The key to keeping your room from feeling like a cave is to choose a high gloss paint for the walls to help reflect light.
What color furniture goes with dark brown walls.
The color brown too often gets a bad rap by those who label it as lackluster or boring.
White walls contrast sharply against dark brown leather and paired with dark wood trim they provide a very traditional look.
Practically any shade of gray works with brown leather including grays with warm brown undertones or those with blue green or purple undertones.
The floor lamp contrasts against the vertical clean cut lines of the shiplap walls.
The overall look achieves an earthy feel with reference to the outdoors.
Go bold with royal blue on the walls and fill the room with rich furnishings of a paler neutral color such as wheat or eggshell.
To pull off the look of dark wood against light walls or light furniture against dark walls keep furniture arrangements orderly and streamlined to offset the impression of crowding.
As shown in the design example above this color idea works better when the brown furniture is also in a darker shade.
As a backdrop it accentuates the warm tones of the green draperies and wooden fixtures in the room.
You can add a bright accent color to your brown living room or you can go for a room that uses all different shades of brown.
The black and white frames provide visual interest while the draperies look soft against the wood.
This dining room has gray walls with cool green undertones.
Really any color when done in high gloss on your walls makes brown furniture feel extra special.
And at the center of it all is the angular yet stunning dining room set.
9 turquoise and red.
It may seem counterintuitive to go brown on brown but this can actually create a sensational and rich continuity.
If you need help planning your dream room check out our 75 brown living room ideas.
To achieve high contrast with medium tone finishes keep the wall color soft and light creating as much difference as possible between the values of the wood.
Warmer than black or charcoal gray deep browns are rich enveloping and dramatic.
Although so it does not mean that darker red shade looks terrible on a lighter shade of brown.
Gray dining room with brown and green colors.
When selecting blues for both the walls and the furnishings choose hues on opposite ends of the spectrum to create contrast.
Blue goes together nicely with chocolate brown making this cheetah print and floral motif fabric in a bedroom by anna spiro design the perfect accessory for bright sky blue walls.
Black grey and a touch of orange.
Instead the focus should be on the rich earthy quality that brown possesses.
Colors used with brown in this room.
Another color that goes nicely with brown furniture is a darker red.