Have had same color couch & chair for years. Love them. Accessory colors I've liked, of which there were many, include deep golds to pale yellows. Don't forget orange, natural ones like terracotta or autumn leaves. Purple and red work too. Try to forget it's blue for a while. Try some cheap pillows and throws until you know what ur comfortable with. I always kept the walls white or close to it. Time for mine to be replaced. I'll miss them.

The couple from Chicago which had a house tour earlier this week had a colour scheme you could easily aim for. I'm thinking chartreuse. If you're really bold, go for the chartreuse chevron wall paper they had behind their sofa.
If you add chartreuse, I don't think there is any reason to paint the Billy Bookcase. The chartreuse will compliment the wood and prevent it from looking too vivid as you fear. If you do paint them, just paint the back so they look open and rent a sprayer. You'll be unhappy with how the paint wears on them. Use flotrol to minimize brush strokes if you must paint them with a brush.
I really don't like the bookshelves in the corner. Looks too cramped. Can you do galvanized pipes with boards on top similar to what those men did in Chicago? Open book shelves look much less dark, cramped, etc.

Go to the Chicago house tour and "chip it" their living room. You'll have a computerized colour scheme you can print out and carry around with you when shopping. :)

Print out the photo of your room. Then lay various strips of paper on the picture in different colours (e.g. ripped from a magazine) and you'll get an idea what works.

I'd paint the billy white, go grey with the walls and use accents for color. Lots of green and blue. Love it so far! Where is the murphy bed from (and was it a good idea?)

Some pops of bright orange would look fabulous in your space!!

I like your art, but group it closer together right above the couch.

I'd paint the Billy shelves the same as the walls or the same family but a little darker, like a grey. You could paint the inside backs of the shelves to match the couch.

This might sound weird, but I don't love the glass shelves in the bed unit. They are so skinny and the unit is so beefy. I'd think about changing those. Or maybe just change the way they are used? Move a bunch of books from Billy to the murphy shelves and use some of Billy for more open/decorative stuff.

I think red. I bought a big wool red cross flag from a surplus store and here's one from another post over a blue couch. It looks wonky to me stretched like that...I would just do a rod pocket in back...but you get the idea.

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/emily-hendersons-super-stylish-124719

Even the Billys red, which seems scary. There was a post the other day about painting Ikea. There were some good ideas since the veneer is so thin...

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/best-way-to-paint-ikea-borgsjo-cabinet-good-questions-176468

I have a blue couch with a red Hemnes linen cabinet for display. I personally love that color combo. Have fun!! I'm sure you will get many more ideas!! :)

My suggestion is a deep, rich magenta. Almost red, but not quite. I recently did this to a wall in my bedroom, which had white walls, and the curtains/bedding is a blue similar to your couch. I personally love it, and since we only painted the one wall, it really pops without overpowering the room. We also have a lot of shelves in the room, and I don't think it conflicts.

Oranges and corals would look great here I think.

Orange is complimentary to Blue, so it always looks great. Because green is just a step away from blue, orange also works great with green.

Take a look at a color wheel to see how this works. Basically the color directly opposite your "starting" color is its compliment and will always provide you with a bold splash of color (a.k.a. "pop") that naturally works.

Blue compliments Orange
Purple compliments Yellow
Green compliments Red -- to avoid "Christmas" shift to orangey or pinky reds, like tomato and magenta, or even violet.

I actually wouldn't paint the bookcases, and I think the art you have above the couch now is fine, but hung too high.

Another vote for magenta or plum, I think a warm rich jewel tone will make the greys, blues and greens pop. I'd either paint the walls magenta and put up larger format light toned (heavy on white) artwork above the sofa, or do the reverse and have magenta/yellow/green artwork above the sofa if you want to keep the walls white. I

I think lighting and furniture placement can play an important part in maximizing your sense of bright or bold colors. If it fits, I would place the murphy bed where the billys are now. I would get your sofa and chair closer to the window. I can't help but notice the green outside your window, and though I know winter is coming, I still think your chair and sofa deserve to be near the natural light in the room instead of tucked away in the corner and in the shadow of the murphy bed. I also think that curtains are a great way to get a splash of color. With the murphy bed out of the way of the windows, you could extend your curtain rods quite a bit and make some nice bright ceiling to floor length curtains.

Instead of painting the room a super bright color, I would instead go for a really crisp white or grey and get a punchy throw rug to put under the coffee table, sofa, and chair in an floating arrangement closer to the windows. Maybe some chartreuse chevron curtains to coordinate with your sofa and pillows. That way when you get tired of chartreuse and chevron in two years, you just need some new curtains instead of a new paint or wall paper job.

Ah, or a tapestry wallhanging, if you're not into the flag idea. Plug it into Etsy and see if anything fits your fancy. If you hang the artwork any lower you might risk head bumping or stretching hands hitting it. I speak from experience with a husband that can't sit still!

I have the same color couch. We added deep plums and barn reds as accessory peices and used natural colored window coverings and white walls to keep it from feeling too dark. Plans to add some white billy bookcases in the future :)

You're getting such a wide range of suggestions here, none of which account for the flow of other rooms in your home. A color consultant could lead you to the perfect solution. See if there's one in your area… his/her fee is worth it when you consider how much you could hate the wrong color and how much you might spend (time and money) repainting.

Paint the Billy grey.
The some bright colored pillows on the couch. I like the orange and/or
chartreuse suggestions...or even a bright yellow would be pretty.

I would paint the walls grey and billy white. Accent with a beautiful deep berry color, like this blue & berry combo that emily henderson did: http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/new-york-cool-meets-california-comfort.html

I also like Mama Gigi's color suggestions.

Unless you really want an early '70's vibe, I wouldn't go with orange, yellow, or any deep colors. I would get a couple pale pink pillows for the sofa. A pale pink throw for a chair, and one or two round or shiny pale pink large objects to accent the room. Occasionally bring in some pink flowers for the table. Buy one framed piece of art that includes your pink. I have noticed that a pop of pale pink and a bit of black(an object) changes old to comfortable and current in a snap.

My first thought was your artwork should be hung much lower, but that is beside the point. Second thought was RED (or oranges)! red accents could help break up the blues and grays. What about a cool wallpaper with a pattern that includes blues and maybe reds or oranges that could go behind shelving no murphy unit as well as behind the one wall that the sofa is on? This way the wall behind your sofa would contrast with it.
good luck

I'd just get rid of the billy, it is too big for the room and it looks like it blocks the light coming from that lone lamp. It looks nearly empty, it seems to me like you don't really need it and it is just taking up space and blocking the light. If you get rid of it the room will appear more spacious.

I advise picking up an smaller (and shorter) inexpensive bookshelf somewhere. Also, just a decorating tip but two table lamps on either side of the couch would make the room look more balanced, light up the room more, and still not compete with the focus on the couch and the artwork.

I think the art looks great, that each are framed in a dark color with a big white border tied them together for their different sizes. Maybe lower them about 6 inches so they are are in the middle between the couch and the ceiling, instead of closer to the ceiling.

Oops I meant the murphy bed, not the billy.

Also, if you got another coffee table like the cool wood one you already have it would beef up the area and make it look more balanced. An area rug would also help divide the spaces and bring in all of the colors you end up using.

I have a blue couch & it goes great with other blues, greys and purple. grey carpet, blue accent chair, 2 walls light grey/blue & 2 walls lavender with grape accents. soothing & lovely.

Paint the walls Orange. True orange or an orange-red.

I love the couch, chairs & the colors you already have, especially the green & blue with the dark wood table, which adds some important contrast. You have a lot of great potential with these pieces and this space!

Here are a few thoughts I had:
- if you like the art, just group it closer and hang it a little lower above the couch, possibly put the pictures into frames with wider edges since the frames seem a little thin for the size of the pieces. if you don't like the art or just want to change it up, a wide painting of red/orange fall trees with dark trunks would look great in that space. Or you can do that thing where people hang 3 inexpensive full length mirrors sideways, perhaps staggering them to put pictures, smaller mirrors, or little shelves with vases on the sides.

- replace the baby blue wallpaper on the Murphy bed with a bold white & green (to match the chair) or yellow (to complement the green chair); a big white & green chevron or quatrefoil pattern could work if that's interesting to you; to me, that blue paper does not match the blue in the sofa and will not match the walls if you paint them blue.

- straighten/organize the books on the book case and/or hang a curtain rod across the top of the shelf and put up a curtain to hide them. Those make the space look busy & cluttered. Would be great if all of the books would fit in the taller case (can you rehome some of them so they all fit?) and then put a curtain on the front of that. Then you could lighten up the smaller bookshelves, with paint or maybe even put lighting in it, and put just some framed photos, a stack of your picture books and a few storage baskets on those shelves.

- that lamp next to the couch makes me sad; I'd love to see lamps at either end of the couch or something, anything more interesting to light the space.

- as for the walls, I like the gossamer blue from your photos, though you may decide you only want it on one or two of the walls

- I'd go for color and/or pattern in the area rug. A darker rug can ground a space in a nice way, but you don't want something that blends in too much with your table. If you don't do a big pattern on the Murphy bed, a rug pattern with white & dark browns would look good; or deep orange and white would be a fun way to bring in a bold color (and it's easy to change if you decide you don't like it!).

Good luck & please come back with "after" pictures!

That's a cute room! I lovvvvve your chairs. :)
When you're not sure which colour you should use to complement, look at a colour wheel (just Google it) and the best complementary colours are opposite each other on the colour wheel. So yellow with your blues, red with your greens. There's also monochoromatic colour harmony, which means you choose colours/hues/shades all near each other (e.g. the 'blues').

I agree with those who suggest a bold wallpaper and/or bright cushions, but I'd also like to recommend a colourful kilim on the floor. They do wonders for making a space homey, interesting and colourful.

I think you definitely would enjoy some bright pops of colour - avoid any more of the blues or greens. How about a few houseplants in colourful pots?

Would love to see an After picture!

I would suggest regrouping your art, centered in a group over the sofa at eye level.

I would either move those bookcases elsewhere *or* remove the third one on top and replace it next to the others for a sleeker cabinetry look. Center your tv on it and break up all those books with some vases or boxes, other items.

I seriously have a crush on chocolate brown with both blue and that beautiful green chair - so if it were my place, I'd do chocolate. If dark colors freak you out, I would use a blue similar to your glossamer chip and the brown/blue accents that you already have will balance really well, I think.

Its ONLY paint - dont let yourself become paralyzed over the decision (I do this too sometimes) because if its not RIGHT...you can always repaint. No worries!

You've got the makings of a great space! Go ahead and paint those bookshelves white - they'll look great against that white rug. But give your walls a little hint of color. A light gray would compliment the room but whatever you do, don't go dark! Definitely keep your artwork (maybe frame them in white to mimic what will be going on with the bookshelves) and group them closer together and about 6" lower than where you've got them now; it might even be cool to lean them on a slim metal or black ledge that you can get at CB2 or Ikea. Have fun!

I say put green on those bookshelves, not more blue.

As for the overall color scheme, I always marvel when people just want to pull a color out of the air. You need to find an anchor piece - a rug, a large piece of art, a textile (curtains or a blanket) - that has some of your blue, some of your green, and a third dominant color in it. Maybe it's yellow, maybe it's orange, or black or white, could be anything. It's much easier if you start that way and then work your way out to paint, rather than picking a paint color and then having to find ready-made curtains or a piece of art to match that.

Leave the wood. It goes with your coffee table, so own it.

As for your sofa, ditch the side cushions. They date it, when it has sleek enough lines to look more modern. I'd bring color in with a throw on the sofa (maybe a white to brighten it up... you sofa reads more grey than blue) and get some fun, bold pillows. Pillows are the easiest updates. Then, work on styling your side table and bookshelves, group your photos, and think about a larger coffee table - it should be about 2/3rds the width of your sofa.

Good luck!

I do think it's funny/sad that when someone has the courage to submit their "help me with paint color" photo they end up with responses instructing them to replace their lamp, hire a color expert, get rid of and/or replace their (probably necessary or built in) furniture, etc.

I will say that with bold colors sometimes you just have to go with your gut, buy the paint and get it up on the wall. If it's garish, it's just paint. As a lover of bold colored walls, it's easy to talk yourself down into more neutral palette, but it will never make you as happy/energized as that crazy color you crave.

If it was me and the same color scheme, I'd paint the walls either a very almost not quite yellow (think butter color) or a soft granny smith apple green.

Then I'd get pops of TEAL and LIME and/or a red/orange. A jewel toned teal and purple with lime is also REALLY pretty and would still work with the soft blue on your couch.

I wouldn't paint the bookcase. I like dark wood, tho. I think it would be more interesting to get the books arranged a little neater and display some little knick-knack items that pick up on the colors in the room.

The pictures above the couch... Having three different frames that aren't similar sizing just looks awkward and unbalanced. Either get a whole lot more frames with some pics/art that you love and are COLORFUL and arrange in a grouping - you need some smaller, maybe some round, bigger.... but keep the frames dark/black so it works together.

OR get one larger image, framed out in dark/black thick frame (or no frame if a big canvas or fabric hanging) and move those 3 you've got there now somewhere else. I'd suggest that you get matching frames for all three (it looks like 2 frames are similar, and one different with different matting sizing) and get them rematted to be the same sizing and then group them together.

It seems like there is quite a bit of little stuff throughout the apartment. I'd suggest corralling the bits and pieces that cause visual clutter (not sure how that murphy bed works if you've got shelving built into it - do you have to clean it off every night or is that the side that doesn't fold down?) I'd get a storage end table in place of the plain metal one you've got next to the floor lamp and put some of those books and bits into that (stuff you don't need out ALL the time anyway).

Replacing the 3 pictures on the wall with 1 large piece that you love will go a long way. Maybe a poster, or fabric wrapped canvas, or a colorful diy project.
My living room has a green sofa and a set of blue mid century chairs, so kind of like yours, in reverse. I painted my walls a pale mint and have been really happy with it. It's playful without being overwhelming.
Having a few accents in one color could help tie things together. Like a planter, vase, and pillow all the same orange or yellow or teal or whatever seems right. Have fun with it, but I think the biggest and easiest change is a LARGE colorful piece of art over the couch.
You like blue and green, don't shy away from it! Maybe add in more white and textural items for balance.

@The Cat Made of Ferns, I assume that Murphy bed is where she sleeps... so not likely to get rid of it. And moving it to the corner where the Billy's are now would mean, when it's open, it would block the archway, @Thorndale.

Anyway. If you want to be bold with color and start out with blue, I'd suggest bright citrus colors: chartreuse, orange, lemon yellow, coral... I would DEFINITELY not use more blue, at least for walls or furniture.

(Plus I'd get rid of the Murphy bed wallpaper which has a kind of un-bold vibe! In fact, the Murphy bed is in serious need of some kind of restyling. I don't quite get how the shelves and the bed function -- do the shelves slide over or fold out or do you empty them and tip them down? I'd try to make that whole unit look more functional with more shelves, or fewer shelves and art work hung in the "alcoves", or else give up and make it another wall, by painting the wallpapered surface to match whatever wall color you choose. As it is you have an awkward display that draws the eye and then doesn't live up to any level of "decor".)

I'd reorganize your art. Hang the largest piece centered over the sofa, maybe a foot or so above the back. (Your art is too high.) Take the vertical piece and hang it to one side with the bottom edge about half way up the larger piece, and about 5 inches away from it. Then hang the third smaller rectangular piece above and to the other side of the large one. The edge of the third piece should be about halfway (or a bit more) across the width of the larger piece, and about 5 inches apart like the other one. You can keep adding to a salon display like this by offsetting each new addition in a visually balanced way using bigger pieces as anchors and arranging smaller ones at an appealing distance. Just avoid straight lines of wall underlining things -- random, broken lines of wall look best and make the arrangement more flexible. You want some visual tension between things -- they way your items are hung now they are all very separate, and that doesn't look good. (I see a picture on the floor by the Murphy bed that could be included in the grouping...)

As for painting the Billys, I think I'd choose a wall color, get come accessories (pillows, afghan, are rug, whatever) first. You might find that when you add a lot of color the Billys look better and add some visual weight to the room. If not, you can choose a paint color then. (I'd probably go white.)

I'm going to second the suggestion of a color consultant. If you feel like you can't possibly spring for it... Take pictures of several of your rooms. Use one of the various color analysis tools online to pull color palettes out of each photo. You can even use more than one, since the point is not to find a "perfect" palette in what you have, but to see if there are commonalities.

Next, hit up the library. There should be a number of books that offer color palettes for interior design. A lot of the free smartphone apps suggest 3 color palettes, which is fine for walls/ceiling/trim, but a real room will have a lot more colors than that. Floor, furniture, artwork, decorative accents, lamps, variation from lighting... So you want the palette book you use to recognize this. See if any of the palettes speak to you. See if any of the palettes mesh nicely with what you have. If you share the place with other people, involve them.

Allow about a month to decide on a rough selection of colors to serve as a theme for your place. Deadlines are good. They keep you honest. Figure you want something like 10-15 different colors, including things like flooring, countertops, cabinetry, trim, both wood and upholstered furniture... You also want your selection to be as streamlined as you can manage, so that you don't have the 6 different colors that make up your wood's grain pattern, but one that represents the overall look. This way you can more easily tell if a new piece or paint is likely to fit in with your whole place's theme or not.

After you have a theme, you can look at your reference photos, and see if any of "your" colors are missing. You don't have to bring them in with paint. Throw pillows, blankets, rugs, new lampshades... there's tons of options. Not all the new colors need to go into every room either. Done right, every room will partake of your theme, and the place will look unified even if your color scheme is very vivid.

Wall hanging? To me, blue asks for more blue, including some touches of indigo, along with green & purple - maybe a very colorful hanging that contains all those hues. Personally, I wouldn't change the bookshelves, I like the dark contrasting with the lighter couches.
How does that murphy bed work? Do you swing the door to the side before lowering the bed? I was confused by that. I also think the person who suggested filling the Murphy shelf space with books has a good point - IF you can swing shelves full of books easily to the side..

paint any other color but blue. I'd keep the Billy dark, I like how it goes with your art frames, green chair legs, and coffee table.

I really like your blue sofa - and I think you need some accents of emerald/kelly green! I see you already have some lighter green, but I think you might want to try darker for contrast. I LOVE the combo of green plants in blue flowerpots - it's so soothing and rich. So try out a bright/dark green: it's nature's neutral. : ) Go with gray walls (pale paint with a tinge of lavender would be REALLY nice).

correction - gray paint on bookshelf, not on walls! :)

By the way, if you're not vibing with the color consultant suggestion, Benjamin Moore has a great "color capture" app (I use droid, but theres one for os with - I think - a different name). You can take a picture (just make sure the lighting allows for the picture to be an accurate representation of the true color) and it will suggest a complimentary color palette based on color theory. The app is free so it's worth a shot if you (or a friend) have a smartphone.

I can appreciate being apprehensive about picking a color other than blue to complement your beautiful blue couch - but remember not to over complicate things. The best advice I ever received about decorating was a 180* turn from what I had been doing - to pick your fabrics first, and paint colors last. You have done just that.... kudos for doing it right! Step one, and you have already it right!
I am a firm believer of the use of wall color to compliment a color scheme in a space, not overwhelm it, and not match everything (sometimes anything) else. A different shade of blue on your wall will become white noise - the blue couch, the blue wall, the blue wallpaper accent behind the glass shelves on the Murphy Bed. You won't notice all the pretty if all you see is blue. My suggestion for your wall color is to bring the attention to your fabulous couch and those terrific green chairs... Benjamin Moore Wilmington Tan. I know, I know... tan. Yawn. Trust me. Wilmington Tan is a warm, rich neutral with golden tones. Hear me out here... by using a richer neutral on the wall, you draw the attention to the bold color choices that already exist in your space... the blues become more blue, the greens more green, and all of it more noticeable. The dark Billy bookcases don't even need to be covered... they will pop too... as will that fabulous natural wood top table of yours.
The choice of a saturated neutral like a rich tan (trust me, it isn't blah... has a golden, almost toasted tone to it, which is ideal to offset green and blue), will make the dark wood (or wood finish) appear richer, your furniture will be the showstoppers and your artwork is the jewelry.
The pieces above your sofa are lovely (perhaps you can pull the golden tones, a shade dustier and richer, from the center piece of artwork). You don't want to get all matchy-matchy with your art and wall color, so don't make it the same, but similar will set the art off as well.
I would love to see you use the artwork on your glass shelving (perhaps with a change of wall paper accent or just a solid color - here is where you can use some of your blue paint/wallpaper to tie in with the color of the sofa). By adding visual interest to the shelves with some terrific art, you pull in that side of the room with the other. A large canvas covered with a terrific, eye catching fabric might be just the right touch over the sofa, and can help pull together all of the pieces. Remember to find that fabric FIRST and then make a final decision on your wall color.
OR use your great artwork above the sofa, but anchor it with something a little more substantial - a shelf, or have the artwork flanked by wall sconces... you need to bring more presence above the sofa.
Having lived in teeny tiny NYC apartments, I know that the natural inclination with a small space is to keep everything small and short. Think big. Height above your sofa will make your space seem more expansive. The same goes for a coffee table. I love what you have, but it may be better suited as an accent table by the chairs, or a side table next to the sofa, with a larger piece in front of your sofa.
You have a great problem on your hands - all of this fabulous furniture and art and all you need to do is find the right paint color... I hope you will let us all know what your "after" looks like!

If you are looking for color inspiration, I would suggest checking out the designers guild. Tricia guild is a master at balancing color and pattern - study that for a couple of months before testing our acquired skills. Also, I know you have an AC under the window, but if you can somehow work around that, I would suggest relocating the bookcase(/murphybed?), and placing the sofa in front of the windows with about 1.5-2 feet clearance between the window and the sofa. It'll elongate the look of the windows, give the sofa more pronounced standing in the living room, and allow you to start complimenting curtains (to the floor length) with sofa with throws and throw pillows.
Good luck!!

You can safely inject full-on colour with a fantastic patterned area rug. Choose one that has some blue in it, and some green, and heaps of other colours too - it'll tie the whole spacetogether. Try urban outfitters for great designs but inexpensive prices. You'll also benefit hugely from grouping your pictures together - aim for no more than two inches apart. It'll make the space seem much bigger. And I agree with the random comment about the Murphy shelves. If it's too costly to replace the shelves, try papering then with a dark colour (wrapped around) - this would balance the Billys on the other side.

Someone has made a very good point: that we should be answering YOUR questions. So, I'd say, if you really want to paint them, light lavender paint on the Billys would complement the couches.

WOW. This is amazing, everybody. I'm Micaela, the OP. I'm going to go through these suggestions with a fine toothed comb and make myself a to-do (or at least a to-consider) list!

First off, the answer to the Murphy bed question: yes, I can leave the things on the shelves-- it opens like a pair of French doors. Too many books does make the doors too heavy, but I can load them up within reason!
The bed can't be moved, though-- or at least, it CAN, but it would cost $4,000 to do so. (I know, I called to ask.) It came with the apartment but I believe it was the Murphy Bed Company of NYC? It's a really amazing thing-- regular mattress, easy to take down. (For the poster wondering if it was a good idea, I think they are REALLY pricey but it essentially changed my whole studio into a one-bedroom, so...)

I never thought of changing those shelves on the bed, though! Brilliant. Also, I will start experimenting with pillows and throws, to see what colors jump out at me-- Maybe I like the idea of purple or plum? Too 70s? I love that vibe. The coffee table, in fact, is my dad's original redwood burl coffee table from the early 70s, which I rescued and refinished.

I will certainly post after pictures. (Actually my dream for a couple of years has been to submit to small cool! Maybe this will be my push to do so!)

Thanks so much, and keep suggestions coming if you have them. I'm one of those AT readers who reads every comment in the Good Questions, and now that it's my question I REALLY will! :)

I've had Billy bookcases for decades. They do NOT take paint well! The back panels, which aren't the same material as the shelves, are OK to paint. Or you can put fabric on them, adhered with spray glue — although that's a lot easier to do WHILE you're constructing them. But the back panels don't even show much on yours given the number of books you have. Not to mention that any effect you get from painting them will hardly be worth the significant effort.

Are you married to the plain area rug? I'd make a new area rug from several colors of FLOR modular carpet squares. Get some squares that are the same color as your lovely sofa (they have 111 shades of blue), some the same green as the chairs, and mix in one or two more colors (solid OR add a stripe or a pattern in moderation). Then choose a wall color taken from a carpet square you've chosen that's not blue or green. I'd consider a color that would go with some of the gold or ochre that appears to be in your art, or a terracotta that complements the blue, or a pattern that I included a link for.
http://www.flor.com/force-field-aster.html
http://www.flor.com/all-styles.html

One other suggestion, if I may. Instead of having your art march in a line, why not group the pictures in a tighter and more dynamic pattern. Also, lower them so they aren't so high above the sofa. Right now they look like they're floating away. Just a few tweeks and your place with look colorful not chaotic.

The art should be lower and closer together. You need more light near the couch. I would change the wallpaper on the Murphy bed -- something deeper green than the chair with plum, purple, or red (intense colors). Change the covers on the two smaller pillows to plum, purple, or red. The coffee table would look great beside one of the chairs, then throw in a larger coffee table. I like the blue and green together.

Although we have very different decorating styles, my couch is of a similar color. I paired mine with an orange chair and used the army/olive green color as an accent for a plant and for a tray on the coffee table. Personally I think the blue/orange or blue/orange/green combo looks great. Here is my pinboard showing the different elements I used in my living room http://pinterest.com/hav0c/hav0c-s-living-area/ If the dark orange is too harsh for you, perhaps a lighter "creamsicle" orange would work. Mixing in a teal or turquoise would also look good with blues and greens. I would paint the Billy white because adding in too many colorful elements leads to a power struggle for the eye's attention. If you can paint or recover the wallpaper on the Murphy bed, perhaps white or a cool medium gray would look better. As for the artwork above the sofa, black and white photos in silver gallery style frames would look nice. Or a mirror. Too much color over the couch would sort of clash with the throw pillows.

Whatever you choose to do for art above the couch, I think it needs to come down a bit and be hung closer together.

Orange and Blue! I don't want to sound like I'm cheering for the Florida Gators, but orange and blue do look good together.

Yellow and blue isn't too bad either.

Great space! You just need a few minor changes to pull it together.

I'd leave the Billy as-is.

Paint the walls a light, muted gold (wheat?), to warm up the space.

Hang your art closer together, and much lower - eye level.

I have not read through all the comments so forgive me if this is repetitive.

1) replace the art. or at lease group it close together above the couch in a circular pattern.
2) paint the walls a really deep beige (you dont want too much color in the walls, you have so much in the textiles
3) get a very thick shag rug in a deeper blue/ rust/ or a deep pewter color
4) separate the bookcases, they do not look good paired together (do not paint them as the wood tones go very well with the coffee table)
5) fill up the glass case with knick knacks that have a natural wood/metal/rustic look. these will go very well with the earthy color tones of the room