The best homes are ones where people decorate for themselves without regard to "rules" - if you love it, do it!

I always try to mix up textures when I have a room with multiple upholstered pieces. Velvet is nice, but it looks even better when you pair it with a woven wool or chenille. I'd suggest switching out the pillows with solid white canvas pillows to help pull the room together.

I agree with comment 1. Go with what you love.

I think two different velvets work here--the couch plus one of the chairs. The three different velvets seem to pull in different directions. I'd keep the couch and yellow chair which I like a lot. If the new settee is in one of the same velvets, I think it could work.

I know this isn't helpful, but the first thing I thought of was this quote: "I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable." -George Costanza.

I love velvet too, but I always think it pops best with something a little more masculine or textured (i.e. tweed or leather). That said, if you love it, go for it!

Go for it. Velvet rocks.

My only velvet item is the turqoise seat in a 50s swivle chair in brown leather, which I think compliments each other.
Becuase of a false fire alarm I had to go into the apartment of the cat lady in my building, and what really sticks in my memory are dark red velvet drapes at both the windows and to cover a door opening. Paired with a shaggy carpet, an aquarium and at least three cats in a tiny apartment - I would say that that was TOO much velvet. But your furniture looks really neat in comparison though.

I'd agree with the other people who said you probably need other textures going on... maybe if you brought in things like a rug, curtains, pillows and throw blankets that aren't velvet, it wouldn't seem like velvet overload.

Soft and fuzzy is never a bad idea.

I agree with KELLEYK. Go for it.
The main issue to me does not seem to be the material it self, but rather the colors. Think of a classic kilim next to a classic Persian rug - one is flat woven, the other a knotted pile. The patterns can be graphic versus floral. But the classic colors in both a red and blue. And they can look gorgeous next to each other, even enhancing their respective textures. That said, I would keep it cohesive both in texture and color. (I would actually add even more velvet to the mix - replace the silk cushions on the green sofa with, well, velvet.I like how the green and yellow cushions tie in the sofa and the yellow chair - which is really gorgeous. The armless chair makes it difficult since it introduces pattern and does not relate to the yellow beauty). You want it to look like a curated collection, not a random accumulation. If your new settee goes with the colors of the sofa and the armchair, any amount of velvet will be fine.

LOVE your yellow chair. I will take one:)

I agree with @redjet. If you love it go for it.

ANINHAS that was helpful.

I hate turquoise velvet couches, my partner's mother has them, yuck. That's why I love that yellow velvet chair. If you love velvet it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

I agree with all who said go for it with lots o' velvet. The only nonpositive response I have from your photo is that the armless velvet chair looks out of place to me. All else looks jolly and welcoming to me. I hope your settee has arms!

How much is too much? How high is the moon? Go for it.

Ok, I will be the meanie and say I think you have enough (if not too much) velvet going on already. Think of it as a "drama" fabric. Like zebra prints, or a very bright red paint -- a little goes a long way -- use a lot and your house looks like a boudoir.

Of course in the end you should do what you love, but good design balances passion with restraint.

My living room is all vintage velvet, and people always say how much they love it. Go for it! (Clearly, I am biased!) And as for the "masculine touch" ... my hubby loves it. Says it feels like a lounge. We save masculine for the office space. (Which I love).

How much is too much? Well, that depends on who you ask. But I say, do what you want to do, without caring too much about what rules are or what other people would do. If you love being surrounded by velvet and have a lot of pieces upholstered in it, and you love things like they are, then that's all you really need to go by.

That said, since you asked for advice, my opinion when it comes to decorating my own home is that like to balance chunky and bony when it comes to upholstered pieces in the same room. I also like to balance textures out by having a mix of plusher, softer fabrics and more tightly woven "harder" fabrics (burlap textured linen, say.) But again, that's how I'd do it. If you love it, you love it and there's nothing wrong with that!

If you like it, just do it. Having said that, definitely make some effort to tie all those pieces together - like maybe matching throw pillows, or paining all the exposed wood the same color. Right now, another upholstered piece of any kind will be *a lot.*

For me, a little bit of velvet goes a pretty long way, but it doesn't really matter since I'm not living in your apartment. Surround yourself with things you love, and your apartment will be perfect. I also think that as long as you're using colors and patterns that coordinate well, that will be the biggest factor in the impression the furniture gives, and that way it won't make the focal point the fact that it's all velvet.

I like a mix of textures - I think velvet looks even fluffier next to something woven, like linen or tweed. But you go for what you like! I love the yellow chair and the sofa looks very comfy. The other chair looks out of place to me but it's hard to tell without seeing the whole room.

I agree that there's no such thing as too much velvet, but there is such a thing as too much weight to a room. Right now you have a lot of upolstered furniture and no rug, so the room feels kinda weighed down without being grounded. I would swap your accent pillows for something with a different texture, add a rug and condisder window treatments in something other than velvet to bring your eye up. But if you love the settee and need the seating, get it!

I am more worried about your throw pillows.

My first purchase for my living room were a pair of custom velvet sofas. I have loved them all these years, mixed with with a variety of other pieces of furniture, but they remain the only velvet pieces I have.

I agree with comments about the pillows. I think if you put together a set of pillows made from fabrics intended to go together (a large pattern, solids from colors in the pattern, stripes or dots in two colors from the pattern), then the different colors of velvet will pull together more. I agree that something like linen would be a good choice.
Yes, it would help to have a rug. Perhaps something white/off-white/ivory with a woven texture?

If you're looking for that point when people will walk into your home and say "Holy velvet" then I think 2 pieces is enough, 3 if the room is large.

I think velvet is rather formal. Therefore a rug and upgraded, slightly more formal coffee table arrangement (2 cubes, say, or a trunk, or even a small Moroccan, if there's room ) might do the trick. And curtains. You want it a bit more formal, while remaining casual and welcoming, like you have it. Mirrors and metal make a nice contrast. Also you could paint the walls a warm gray or cool tan. Not sure, at least in this vignette, if the lavender works.

I think green and yellow go well together, but would cover the olive (brown?) throw pillows with some decorative covers in another color -- something that relates them to other elements in the room. The yellow chair should face the couch. And there should be another side table on the other side of the couch with a lamp on it. The lamp you have is very nice,

I REALLY appreciate these comments. Thank you all for your advice and opinion. I'll take bits and pieces of your thoughts and (hopefully) put it to good use. I'll try to do y'all proud;) Honestly, I'm not sure what it means for a rug to "ground" a room that has upholstered furniture. I've been considering a rug, but never really knew where to start with color...

ANINHAS, you're not alone. First thing I thought too!

I think you're at the point where you either have to stop, or have to introduce a LOT more velvet (drapes, pillows, etc.)

As Parnassus mentioned, a lot of velvet looks like a boudoir. I don't consider that a bad thing at all, if it's your taste. But if you want a mainstream, "catalog look," you're done.

According to George Costanza, there is never enough.

It depends on what kind of person you want to be. Do you want people to walk into your place and say,"what refined taste she has."? Or do YOU want to walk into your place jump up and down giggling and clapping your hands cause your place is SO DANG COOL!

I'd go for the second option if I were you. (friends who choose the second option are way cooler too!)

How much is too much? ANY! (But that's me not you -- for you the answer is obviously different!)

washed chenille in deep rich saturated colors r beautiful too w the look and touch of velvet w texture..8-)