Dark Contrast Wall Sitting Room Refresh
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Our sitting rooms has always been one of my favorite places in our home. It is the first room you see when you walk in and naturally I want it to make a big statement as the first room you see. When we first moved in to our home, we added the shiplap wall and painted everything white! I loved the neutral wall and over the past four years it has seen some amazing different looks.
Here are some photos from our sitting room over the past four years! I cant believe we have been in this house that long! (It is actually the longest time we have ever stayed in one home!
I change up this room pretty much every season! Which is your favorite?
Can you tell that I love to change up this space?? It is one of my favorite rooms to redecorate for each season. But wait, let me show you what it looked like when we moved in!! This is the listing photo and when I saw this home I knew it had so much potential! But it took lots of hard work and a few tears!
However, after I took down my christmas decor this year I felt like this room was missing something. I was bored of the white and wanted to try something new. I have been seeing all these dark moody contrast walls popping up on Instagram and Pinterest and got the inspo and the courage to paint the shiplap wall dark! If I didn’t like it, I knew I could always paint it back! This is the reason why I love paint so much! You can easily change a space and if you don’t like it, you can change it back!
I decided on the paint color Iron Ore by Sherwin Williams and love it! It is a dark grey, almost black that has just a tiny bid of navy undertone that is so pretty! Oh, and I also thought it was the greatest idea to have my littles assist on helping. Let’s just say next time, i’ll need a bigger tarp and a full on paint suit.
Here is the wall painted with Iron Ore by Sherwin Williams before I moved back in all the furniture. I also left off any filter so you can see the paint color as it is. Keep in mind this was a really dark cloud day as well!
Then it was time to move everything back in! I love how all the furniture and the decor now pop in the room!
It all looks so cozy! What do you think? Do you think I made a good decision with the wall color?
I feel like the new paint color makes this room so much more cozy! This year I am trying to be more practical and simple about my decor decisions. Sometimes, less is really more!
I added some shopping links below for your convenience!
xoxo,
Leanna
I am honestly mesmerized by this! I have been looking through so many photos on the internet with the Iron ore wall and I keep coming back here. Best combination so far with the Iron ore, gray and tan color! I do have 2 questions:
1. My floors are a mixed light,dark gray and brown hues depending on the light. And the furniture I want to buy in the guestroom with the Iron ore wall is exactly the color of you’re floors ! Do you think it will look good?
2. Husband don’t want to get rid of our pine bed( has a more modern look straigh lines), so I was thinking to pain it Iron ore, and add tan color in the decorations like bed sheets, basket etc! Any opinions?
Your post is such and inspiration that I am making 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms inspired by this color pallete.
How comfortable are the dark chairs from wayfair?
Hi- What size is the rug in the sitting room- Beautiful coordination of colors and textures!
its an 8×10
I fell in love with your sitting room and I’m trying to recreate it. What size rug did you use? Our rooms look similar in size and I want to make sure I get something that is big enough. Just love everything about the updates in your home. Thank you for the inspiration!
Hello! Can you please link that rug (the gray and cream one, not the jute)? Or share the name of it? Having trouble identifying it on Boutique Rugs. Thank you! 🙂
Are the chairs actually comfy I’ve been waiting to pull the trigger and purchase. I want comfy for chatting and book reading. 🙂
I was just wondering what color and type of flooring you have and where you purchased it from? Do you have any likes or dislikes about it? It looks similar to something I am looking for!
Thanks,
Bethany
its tile that looks like wood from home depot. I have it linked in this blog post:
https://lifebyleanna.com/update-your-builder-grade-home/
Love!!! Do you have a link for the chandelier? I was looking for something similar on Wayfair and couldn’t find anything. Thanks!
Love this room! Can you tell me where the fern pictures are from?? The link goes to different pictures
Hello! This room is stunning. Can you tell us what specific color name/ fabric type each chair is? The link takes me to two different wayfair chairs and there are a variety of fabric types and grey shades. I can’t tell which is which. Are these the actual chairs you used or did you use the pottery barn chair that looks similar? If so, which fabric did you use? Thank you so much!! We love it so much we want to replicate it exactly 🙂
These are the actual chairs. Since I bought the chairs 3 years ago they changed the name but this is the same fabric , in the color Gray
https://rstyle.me/+dWKO2mODOpRRQZxzZO46rQ
Where did you get the floor pillows with the stipe and leather handle?
i love this room, i have followed most of your links but cant find the cream ottoman on the page. could you please help me find the ottoman and the square throw pillows on the floor.
thanks
at the bottom of the post I have all the links!
https://rstyle.me/+6qt3A1rAFfaun0trXOlFfA
I love the Iron Ore color! It is perfect! I’ve used Iron Ore often in fixer uppers on interior doors and handrails, etc and always get tons of compliments!
Can you tell me where you got that fabulous rug in the room the is attached to the front room??
Lovely! https://lifebyleanna.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/IMG_4587-768×1024.jpg
Thank you! the Rug is from Boutique Rugs!
Please share the paint color on the other sitting room walls. I recently painted an accent wall Urbane Bronze, but I am struggling to find a paint I like for the other walls. Thanks!
the white paint color is Alabaster by Sherwin Williams
Hi can you please link the curtains?
the curtains are from ikea!
And just like that…a can of paint changed everything, beautiful!
So pretty!!