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I adore orange. I have orange all over my bedroom. Orange duvet, shams, pillows, headboard and art. I have lots of orange art as well. I seriously love orange. I have red in my living room- what can I say I love warm colors.

But I dont think I would ever buy an orange couch unless it was vintage. Though I love orange now who knows if in a few years I will have overdosed. And then what do you do if you want to get rid of an orange couch? Slip covers dont have as clean lines and I am not sure there is a market for orange couches on CL.

I love orange too:

In my brown living room I have a vintage Danish Modern chair that's upholstered in an orange wooly tweed next to an eBay table lamp in the same orange - all in front of white curtains with giant dark blue amoeba/blobs.

Orange was popular back in the 50's and 60's and then went away for a lot of years. Now has come back in a more cheerful, fun and playful way. It's just one of those colors people run to after getting tired of the classic stuff. I do think it looks the best in the second photo with all the other colors that are playful. I would perfer a far more somber orange used with classic style rooms and furniture.

anyone know where I can find the coffee table in the top picture?

i've been wanting to do an accent wall in a reallly spicy orange. i'm also getting the kramfors ikea sectional in dark gray and am on the prowl for just the right orange accent pillows :)

Orange is my favorite color; I have orange everything: clthes, utensils, wallet, outerware, jewelry, etc. But when people come to my house, they are surprised that my decor isn't orange. Orange can become too much very quickly, even for a orange freak like me. I like to pair orange accents will gray, white and shades of brown. But I would love to have an orange 4 poster bed...I just haven't committed to it yet.

I love my orange couch! However, the rest of the room is mostly neutrals with a couple of bright colors here and there. It matches everything.

i have orange all over as well. i painted the 2-story stair wall a nice persimmon orange to contrast with my olive and off-white living room. love orange!

i want to know who makes that couch and why everything in Living Etc is exactly what i want for my house!

ooo love the first picture

I have at least eight Moroccan rugs of which orange is primary or accent color. Some throw pillows are also orange, but I keep that down to minimum.

I want orange Fiestaware, walls, and accents. I don't really want an orange couch. I like a brighter orange than in these pics, but in smaller doses.

For more neutral uses of orange, I love terracotta and sandstone.

And fresh flowers (tropical, rather than mums) are my favorite way to work in orange and apricot in the really searingly bright saturated doses I love, but would NOT want to look at everywhere.

I LOVE orange!!! Bepsf, I also have amoeba/blob curtains in my living room!

Colophon, I hope you commit to that bed---it sounds fantastic!

orange is the best color ever!

i LOVE orange as an accent color. we have citrus orange pillows against a taupey-chocolate couch. if used in the right amounts, it adds enough energy to the place without being too much.

Where can I find the rug in the 2nd photo?

I want the Westelm Taksim rug in orange. But its all sold out. That was a swanky use of orange. Also West Elm had a red moroccan window rug that also sold out.

Anyone know where those can be found? I think they are a wonderful touch of color.

And the first pic is definitely more my style. Tasteful, global and colorful at the same time.

@EastVillage Amy: It's from the Rug Store!

@Everyone with Orange at Home: Upload your pics to the LA Flickr pool so we can see how you've used it! Had no idea there were so many orange lovers out there!

what's up with that first picture, the proportions seem off it looks like a model/doll house?

Laure, where is the Rug Store? I love the rug in the second photo as well, but came up with nothing when I googled the rug store. Or rather came up with too much! Please elaborate.

We have orange walls in our living room. Landlady thinks we're crazy and said it's like Day-Glo. It's really not THAT bright.

When I was a toddler, we had an orange sofa. I do think it's a fun color, I used to hate it, but I'm not immune to familiarity by exposure. However, I would also say it's just really popular now and perhaps reaching its saturation point. I wouldn't invest in anything expensive right now that's orange. It's like, some magazine said pink was the 'it' color a while ago, and there are people who cling to it, and people who might like an accent or two, and people who never hop on the bandwagon, and I think some of the latter category have opted for orange instead. It's the sun. I'm a little sad, because I think the next phase is going to be that rusty brown orange. When things get too popular, some people try to adjust to another shade of the same color to stay current, and others flee to something completely different. I say that because I don't think the popularity of orange is news to most people. While there aren't that many colors, really, to elevate to the spotlight, some remain more "retro" no matter how common they are.

Blue is safety, it's perennial, it really has no age, so I don't think it's a real accident that it's the complement to orange, probably one of the most freaky colors. It's least likely to be considered a neutral, and more likely than most to be taken as a risk, even riskier than red. Red is very safe and perennial as far as flashy colors go. Orange always seems like the novel alternative, but it wears itself out in a frenzy or a fad, I think. I'm glad I don't hate it anymore.