In my home, we have a gray sofa. It's nice and it's easy to match, but every so often I think about the long pink hand-me-down sofa I parted with a few years ago...then I play around with the idea of reupholstering my current sofa in some shocking color—hot pink, kelly green, turquoise. There's nothing like a bold, bright sofa to kick the blah out of a living room.
If you're considering a reupholstery project or shopping for a new sofa, here are a few real-life examples of beautiful and colorful couches from past tours. For product info, click through to the resource guide included in each house tour.
- Gary and Leslie's Benedict Canyon Home
- Mike's Amazing Mid-Century Pad
- Kevin and Dop's Playful Uptown Loft
- Matthew Mau's Creative Loft in the Chapman Building
- Emily and Craig's Logan Square Rehab
- Maggie's Delightful Digs
- Philip & Leong's Live / Work City Space
- Gregory's Palm Springs in the Suburbs
- Chris and Heather's Happy, Hippy Haven
- Tom and Justin Gently Shape Their Landmark
SOFA SHOPPING RESOURCES
• Sofa Stores in the Apartment Therapy Marketplace
• Best Sofa Stores
• Best Sleeper Sofas and Sofa Beds 2010
Photos: Gary Ward, Beth Zeigler, Marcia Prentice and Matthew Mau, Evan Thomas, Maggie S., Gregory Han, Kyle Freeman, h4ndz on Flickr, used with permission, Aaron Able
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the turquoise couch is to die for!
No way. I have a bright orange sofa & that exact picture above it. Great minds think alike.
I have a lovely ice blue sofa. When I was looking for sofas, I told myself "NO BORING COLORS!"
No. 2 on top row. Love it.
I didn't give myself the option of 'neutral' when I bought my sofa. Go big or go home!
I have one of those exact sofas... my husband decided on the colour. We all love it.
I have (neutral, safe, slightly boring) moss green. I like it but that turquoise one is gorgeous. (I don't think my other half would go for something that colorful, though, and in relationships, compromise has to rule.)
I much prefer neutral paint and bright furniture. So many people do it the other way around. I suppose maybe because paint is less expensive to change when you get tired of it.
We have a bright and bold red Crate and Barrel sectional in our main living room that I love! It is beautiful, modern and fits our whole family of five comfortably. You may view the room as well as the rest of my home tour here:
http://brightboldbeautiful.blogspot.com/2010/04/home-tour-laura-trevey.html
They are all rather nice, but I don't know, I feel that white sofas are just the way to go.
I have a large red sofa in my tiny parlour. The walls and most of the rest of the furniture in the room are white, I love it.