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We are moving into a house that has a red brick fireplace in the family room area. We had to sell our major furnishings when we moved here, so I will be purchasing a couch, curtains, etc.... I am not sure what color schemes whould go with red brick. All the photos I have seen so far are using monochromatic browns. I do love the earth tones, but I want more color than just browns. Right now the walls are white (but I don't mind painting) and the carpet is a very light grey (almost white). Any ideas of what color scheme might look nice?
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I love black furniture. And a cream or brown couch would look nice. Even go with red.
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I love black furniture too. One of the great things about it is that any color goes with it wonderfully. Here is my living room with black and brick red/crimson accent color.It would work great with brown too. Are you thinking about painting the brick fireplace? If you truly have difficulty making it work, painting it is allowed!
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My fireplace was red brick and I painted it white....
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I would paint the fireplace... -
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Is the fireplace a eye sore? If not I'd leave it red brick...
I have a red brick one in my living-room, and I've never really though about matching decor with it....I have hardwood floors, burgundy oriental rug, sage green and burgandy in my couch & love seat.. a taupe side chair..and wood tables...with decorator rods with sage green scarves and wooden blinds...I need to post a picture...the description sounds a bit busy.
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I would also consider painting the fireplace. My old house had a red brink fireplace and no matter what I did to the room it always looked drab. If I knew then that I could paint it I would've. You don't even need to paint it white, you can do gray or any other color you like.
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We drywalled and tiled our red fireplace :) -
We have a whole wall of red brick. It has black mortar. We have had many color changes thru the years, but started with grey, then had white and stencils in blue, then a gold and tan w green, now it is tan and we have a dark red with it. I guess you have to go with what you like. We have lived here for over 40 yrs. and I love my fireplace.