Does a Cream Sofa With Chairs Go With Cream Curtains?

Straight Cream

• For centuries, living spaces have been saturated with creamy whites to denote wealth and opulence. Cream-colored walls, furniture, draperies, rugs and accessories combined in one room create a feeling of elegance today. When selecting various tones of white, use those with a yellow undertone to achieve that creamy look. Whites with a blue undertone look too cool against a true cream color. Textural or painted details in fabrics and trims, furniture, lamps and accessories provide additional interest where desired.

Coffee With Cream

• Warm brown tones contrast well against cream to produce more drama in your room. Walls, flooring and rugs in colors of coffee, cocoa, taupe or beige will make your cream furniture and curtains pop, which can be a desirable result in traditional as well as contemporary spaces. Brown tones in tables, lamps, doors and trim have the same effect. Use a little or a lot of one or several warm brown tones to suit your taste. Remember throw pillows and wall art to spread the contrast around the room.

Fruit and Cream

• The colors of strawberry, blueberry and orange seem to naturally blend with cream in any setting. For more style flavor, try mango, kiwi or grape. Mix up the fruit colors in your rug pattern, throw pillows, lamps, art and accessories. Consider embellishing the hems of your curtains, chairs or sofa with a fruit-colored trim. If you dare, take a bold step and choose one of those colors for the walls. Your cream upholstery and window treatments will shine even brighter because of it.

Cream Frosting

• Combining cream curtains with a cream sofa and chairs is still a good choice even when your room is loaded with many colors. Cream gives the eye a place to rest in a very colorful room and allows people to appreciate the colors that surround it. Depending on the style of the room, your cream window treatments may be simple fabric shades, light and breezy panels or richly detailed formal draperies. Let them work to enhance the other flavors of your room just as a good cream frosting does for the flavor of any cake.