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What color goes well with grey furniture


What color walls go with gray furniture?

For years, beige was the unopposed neutral champion of interior design. But gray has unequivocally bumped beige off its longtime perch to become the top choice for interiors ranging from casual to sophisticated, preppy to pretty, glam to industrial. With so many fabulous choices for custom furniture in so many styles, here’s how to coordinate wall colors and other accents to get the most out of your gray shade of choice.

Here you’ll find not only some of our favorite design ideas and color combinations to highlight your gray couch, but also a step-by-step breakdown on for how to approach your overall gray furniture design plan – from family room and living room ideas, to the bedroom and beyond.

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Start by Curating the Perfect Backdrop

Before you jump into matching paint colors or wallpaper designs to your grey furniture, take a step back and ask yourself, “How do I want this room to feel?” What’s the vibe? Or, as professional interior designers say, what “story” are you looking to tell?

New York City designer Gregory Shano suggests, “Start with concept for the room that you can get excited about, which makes the vibe of the room easier to envision. ”

This is the time to let your imagination run a little wild. If you could inhabit any room, at any point in time or anywhere in the world what would it be?

For instance, Shano explains, do you want something luxe and glamorous, with an old-world Hollywood feel? Say, perhaps, Jean Harlow’s dressing room from the 1930s? Or is your dream vision something with a modern, beachy vibe, like the beloved Hamptons house from Nancy Myers’ film Something’s Gotta Give?

Ask yourself what mood you are looking to create. Do you want something soothing and airy, or something cozy that envelopes you? Do you feel best in surroundings that are cheerful and preppy, or those that embody the handsome, industrial look? Is easygoing modern farmhouse your jam, or do you vibe more with the refined elegance of traditional, classic design?

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If you’re not sure yet what you want, a great way to begin to craft your ideal vision is to collect photos of rooms that you love and look for the common threads. You can go old school and tear out pages of shelter magazines to create a file or mood board or create a customized Pinterest board online.

Get to Know the Color Gray

Gray is a complex color, in that there is no such thing as pure “gray.” By its very nature as a tone rather than a color, it is a combination of black, white, and some undertone. There is gray with green undertones, gray with purple undertones, gray with blue undertones…you get the picture!

In its simplest breakdown, gray comes in light, medium, and dark tones. For our purposes here, when we say “light gray furniture,” we mean shades that tend to have names like pearl, dove, fog, silver, and platinum. These cooler, more ethereal shades have purple, blue and green undertones.

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Medium tones are slightly warmer grays and usually have names like putty, pewter, flannel, greige, and elephant gray. A warm gray can have a wide range of undertones – brown, green, purple, blue, and red. The easiest way to determine the undertone of your existing furniture is to use the gray paint swatch trick. Pick up a few Benjamin Moore color strips and identify the shade that most closely resembles your upholstery. Run your eye up to the darkest shade in that color strip and voila! That will indicate your undertone.

Lastly, dark gray colors usually carry names like iron, steel, charcoal. These have brown undertones that give them their richness and depth.

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Choose Your Palette: What Color Walls Go with A Gray Couch?

The answer to what color walls go with a gray living room couch is pretty much anything – if done right! Gray is a complex color that can range from ethereal to moody, depending on which shade of gray your furniture is and what you pair it with.   To help choose your color scheme, take a read through these color pairings to see which one complements your specific furniture and the overall feeling you are looking to create.

Soothing and Serene

If you tend to feel happiest when at the beach, this color palette is probably for you! There’s a reason why shades that reference the sea and sky are so often paired with gray. A serene sensibility works best with furniture that is on the lighter end of the gray spectrum set against a backdrop of creamy white neutrals.

Gray and Watery Blue Walls:

Gray furniture paired with pale blue walls is a tried-and-true pairing to create a relaxing coastal look. Try offsetting your gray furniture against Benjamin Moore’s Quiet Moments or Farrow & Ball’s Borrowed Light. Blue walls and gray furniture look especially inviting when paired with natural accents like a rattan trays, a sisal area rug and a capiz shell chandelier.

To up the beachy factor, consider painting the walls in a pale blue and white wide stripe, or choosing a light blue subtle patterned wallpaper.

Gray with Soft Green Walls:

This is a slightly less expected combination, but every bit as appealing. The key is to choose a shade of green with gray undertones, to keep it soft and soothing. Farrow & Ball’s Mizzle, for instance, evokes misty skies and cozy drizzly days spent indoors with a warm cup of tea. If you prefer something more earthy than ethereal, try Benjamin Moore’s Sage Wisdom. Elevate this combination of grey and green by pairing adding in fluffy ivory throw pillows, chunky cream-colored throw blankets and hits of warm brass.

If you’re more of a garden lover than a beachgoer, you might consider wrapping your dining room walls in a soft green floral or toile wallpaper print to give it a lovely romantic touch. Paired with glossy white trim on the windows and a gray-stained table and chairs, you’ll have friends and family wrangling for an invitation to dinner parties at your home!

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Gray with Dusty Pink:

Dusty pink walls look stunning with pretty much any shade of gray furniture. To keep the look soft and sophisticated rather than juvenile, choose a muted pink that has brown undertones, such as Farrow & Ball’s Dead Salmon. For more living room design inspiration, pair with other furniture in blonde wood tones, matte white ceramic lamps, a flatweave rug, and some fluffy live green plants for a warm and modern Scandinavian vibe.

The Luxe Look: Glam and Gorgeous

If shimmery silks, plush velvets, and glints of shimmer and shine tend to call your name, you might very well be a luxe glam kind of person!

Gray furniture can run with the chicest of crowds when accessorized right. A glam vibe is most easily achieved if your gray furniture is anywhere in the light to medium range. That’s not to say that if your furniture is charcoal gray you can’t go luxe – if this is you, skip down to “Handsome and Debonair” or “Elegant and Classic.”

Gray with Reflective Walls:

If you’re all about the shimmer, dress up your gray furniture by setting it against subtly metallic walls. This luminous look is best achieved by choosing a soft silver, gold, or bronze wallpaper – solid or patterned – but several paint companies now make metallic paints that wash your walls in a soft, luminous glow.

Another option is to lacquer your walls. This is a super-luxe look that you can do in pretty much any soft shade that you love, but we like it especially in colors with a built-in sunset glow such as blush pink, the faintest shades of lavender, or pearl grey walls.

Shano painted this irresistible visual for us on how to achieve the ideal glowy glam room:

“I would use the palest shades of gray in luxe fabrics such as velvet and cashmere, layer in varying shades of cream, ivory, and the softest blush pink which could be fabulous as an accent in pillows with a hint of shimmer (think silk shantung, velvet or satin). The mixing of textures here is critical to making this look chic and sophisticated rather than too sweet or juvenile. Think about pairing matte with shine, plush with silky, with pearlized accents throughout. Mix in mirrored nightstands for an over the top hit of glamour.”

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Gray with Ivory Walls:

While this combination may sound classic or even minimal – and, depending on the accents and style of your furniture – it very well could be, it can also become super luxurious when you add in a vintage brass and glass coffee table, alabaster lamps, and drapey cashmere throws. Just be sure to stay with a warm ivory tone like Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee rather than a stark white, which can read too cold.

Handsome and Debonair: The Perfect Gentleman’s Study

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If you are looking to create a space that feels sophisticated, rich, and very appealing, Shano offers up what he calls “the perfect gentleman’s study.” This works best with gray furniture that ranges from medium to dark tones.

Gray with Navy Walls:

As Shano says, “There’s nothing like a beautiful navy blazer with a gray flannel pant. ” We couldn’t agree more. Pair your gray furniture – whether it’s a gray sectional or upholstered bed – with Benjamin Moore’s Old Navy painted walls and white trim for a crisp look or paper your walls in a rich navy seagrass for added texture.

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Gray Furniture with Gray Walls:

Another menswear-inspired look from Shano channels an old school Saville Row Haberdashery. Pairing deep, rich charcoal paired with heather gray – one on the walls, one on the furniture – creates a warm, enveloping space.

To complete this handsome picture, Shano suggests incorporating menswear details like pillows made of wool houndstooth or tweed with grosgrain trim, a herringbone patterned rug, pinpoint oxford-style window treatments, and brass or polished nickel hardware and light fixtures (the cufflinks of the room, if you will).

Bold and Beautiful: How to Team Gray Furniture with Bright Paints

Gray may be a neutral, but when set against the perfect backdrop of clear, bright colors, it becomes fresh, modern and cheerful.

Gray with a Yellow Accent Wall:

You’ll note we said “wall” there, not “walls.” A yellow accent wall against medium to light grey furniture (not charcoal, too drastic) is a joyful dose of lemony sunshine. Four walls might be a little, how should we put this…much?

Take your accent wall to the next level by doing it in a sunny yellow lacquer for even more shiny happy wow.

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Gray with Orange:

Ditto for above when it comes to gray and orange. We do, however, love Shano’s advice of painting your walls in a gray that is similar in tone to your furniture and then bringing in the citrus punch with a lacquered orange ceiling!

Gray with Grass or Emerald Green:

Another unexpected combination that packs a gorgeous punch, this bold combo looks especially smart with light to light-medium gray upholstery and Palm Beach-chic bamboo or rattan accents. Don’t be afraid to add in zebra stripe pillows – gray, green, and animal print look super chic together.

Elegant and Refined: The Stylish Classic

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Gray works beautifully in almost every setting, but especially so in traditional or transitional rooms with classic architecture and details. This timeless look works best for gray furniture that is in the medium to dark range. 

Gray with Smoky Lavender Walls:

We like to call smoky lavender “purple for grown-ups.” Whereas teenager purple can be garish and dated, smoky lavender walls paired with gray furniture reads super sophisticated and unique. The key is to choose a light purple that has gray undertones, such as Benjamin Moore’s Wet Concrete or Mauve Dessert.

Another gorgeous option is dusty purple wallpaper, either in a solid or print. If you’re looking to splurge big time, Gracie’s mural wallpapers are always fabulous, but you don’t have to break the bank to find a soft lavender textured wallpaper to pair with your gray furniture. These days, there are incredible peel-and-stick options available so you can try it out without making a permanent commitment.

Gray with Ivory:

Remember how we said earlier that gray furniture and ivory walls can go traditional? Well, here’s your chance to set your classical heart a-flutter by choosing a warm off-white shade for your walls to beautifully offset your medium to dark-toned gray furniture. We love this look most when the sofa incorporates brass or nickel studs and is grounded with an oriental or otherwise patterned rug. Add in a rich walnut or mahogany coffee table and a pair of urn-shaped lamps to offset your grey sofa and you’ll have a warm, elegant setting for everything from soirees to Netflix and Chill nights.

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Gray with Camel:

This luxe neutral combination evokes visions of cozy cashmere, worn leather chairs, bookcases stocked with classics and after dinner drinks in heavy crystal glasses. If this is your dream vibe, choose a warm caramel color for your walls like Benjamin Moore’s Brookline Beige to complement your darker-toned gray furniture. Work in some patterned pillows and finish off the look with polished nickel lighting for upscale sparkle.

Gray with White Walls:

Gray and white is a timeless and failsafe combination, a true style chameleon, but there are some tricks to making sure your gray furniture and white walls add up to the look and feel you are going for. For instance, if cozy and easygoing is your aim, you’ll want to choose a white that has a tiny bit of warmth to it, such as Benjamin Moore’s Steam. Ground these neutral colors with mid-tone brown furniture – all the better if it’s vintage and well-loved.

If you can’t get enough of the modern industrial look, opt for a purer white to complement your gray sofa, like Benjamin Moore’s Super White, then add accents and other furniture in blackened steel, bronze, and reclaimed dark wood.

Lastly, if you’re intrigued by pairing your gray living room furniture with other colors but aren’t ready to make the leap yet to paint or paper your walls, white gives you lots of options to experiment with color and pattern without making a huge commitment. For instance, a gray velvet sofa with black and white graphic print pillows looks fresh and classic against white, and a charcoal gray sofa when paired with lime green pillows is a stunning focal point surrounded by crisp white walls.

Wall Colors to Avoid with Gray Furniture

Dark Brown: Gorgeous when it’s gray dress paired with a classic leather handbag, but kind of dull as a room combo. We say skip brown walls with your gray furniture when there are so many other different shades to choose from.

Vivid Purple: As we mentioned above, unless you are currently enrolled in junior high school, gray against purple walls are a pass.

Fuchsia: Ditto for above.

Red: This was a combination that was big in the 80’s and has thankfully run its course. Tuck this away with your shoulder pads and neon leggings and stick with something more modern.

Peach: Ditto for above. Anyone remember the big, billowy floral chintz prints from the 80s in gray and peach? They weren’t so great then, either.

Black: This one bears a little explaining. While we are all for incorporating black and white accents with your gray furniture in the form of patterned throw pillows, rugs, and even some fantastic black furniture, black or dark grey walls are not the best choices unless you are looking to make a very serious statement. Don’t get us wrong – we’ve seen some incredibly chic black lacquer rooms – but they aren’t for the faint of heart and they don’t generally stand the test of time.

Bottom line: Gray furniture is wildly versatile and can play well with a wide range of wall colors. Try out the one that feels most exciting to you and let us know how it turns out!

By: Debra Goldstein, Staff Writer at The Inside

The Best Colors to Complement a Gray Sofa

Sofas come in unlimited colors, but few hues are as universally appealing as gray. A beautiful gray sofa can elevate a wide variety of looks, whether you're a minimalist creating a pared-back living space or you prefer a more eclectic design with lots of textures, colors, and patterns.

"Gray is one of our most popular sofa upholstery colors among designers and homeowners, right after white and beige," says Elise Gabrielson, director of marketing at Crypton Home Fabrics. "This is because the major purchase of a sofa should last through seasonal decorating, a move, or a renovation. gray is a great color to accommodate all kinds of room decor from mid-century modern to traditional, coastal, and more."

However, the fact that gray sofas lend themselves to so many color schemes and styling options can feel a little overwhelming. To make it easier, we're highlighting the best gray sofa color combinations, as well as some other helpful living room ideas, so you can start making your interior dreams a reality.

Meet the experts

To research and create this guide, we spoke to a number of interior design and color experts, including: 

1. Use contrasts when styling a gray sofa

Thanks to their highly versatile hue, gray sofas can look very subtle or become more of a focal point, depending on how you style them. If you want to make a gray sofa the focus of your interior design, consider playing with contrasts. 

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Contrasts are a simple and easy way to highlight various elements in your space. For instance, if your sofa is dark gray, then painting your walls white or a similarly light color will make the darker gray of the sofa really pop. Likewise, if you have a light gray sofa, painting your walls a dark hue, like rich navy, will help showcase your couch. You can also create contrasts with accessories like eye-catching wall art or area rugs.

You can also experiment with contrasts on the sofa itself, pairing it with contrasting throw blankets and accent pillows. This technique will make your gray couch look more layered and dynamic while allowing you to infuse your design with fun patterns or bold pops of color.  ‍

2. Mix and match textures

Your sofa's texture plays a significant role in your overall aesthetic. A luxe velvet sofa, for example, looks and feels a lot different than an organic linen couch. Consider using your sofa's texture as a reference point for the rest of your design. 

"Sometimes, the texture, tone, or style of the gray sofa impacts how you style around it," says Gabrielson. "Rooms should have a variety of textures and scales, as well as colors. So, if your sofa is a soft and shimmery solid gray velvet, style it with elegant brushed metallic finishes and pair it with a rug in a more matte fiber, such as wool, for contrast."

In addition to mixing, you can also match textures to add continuity to your design: "If your sofa is a linen or bouclé fabric, you can complement the natural feeling of the sofa with rich wood furniture, glass or ceramic lighting fixtures, and perhaps a patterned or grasscloth wallpaper," suggests Gabrielson. ‍‍‍

3. Pair it with sage green

Given how much time we spend in front of screens every day, it can feel refreshing to infuse your design with grounding elements from nature. That might be why sage green has been such a popular color in recent seasons, and it happens to pair perfectly with gray sofas. "Cool grays pair best with cooler colors, like sage, cool white," says Megan Torres, spokesperson for BenchMade Modern.

"Sage green is one of my favorite colors to pair with gray sofas," says Andre Kazimierski, CEO of Improovy Painters Chicago. "This deep green adds an elegant twist to the room while also adding a natural vibe. It's perfect for anyone who wants to make their wall art stand out."

Sage green is also quite versatile. It's neutral enough to serve as a relaxing wall paint color. But if you're not keen on the idea of a green room, you can also incorporate the hue through smaller home decor pieces, like vases, throw pillows, and blankets.  ‍

4. Use yellow accents

"50 Shades of Gray" is more than a book or movie title. Gray comes in a wide variety of shades and tones, which can help dictate how you style it. You can think of different shades of gray on a spectrum, with warmer grays on one side and cool grays on the other.  

Warmer grays feature yellow undertones, while cooler grays have bluer undertones. If your gray sofa leans more toward the warmer side, consider pairing it with yellow accents to complement its warm tones. "The current designer favorite combination is gray accented with bright, clear, almost primary yellows," says Elise Gabrielson. 

But if bright yellow isn't your thing, you can also pair a gray couch with softer, marigold yellows or warm colors for a more subtle look. Using cushions in complementary colors works really well for larger sectional sofas. ‍

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5. Add color through plants

From throw blankets and accent pillows to rugs, vases, and wall art, there are all kinds of home decor ideas you can use to maximize your gray sofa. But few interior accents are as versatile and impactful as plants. 

Plants literally and figuratively infuse life into any room they live in. They're also a great way to add color and texture to your design. "The final key styling element to any room is adding green with plants. Plants give life to a space and make it immediately feel more inviting," says Mary Beth Christopher of MBC Interior Design. 

Plants come in so many shapes, sizes, and hues that there's truly one for every style sensibility. If you're creating a minimal look, consider adding one or two interesting plants to your coffee table or shelving, like a great succulent. More of a maximalist? Then feel free to add hanging plans, floor plants, and everything in between—plants are among the few home decor pieces that you really can't have too many of. 

6. Mix beige and cream

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"The key to figuring out what pairs best with a gray sofa is to figure out if you have a warm or cool gray," explains Megan Torres. "Warm gray pairs best with other warm tones for walls, rugs and curtains, such as beige and cream." 

Creams and beiges, mixed with some tasteful accents like the pillows, artwork and rug in the above image can bring a warm feeling to your room. But with a gray, cream and beige as the main canvas for your room, you're free too experiment with accents colors "which even can change seasonally," adds Torres.

7. Embrace industrial interior design styles

Industrial aesthetics incorporate raw materials, like brick and concrete, which look great with many gray sofas' cool, stone-like appearance. Whether you live in a true industrial loft or you simply want to add a few industrial design ideas to your look, a gray sofa is a wonderful foundation from which to start. 

If you haven't purchased the sofa yet, consider any prospective sofa's size and your current space before you do. For example, suppose you live in an industrial loft with an expansive open floor plan and high ceilings. In that case, you'll want to make sure your couch is big enough to provide adequate visual weight—a small couch in a big, loft-like space will look even smaller, potentially throwing off the balance of your design. 

You can also consider a sofa's silhouette. Industrial interior designs are often full of sleek, minimal lines, so a couch with a similar silhouette might be a great fit. Or you can pair clean industrial lines with a soft, rounded couch to add compelling contrast, depending on the look you're going for. ‍

8. Use colorful cushions and wall art

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The beauty of gray sofas is that they allow you to introduce bold, colorful accents into your space without overwhelming your design. The soft neutral color of gray serves as a grounding force for bright colors. 

"Gray can be used in many ways, but a tailored gray sectional with a few colorful pillows can completely transform a dull space into something lovely," said interior designer Cortney McClure. 

And what's lovely about bright colors is that you don't need many of them to make a big impact. You can easily elevate a gray sofa (and the rest of your aesthetic!) with just a few colorful throw pillows or wall art.  "Using accent pillows and a throw on your sofa can also bring color to your gray color
palate," said Karen Billman.

"A darker toned gray (Charcoal) is rich and will play well with jewel tones; think purple, teal, and those beautiful blues in accents around your sofa," added Billman.

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9. Go minimalist with white

White is a classic wall color that never goes out of style. And it just so happens to pair perfectly with gray sofas, especially if you love a pared-back, minimalist aesthetic. 

"For a more neutral look, you can never go wrong with white," advises Kyle Richards, co-founder of Best Overland Park Painters. "Although it seems like minimalism is slowly going away, I argue that white walls are here to stay simply because they work with any style."

That said, white doesn't necessarily have to lead to a subtle, minimalist aesthetic. If you love the look of white walls but want a bolder living room design, you can pair white walls with a dark gray sofa to create visual contrast. You can also pair it with a light gray sofa and add visual interest through colorful throw pillows and blankets.  

10. Add taupe accents 

While pairing a neutral hue with a bold color is a popular way to add visual interest, many people don't realize that pairing two neutral hues can make a strong style statement. 

Layering a warm gray sectional with soft taupe accents will create a sophisticated look that's calming, cozy, and elevated. And because both taupe and gray are neutral hues, you can also add on a few accents in bolder colors. 

Elise Gabrielson recommends pairing amethyst and taupe home decor pieces with a gray sofa to create an elevated aesthetic.

11. Use cooler blues and greens

The calming feel of cool gray sofas is ideal for anyone who wants to create a tranquil environment. And if a peaceful space is what you're after, then you can't go wrong by complementing your gray couch with similarly calming hues. 

Stacy Lewis, an interior designer at Eternity Modern, recommends pairing your gray sofa with accent colors like blues, greens, and teals. These hues have a special knack for creating soothing, tranquil spaces that lend themselves to relaxing after a long day. "

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Kelly Weimert

Kelly Weimert is a writer, editor, and interior design expert with 10 years of experience writing about design and home decor. She's written for interior design publications such as MyDomaine, Apartment Therapy, Domino Magazine, and Hunker. When she's not writing or editing, she's probably busy obsessing over how to beautify her home.

Gray color in the interior and its combination with other colors

Discreet, neutral and versatile, gray goes well with other colors for a modern and stylish design. All shades of gray can be used in the development of any interior, while being used both as a base and as an accent. Gray looks especially advantageous in loft, minimalism, hi-tech, modern styles. It not only sets a special mood for the room, but also emphasizes the beauty of furniture, surface finishes, textiles, and decorative elements.

Psychology of gray

For many, the gray interior seems boring and too simple. But for urban residents, this design of the bedroom, living room and kitchen is most preferable, as it is a real “pills” against stress, helps to cope with daily psychological stress, creates a reliable and stable environment, promotes relaxation, rest and recuperation. In addition, the maximum light gray color in the room helps to tune in to study and work, contributes to the development of intelligence, creativity, and thinking.

What color goes with gray

Neutral gray is perfectly complemented by any colors. But natural shades fit best into the gray interior.

Gray color in the interior of the rooms

Bedroom

It is not recommended to use monochrome gray here, but to dilute it with color accents. The color will be relevant for a bedroom with large windows and smooth single-level ceilings with spotlights that will help fill the room with light at night, than soften the gray surfaces. A laminate or carpet in light colors is selected for the floor, bright bedside rugs, floor vases, decorative pillows, framed photos are used to decorate the space. As for furniture in gray tones, it should be concise with clear geometric lines.

Living room

If the gray tone is taken as the basis, then a coffee table and upholstered furniture should be installed in the living room, and the floor should be covered with a carpet of a contrasting color. You can arrange the interior in monochrome colors with a combination of different tones - silver, asphalt, concrete, mouse, slate, gray-blue, etc., which will look interesting, elegant and original.

Child

The gray interior is equally well suited for a child's room of any age and gender. With this color, you can balance the brightness of toys, colorful furniture, and other items. By choosing the right combinations of gray and adjacent shades, you can delimit a room into functional areas (for sleeping, playing, relaxing, studying) or highlight certain details.

Kitchen

The kitchen interior in gray tones is chosen by connoisseurs of elegant and sophisticated furnishings, luxurious and chic art deco, classic style. The gray scale allows you to transform a small kitchen, reducing the effect of space congestion, facilitating the perception of bulky furniture, but only on condition that the room is well lit.

Gray is perfect both as a monochrome finish and for combination with wooden surfaces, forming an attractive tandem. Can be used as a color for the dining area, backsplash, countertops. For the floor, you can choose porcelain stoneware, laminate, natural stone tiles, for walls - gray plain wallpaper or with a subtle pattern.

Bathroom

The decoration of the room in gray tones is not only beautiful, but also practical, since water splashes and stains from dried drops are not visible on the surfaces.

To increase the effectiveness of gray in the design of the room, it is recommended to support it and complement it with silver figurines, candlesticks, chrome elements. The use of different textures (rough, matte, glossy) will help diversify the gray color, get as close as possible to a professionally executed and stylish interior.

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Which wall color to choose for gray furniture? Some apartment owners believe that gray furniture will bring boredom and despondency to the interior. Professional stylists are convinced that such an opinion is erroneous. With the right choice of wall color, gray furniture will become an excellent decorative and multifunctional element of the created image.

The combination of gray color in the interior of residential premises

Among the secrets that allow gray furniture to look harmonious in the bedroom, living room, masters note the use of bright accents.

Tip! High-quality textiles in a contrasting color, small decorative elements will help to “dilute” the grayness of the furniture.

It is the gray color in the home interior that can be made a certain indicator of prosperity, success, stability of its owner.

A gray shade is created by professional designers by merging intense black and white. It is this shade that professional designers are increasingly choosing in their work. Gray-blue, brown-gray, gray-violet shades guarantee a visual expansion of the space in the living room. This combination does not bring boredom to the interior, on the contrary, it gives the created image a restrained elegance.

Attention! Neutral gray shade is a full partner for other colors.

Gray monochrome design, which is diluted with yellow, creamy, red, blue shades, is appropriate in the interior of living rooms, kitchens. If you think over the combination of shades correctly, you can use such shades even when decorating a sleeping space.

Stylists recommend choosing neutral shades to match the color of gray wall furniture. For example, a combination of beige walls with a gray upholstered furniture set gives an original look.

Experts point out purple tones as the favorite of the gray shade. It is he who allows you to present gray furniture facades in the most favorable light.

If there are gray walls in the room, what color furniture should be purchased? This issue worries many property owners, and therefore deserves detailed consideration.

A great combination of gray furniture and purple walls. Psychologists believe that this combination promotes relaxation, suitable for creative and emotional people.

The combination of gray furniture with raw brick walls has an unusual look.

Violet tint tones up, gives new strength to work and creativity, and gray tint has a calming effect

Advice! Professionals advise choosing different shades of purple, as they all harmoniously complement gray tones.

Softness and tenderness of the interior will give silvery fabrics, metal fittings. If a gray-pink combination is a good solution for bedrooms and children's rooms, then in the office such colors are inappropriate.

Useful tips

Professionals recommend white and beige inserts in the gray-pink combination. Such a combination will give the interior sophistication and harmony, make the interior a source of pride for its owner.

Gray furniture in a modern interior

Designers often choose the color "asphalt", concrete, creating a variety of Scandinavian and urban compositions in the loft style.

Pearl, dark slate color, regardless of the combination, looks advantageous even in a small area.

Gray and white furniture in the home interior plays a deterrent role. For example, upholstered gray furniture in the interior plays a deterrent role. If the walls are decorated in neutral shades, the interior will look restrained and restrained.

Tip! This combination is appropriate for fans of classicism, baroque.

The stability and impartiality of the gray shade has a beneficial effect on performance, which is why stylists select furniture in many offices in the color of “wet asphalt”.

It is perceived as a strict and brutal interior shade, diluted with a hint of ripe cherries or avocados.

Kitchen

Any housewife dreams of creating a unique image in her kitchen, filling the room with an atmosphere of comfort and coziness. To do this, there is no need to follow fashionable interior trends, you just need to have your own taste and listen to your own wishes.

Professionals have some tricks to help them work with grays. Dark tones are able to hide any flaws, they visually reduce the living space.

Light shades have the opposite effect, so they are ideal for small bedrooms and living rooms.

To get a harmonious image, it is important to choose one specific color, and already it will be possible to add its shades to it. The furniture should be a couple of tones lighter or darker than the walls of the living space.

Attention! Professional stylists do not recommend choosing the same color for flooring and ceiling.

Instead of harmony, in such a kitchen it will be uncomfortable and uncomfortable.

Combination of basic colors

Black is considered a universal color, it can be chosen for other tones. The allies of the black background will be red, white, orange, and also a green tint.

Red textile on gray furniture has an exciting and activating effect, it is suitable for fans of modern interior trends.

The yellow background helps to strengthen and tone the nervous system, it is complemented by a blue, lilac, blue tint.

Green walls inspire the owner of the room, bring freshness to the kitchen, they are ideal for a gray kitchen set.

Options for adjusting a living space using wall color

Interior professionals know the secrets of choosing the right shade for walls, thanks to which you can visually adjust the architecture of a living space: lower or raise the ceiling, narrow or expand the size of the room, highlight functional areas.

When choosing the color of the walls, it is important to rationally arrange the furniture in the room first.

In addition to the color of the furniture, it is important to consider the texture of the furniture fronts. For example, for a smooth texture, stylists use light finishing materials. Rough surfaces are complemented by dark colors.

Tip! Polished furniture facades can be distinguished by cold shades, and warm wallpapers are selected for matte furniture.

An interesting solution would be the use of contrasting shades in one living room, for which gray furniture is chosen.

For example, one wall is painted white and the second wall is decorated with black. Upholstered furniture in the color of "asphalt" in this case will be an ideal option for creating a functional office or living room.

Interesting ideas

Stylists offer different options for decorating living spaces, leaving the choice to its owner. White color is considered universal, it creates a feeling of spaciousness. It harmoniously combines with any shades, including gray furniture. Its main advantage is the possibility of using gray furniture in the interior.

With the skillful use of a pink shade, it will give gray sets a new breath, help to model the unusual architecture of a living space. For example, the division of the pink wall into two functional zones has become a fashion trend. This allows you to give the room an elongated shape, making it more spacious and comfortable.

Conclusion

When thinking over a new image for an office, bedroom, children's room, it is important to take into account many different nuances. For example, for a spacious room, professional stylists recommend using light shades, diluting them with minor bright accents.

It is appropriate to dilute the gray furniture of the living room with cream or beige floor coverings, snow-white ceilings.

Orange walls optically bring the remote part of the room closer, it visually adds harmony to the room, makes the interior homey and comfortable.

Despite the fact that apartment owners call gray color unacceptable for decorating bedrooms, the use of gray furniture sets is among the fashion trends. Psychologists believe that it is gray sets in the sleeping space that contribute to relaxation, psychological relief.

Gray color not only gives the interior modernity and originality, but also contributes to creating an aura of calm and peace in the space.

Wet asphalt furniture is ideal for modern living rooms. The white background will be an amazing addition to the overall interior, will bring naturalness and comfort to the image.

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