Our family room is an enormous 2-story room, with giant towering windows, and an open floor plan that connects directly to our kitchen. It’s also entirely brown. Well, everything in the room is dark brown – brown leather couches, brown coffee table, brown pillows, brown ottoman. I am so ready for a different color.
Now, I don’t plan on buying any new furniture, just re-purposing our old stuff and throwing on some new colors and accessories, to save some $$. I am thinking I’ll use a lot of white and ivory to hopefully brighten up the room and make it look cleaner and more elegant.
Time to look for some inspirational pictures!
![Lovely crisp light green, white and dark brown living room color scheme](https://i0.wp.com/images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2006/06/p_100033708.jpg)
Lovely crisp light green, white and dark brown living room color scheme
I found this beautiful, crisp and clean living room design on BHG.com. I love it and I want it! I never would have thought about using this type of subtle yellow-green color on the walls – but it really makes the white fireplace, bookshelves and accessories pop! I will definitely be keeping this in mind as I design my family room. Reminds of me of english spring, fresh and green, with a sophisticated touch of dark ebony wood.
![Vintage bottles, Pottery Barn](https://i0.wp.com/www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/rk/images/dp/wcm/201025/0247/img29.jpg)
Vintage bottles, Pottery Barn
I’m in love with these huge, old green-blue-clear vintage bottles, that I found at potterybarn.com. I don’t know if I will use these in my family room since there’s a high probability that it will get knocked over or broken (we play a lot of boardgames/wii games). But, I WILL find somewhere for them (maybe as the centerpiece on my round glass kitchen table or on my huge black granite island).
Here are some more inspirational ideas:
![Neutral and comfy living room](https://i0.wp.com/images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2007/06/ss_100631698.jpg)
Neutral and comfy living room
![Fresh modern cottage](https://i0.wp.com/images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2008/07/ss_100170679.jpg)
Fresh modern cottage
![Dramatic gold and black family room](https://i0.wp.com/images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2008/06/ss_100130398.jpg)
Dramatic gold and black family room