Mix It Up: Matching Walls and Upholstery

Need another example of how to mix it up? Check out this living/dining room photo from Sydney architect's Scott Weston's renovated Victorian home. It's a blend of mid-century modern with Victorian details and a little bit of French shabby chic thrown in for good measure.

We suspect that the key to making this room work is how each piece of furniture, no matter what style, is given relevance thanks to color. The Tiffany's-blue walls in the living room perfectly matches the upholstery of the French arm chairs. Then, the mid-century modern red Danish chair in the living room ties beautifully with the bold red and white wallpaper in the dining room, giving us visual cues of how the rooms flow together. Even the different woods are interconnected: the MCM chair and the floor lamp in the corner go together; and the dark wood of the French chairs and ottoman match the dining chairs and table.

[ Photo from Belle Magazine, Australia ]

Comments (10)

I love this room

posted by hanako66 on August 15th 2008 at 12:01pm
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GORGEOUS. I'd really like to know the paint color of the blue wall, and where I can get a rug like that...

posted by Allsunday on August 15th 2008 at 12:01pm
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My bedroom is a very similar color - I believe it's called Ocean Blue from Benjamin Moore.

www.benjaminmoore.com

posted by bepsf on August 15th 2008 at 12:12pm
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I, too, would like to know where the rug comes from if anyone knows.

posted by cpurnell on August 15th 2008 at 12:28pm
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I would never design a room like that for myself, but I LOVE it. What a happy place.

posted by spossberg on August 15th 2008 at 12:51pm
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I think I'd be careful about providing sharp knives in that seizure-inducing red dining room, but the upholstery in the foreground does look nice.

posted by amed studio on August 15th 2008 at 12:57pm
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wow that is nice. I would never think to do that... let alone but BOLD enough to try it but wow - what great results. kudos!
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posted by pdesign on August 15th 2008 at 5:27pm
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It's making me dizzy. And not in the good way.

posted by sunspot42 on August 16th 2008 at 4:24am
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The mix of styles is interesting. The colors and patterns are nice individually but feel those solid blocks of intense color so close together need to be mitigated a bit so it doesn't feel so "full frontal" and overwhelming as a whole composition.

posted by reb on August 17th 2008 at 11:38am
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I couldn't live in this? nice, on a magazine page, not in my house...

posted by Daniel Poitiers on August 17th 2008 at 1:18pm
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