Colour Me Tolerable

[undyingking]

I have no sense at all for colours that go together (as a few of you have kindly reminded me in the past...), so I'm hoping some of the less taste-challenged among you may be able to help me with a colour choice.

We're been redecorating our library room, a small squarish attic room with a dormer window facing NNW. The walls are Pugin Red, the glosswork and ceiling are white. The curtain material is a red, gold and beige vertical stripe thing. The idea was to achieve a costy womb-like atmosphere -- of course, the walls will mostly be covered with books so they're of all sorts of colours.

My question is, what sort of carpet should I go for? My immediate thought of a supporting colour(s) which will help brighten up the room a bit was gold -- but that sounds a bit nightmarish for a carpet. T suggested oatmeal, which I guess is the universal-recipient of carpet colours, but I'd like something more interesting than that if poss.

Any thoughts?

Comments

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

I'd go for the dark indigo on that colour pallet. Goes beautifully with red and will really enhance the richness of the walls and curtains.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Oo, interesting idea, I hadn't thought about blues at all.

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

The first flat Gary and I had together, the bedroom had dark red walls and a dark blue ceiling. It was absolutely beautiful, very full on, but beautiful.

As an alternative, have you thought about wood flooring at all?

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I did, but I don't think the budget will stretch to real wood (unfortunately the floorboards are in pretty poor shape, so I can't just expose them) and I don't know if laminate would have that cosy feel about it...

[caffeine-fairy.livejournal.com]

Cork is nice and relatively cheap, and gives a sort of wood feel. I agree about laminate, I don't like it much.

It's worth trawling freecycle for wood flooring if it's a fairly small space, people quite often have leftovers...

[atomweaver.livejournal.com]

Is bamboo at all popoular in the UK, for a flooring option? They sell it almost as cheap as laminate in our local Home Despot.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

It's not very common, and isn't in any of the flooring shops in Ipswich, so I hadn't considered it. But a quick web search suggests it's fairly cheap here too, and I've found an online place that'll send through samples, so I might get some to check out -- thanks for the idea!