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Hello Emily Your living room sounds lovely. I can understand your frustrations at having such a stand-out couch in your room, where your special art-work should be having pride of place. Do you have any artwork with similar blue tones in? And could you pick out a color scheme using colors from this piece? With a pale or neutral room it is only natural for strongly colored pieces to stand out. I'm assuming you want to keep your neutral decor on the walls? In this case look at how accents and accessories can help alter perceptions of the color... You can particularly concentrate your efforts around the couch, where cushions and throws can help physically disguise the color, as well as create a 'foil' to the blue - but do try to carry your chosen color scheme around the rest of the room. There are a few color suggestions you could try out: -Deeper and richer blues and teals may make your cornflower blue appear paler by comparison - although, as you have perhaps already discovered, further use of blues will only emphasis the 'blueness' in the room -Oranges (including peach, apricot, coral shades) and yellows will provide a vibrant contrast -Red is a very strong color so will draw the attention in any room where it is used as an accent -Lilacs (blue-lilacs) and purples (with blue-y tones) will draw out the purple tones in the cornflower, rather than the 'blue' ones -Deeper neutrals (rich browns, for example) will make the blue appear paler in comparison, and lessen the contrast in the room I hope some of these ideas can work for you, and help you to love your loveseat again. Good luck. Charlotte :)

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