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Grey and Brown Living Room Ideas

People have many strong feelings about pairing brown and grey together. Some believe that these colors should never exist in the same space, but in actuality, the two can work very well together. If you're looking to strike a balance between calm and cozy, then this color scheme is perfect for you. Not quite sure? Check out these grey and brown living room ideas and guidelines of how and why these colors can work well together.

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Grand Traditions

Traditional Persian and Oriental area rugs can add class to any style living room. Whether your room leans into modern aesthetics like this one, is more coastal, or even highly elegant, these traditional area rugs can elevate your room's tone.

Cool Combinations

Worried about mixing grey and brown on your own? There are plenty of accents that already have the two colors paired with each other! Grey and brown area rugs like the one shown here can balance the shades and guide you through establishing the rest of the room's color scheme.

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Simple Solutions

Although large rooms can easily accommodate bold patterns, you can also use a simple modern grey and brown area rug to accentuate minimalist styles. Rugs like the one shown here can also make your room feel less cluttered and more relaxing with its overall simplicity and focused color palette.

Subtle Notes

When you picture grey and brown living rooms, you may picture very defined variations of each color. This room serves as a prime example of how grey can be used as an undertone in the white accents as opposed to a bolder version of itself. Softening the scheme by using either brown or grey as an undertone can help you create the ideal balance for your home.

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A Dramatic Focal Point

Fireplaces serve as natural focal points in living rooms, dens, and any other room they're in. By going with a bold black fireplace like this, you can establish black as a main color even if it only appears in that one local and perhaps a few other small accents throughout the room.

Wonderful Warmth

Grey often comes across as cold, which is why many people balance those cold tones with warm brown or beige accents. A leather sofa in particular is ideal for complementing a grey area rug and creating naturally contrasting tones.

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Defining The Space

A part of creating a cohesive living room is having it all tie together through similar style, theming, and color. Along with that, a well placed area rug can rest beneath all the room's furniture and physically tie the space together.

Beautiful Black

Is grey not quite setting the proper tone? Experiment with black instead! Black and brown is another popular color scheme that balances warmth and coolness to create more dramatic contrast and bold style statements.

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Rich Tones

Instead of using light greys and browns, consider darker variations like slate grey and natural leather. The dark shades will create more drama, especially if they are used sparingly and intentionally in an otherwise bright space.

Creative Liberty

In traditional brown and grey living rooms, the shades of each color tend to match one another almost exactly across different pieces of furniture and decor. However, more modern spaces intentionally use different shades of brown and grey throughout the entire room to create a more diverse (but still unified) color palette. Even if you are decorating a more traditional space, you can take inspiration from this room and how the variation helps create a dynamic design.

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Creating Coziness

Tile and concrete floors are beautiful, but they can be a challenge to work with since they can feel cold in both tone and practicality. That's where a well placed area rug can come into play. The rug can complement the colors of your floor while adding real comfort and coziness to your living room.

Gold and Grey

Black and gold is a stunning color scheme, but perhaps the contrast is too great for your living room. In that case, consider a lighter shade of black like charcoal or slate to complement the gold. As you can see with this living room, dark shades of grey also pair wonderfully with gold.

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Rustic Beauty

Animal hide rugs automatically stand apart from other rugs thanks to their unique shapes, patterns, and luxurious textures. Combine an animal hide rug with rich brown accents like a leather sofa to create a cohesive style and a cozy rustic living room.

Even More Warmth

While warm leather sofas and furniture can make your grey/brown living room feel more inviting, there is another thing that can do the same: natural lighting. Natural lighting from windows and doorways can dramatically change the tone of the entire room. If you don't have many windows in the room, consider a lighting plan that involves ceiling lights, side lamps, and other fixtures to compensate.

Textural Details

Color is important, but so is texture. If you have a very focused color palette, you can create more visual interest by using those colors in various materials, textures, and finishes throughout the room. This modern living room displays that perfectly with the made fabrics in the sofa, chair, pillows, rug, and other decor.


Grey and brown living rooms convey a wide range of styles and tones. Modern, traditional, vintage, farmhouse, and other popular interior design styles can all benefit from this color scheme. Now that you've seen our best grey and brown living room ideas, you can experiment with these colors to create your ideal balance and highlight your personal aesthetic.

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