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A gray and yellow living room is a practical option, suitable for everyone, especially for families with small children. This combination became very popular in the middle of the last century.
This combination allows you to decorate a room in any style, thanks to the predominance of gray. Designers all over the world use these colors to create unusual and original spaces.
Yellow complements its companion with warmth and light. Together they create a unique tandem, reminiscent of a rainy day with rays of sun breaking through.
What you should pay attention to
Before you start planning, you need to realistically assess the possibilities, placement of the room and the area of the living room.
If the room is small, then gray should dominate, and yellow should dilute it. To do this, it is enough to paint or paste over one wall and use yellow decorative elements. If the area is quite large, you can experiment and use several shades of each color.
On the sunny side there should be less yellow, with refreshing notes of green, and on the northern side there should be more, to compensate for the lack of warmth and light, yellow-orange shades are perfect. If gray is used calmly, then yellow should be the same.
Luxurious drapery
One of the most excellent decoration elements in a bedroom are curtains. They enhance aesthetics, soften the visual effect and add luxury. Gorgeous gray-yellow curtains will be a great way to highlight this combination, and will also add coziness to the room.
Black and white photographs correspond to the general style
Magic palette
Silk curtains and a velvet headboard will add chic
Consider choosing curtains with geometric prints that reflect mid-century style.
Additional colors
Yellow-gray can be combined with:
- White. It is a universal color, creates contrast and lightens the space.
- Black. Makes the living room more dynamic, deep and noble.
- Brown. It complements a calm image and brings it closer to nature due to its naturalness.
- Blue. Used mainly on the south side to cool the room.
- Green. Just like blue, it gives the living room a natural look, close to nature. Fills the space with harmony and energy.
- Violet. The living room becomes glamorous and bohemian, attracting the eye and exciting the psyche. Suitable for creative people.
- Red. It is used in individual details, to concentrate attention on them, just a few items are enough.
Selection of curtains and furniture for gray wallpaper
It is not difficult to choose the color of curtains for gray wallpaper, since gray goes with many colors and any fabric. Which curtains are suitable for gray wallpaper depends on the task at hand:
- If you need to create lightness in combination with light and delicate shades, then tulles and curtains made of organza or other similar material in beige, lilac, white, milky colors are suitable.
- If you need to highlight a window, then drapes and curtains in bright, rich colors from any material are suitable.
- If the walls are dark, then the curtains should be made of thick fabric.
- Curtains in deep colors are only suitable for spacious rooms with 3 or more windows and a good lighting system.
Black curtains of any shape (thread, roller, Roman and classic) are suitable for gray wallpaper.
It is recommended to choose furniture for gray walls either to match the tone of the finish, or light or white (dark brown color is appropriate for formal rooms and large rooms). When choosing the color of furniture, it is better to give preference to light wood species.
Upholstered furniture is chosen according to the same principle, but the upholstery can be either bright or delicate in color, which depends on the overall style of the room.
Introduction of gray-yellow flowers
Once a decision has been made about additional colors or their absence, you can begin to distribute the main ones.
The most common and safest option is to decorate the walls in light gray. One wall can be done in yellow tones, usually behind the sofa. It is not recommended to do the opposite; you can make a mistake and the room will become vulgar.
On the floor it is better to use brown, to match the color of wood.
The ceiling can be decorated in white. It will refresh the room and fill it with light. Furniture can be selected several shades darker than the walls or made of the opposite color.
But many scientists agree that this will be quite difficult for a person to perceive. There is a possibility of sudden mood swings, so you should be extremely careful with this option.
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Gray shades as an ideal background for interchangeable accents
Speaking about the incredibly successful combination of gray and yellow, it should be noted that there are several variations of combining these colors. One of them, which designers most often use, is to create a dark background, against which cheerful accents in the form of individual vases, lamps, sofa cushions, etc. look especially attractive.
This combination not only looks the best (though there are some amazing room designs that feature a variety of sunny hues), but it also makes it easy to change your home decor to suit fashion trends.
At the same time, choosing deep shades of gray, used mainly to create a warmer and denser space, they can be combined with pastel and expressive tones of yellow.
But in the case when the main background is delicately light, it is recommended to pay attention to a bright palette. Otherwise (not necessarily, but maybe) the room will look pale, expressionless and monotonous.
The combination of yellow and black in the bedroom interior
Yellow color in combination with shades of black is rarely used for bedrooms, although the combination is considered one of the most successful. But if you add any neutral shades of other colors to the duet, trying to keep black to a minimum, you can get a unique, extraordinary design with a light yellow base.
Reviews
The perception of yellow color greatly depends on the person himself, so it is better to read the reviews of those who have already installed a solar kitchen and have experience working with it.
Olga, 27 years old: I was afraid that I would get tired of my olive-yellow kitchen. But after five years, I realized that any interior is boring, and this is not a feature of any particular color. Now I would make a yellow-white or yellow-beige kitchen, which could be “updated” with different accessories - either blue or red. But overall I'm satisfied.
Marina, 34 years old: I’ve had a yellow kitchen against white walls for three years now, I really like it, I’m not tired of it at all. I wouldn’t trade my favorite kitchen for anything, because I don’t want anything else.
Valentina, 25 years old: I inherited a bright yellow kitchen from the previous owners. We've been living here for almost four years. I can say for sure: when I do the renovation, I will make a completely different kitchen, much calmer. So far my choice has settled on “white top with blue bottom”; I’m tired of this brightness. I want something more universal.
Sveta, 40 years old: We are also tired of the yellow kitchen, or rather ours was yellow and pink - what a bold combination. They changed it after 10 years because it started creating a lot of negativity. I would have changed it earlier, but finances did not allow it.
Also, the “Housing Question” program made a very interesting yellow kitchen. Review of the new renovation starts at 26 minutes.
Yellow kitchens in the interior photo selection
Use in kitchen decoration
Thanks to the competent selection of finishing materials, the kitchen space acquires the originally intended format.
- Floor. For bright furniture, a dark floor lined with wood, stone, marble or chocolate laminate is perfect. A practical solution for the kitchen is linoleum, porcelain tiles in light colors or parquet with a natural yellow tint. Warm facades combine favorably with gray or bleached wood flooring.
- Walls. Yellow or lemon tiles are often used to decorate the workspace, and light wallpaper is chosen for the dining area. Yellow walls fill the kitchen with positive emotions and warmth, but to prevent the decor from looking overloaded, it is better to use a sunny palette to decorate one accent plane.
- Ceiling. Classic white or beige ceiling cladding will help increase the height of the room. The easiest way is painting and whitewashing. To create the most cozy and environmentally friendly design, they choose natural wood with an indescribably beautiful texture.
- Apron. You can liven up any kitchen space with a bright, sunny apron. An excellent solution would be ceramic tiles with a pattern, mosaic or skinned with photo printing in the form of daisies, seascapes, flower fields or simple black and white drawings. In a kitchen in a rustic country or Provence style, the apron area can be made of wood, and for a modern style, a glossy black design is suitable.
- Tabletop. A countertop with a contrasting color will be especially beneficial to highlight the cooking area. A practical solution would be a lighter base, as stains and other contaminants are less visible on it.
The photo shows a Scandinavian-style corner kitchen with a wooden parquet floor.
In the design of a yellow kitchen, the organization of proper lighting is of no small importance. Regardless of the size of the room, several lighting fixtures are installed. For example, the work area is equipped with spotlights, and a large ceiling chandelier or pendant lamps are placed above the dining group.
The photo shows an apron area decorated with tiles with yellow patterns.
