Living room - purple and red scheme

Hi Charlotte, we spoke via facebook...

Sooo, I uploaded some photos of the way my place is now. I live in a 1920s character home.



The living room, dining room, and kitchen are all divided by some victorian-esque pillars and a main pillar which is the old chimney.



We have red leather couches, which are hard to work around, but very new so I have to incorporate them.

We get sunshine all day long, but Rupert is very gloomy and rainy, so want it to be bright and lively.



The main issue, I guess, is the couch set, and that whatever I do in one room has to reflect in the other because they are all so connected.

What I was thinking about was:
-silver and grey damask wallpaper along the wall where the big couch is.
-the walls would all be a light grey, maybe one shade darker in the dining room???
-the trim is all white and I'd like to keep it that way...

The trunk that is on its end, and serving as a side table/phone stand would be painted (not sure what colour) and the hinges/metal detail would be painted silver.

I wanted to put in some purple detail, like textured throw cushions, or something...


The table in the dining room is not staying, its being replaced by a dark antique one with highback chairs and fabric seats... so, my thought was that the dining room be grey also, but with dark purple crushed velvet seat cushions.

The shelf above the white chair, in the first photo... I was thinking about getting some silver coloured picture frames and instead of putting in photos, i would frame different patterned wallpaper, in grey, red and purple.

The basket of glass balls... those are my husband's treasures and he wants to display them, so i was thinking a long, short glass vase/bowl and putting them in there, on the shelf.

The boat picture that's there now should go, I guess?

The other issue is the loooooong wall where the big couch is. It's absurdly long, and that one spot to the right of it has always been empty because I cant think of something to go there.

Umm... I think thats about it. I would love to get your expertise on my ideas... I kind of want funky, but sophisticated.

Ok so I did these on powerpoint, it is the only program I really know how to use.. it looks like rubbish, but basically this is what it looks like in my head....





Again, than you so so much.
Kristen