcase textural and size differences.
Place the largest cushion at the back, angled in the crook of the sofa between the arm and the backrest, then place the medium in front of it (slightly offset away from the arm) and the smallest in front of that (again slightly offset towards the arm). Replicate the look in the opposite corner with the same cushions.
You can also place couches perpendicular to the television or shift the couch so that it rests on a slight angle. Most people, however, still prefer having a couch directly facing their TV as long as it doesn't impede the accessibility of the rest of the room.
Throws are smaller than the everyday blankets, and tend to be more associated with decoration. That's why, they are often used over the back of a couch or chair, or draped over the arm of a sofa.
Beige is not a cream or off-white colour; instead, it is light brown and oftentimes interchangeable with tan, light khaki, taupe, nude and stone.
Tan: A pale brown tone that is darker than beige. The name comes from “tannum”, used in the process of tanning leather.
Choose Your “Beige” Carefully
And if mixed with crisp whites (such as the soothing bedroom above from Lonny), the neutral hue can look quite modern.