Dark Brown Carpet Decorating Ideas

Whether you're trying to match a brown carpet to a couch, or a couch to a brown carpet, you want to know which colors work best. We've researched and found fantastic color combinations to work with your couch and carpet. Let's take a look at the best colors.

Great colors for couches that will work with your brown carpet include:

White
Tan
Brown
Grey
Orange
Red
Burgundy
Blue
Green

We've gathered examples for you of these color combinations to help you with your own design decisions. In addition to showing you these, we'll explore whether your furniture needs to match, if brown is a good color for the living room, and if your throw pillows need to match your rug. So please keep reading to learn more.

A modern bohemian themed living room with gray couches, blue rug, and wooden furniture's inside a white walled living room, What Color Couch Goes With Brown Carpet?

Eight Great Couch Colors To Match Your Brown Carpet Or Rug

If you have carpet or rugs in shades of brown or beige, you want to think about keeping your couch in a similar warm tone. Some cool colors, like grays or blues, can also work with browns and beiges as they're pretty neutral. So let's look at each of these colors and see exactly how they look in an interior setting.

White Sofas With Brown Carpet

A white living room with white couches, brown rug and a table on the middle

White and brown are a perfect color combination. They work beautifully in today's neutral palettes. They invoke the colors of the beach, wheat fields, and serene spa interiors. Whether you choose a stark white sofa or something that is subtly cream in tone, either will go fantastic with any shade of brown carpet. The only downfall to a light-colored sofa is the tendency to stain. This, of course, can be worse if you have kids and pets, so it's something to keep in mind.

Tan Sofas With Carpets In Shades of Brown

A classic themed living room with brown furniture and a light colored brown carpet

If you love the idea of white and brown but are worried about stains on a white sofa, a tan couch may be your next best choice. Tan sofas can range from the subtlest beige to darker camel-toned leathers like in the photograph above. By choosing a neutral color sofa to go with your neutral carpet, it's then possible to bring in loud pops of color through your artwork and accessories.

This modern leather sofa in a soft camel color would be a perfect match with brown carpet.

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Brown Couches and Brown Rugs

A living room with a brown couch, brown table and a fluffy brown colored rug

Monochromatic looks are beautifully dramatic. Whatever your carpet color, if you choose a couch of the same color you'll be making a statement. In this case, a dark brown leather sofa pairs with a deep pile brown shag rug. A similar-toned coffee table and darker accessories give this living room a modern, masculine appeal.

Grey Sofas Can Work With Brown Carpeting

A modern luxurious house with a contemporary living room, gray couches and a huge window with a panoramic view of the garden

Though grey is often considered a cool tone and brown a warm tone, they are both neutrals. And within that, sometimes the boundaries blur a bit. There are greys that are warmer and browns that are cooler and if you can pair your sofa and rug in such a way, it's a gorgeous neutral combination.

In this room, warm grey sofas are paired with a very light beige rug. Soft greige curtains really tie things together. This post may help if you choose a grey sofa: What Wall Paint Colors Go With Grey Furniture?

Orange Couches Add A Pop Of Color

A yellow couch inside a brown walled living room with a black couch

If you love color and want to really add some pizazz to your brown carpeting, why not consider a sofa in a shade of orange? Both are warm colors and they are a natural combination. In fact, you can make the color brown by mixing orange and blue. So it's clear they are related. In the above room, a cute orange fabric sofa looks spot on with a small brown area rug and matching brown throw pillows.

This cute orange loveseat would look fantastic on a brown carpet and add some bright color to the room.

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Red Couches And Brown Carpets Feel So Cozy

A spacious living room with a brown carpeted flooring and red floral couches inside a living room with huge sliding doors and windows

Red is similar to orange when you think about styling a brown carpet. It can provide real warmth and coziness in the combination. In this casual living room, a red sofa pairs extremely well with beige carpet and walls and slightly darker brown accent furniture.

Burgundy Sofas And Brown Carpet Give Old World Elegance

Burgundy is a combination of red and black or red and brown. In essence, it's a deepened, richer shade of red. When combined with a brown carpet or rug, it exudes old-world elegance. Think of old-fashioned men's clubs with their deep upholstered burgundy leather chairs and brown-toned patterned rugs. If you want a rich, masculine combination, this one may be for you.

Blue Goes With Everything

A small blue couch with throw pillows on the side of a cream painted living room

Blue is such a popular color and goes with so many things. And even though blue is considered a cool tone, it works great with browns. (See our post here: Brown and Blue Kitchen Ideas) In this room, a lovely light blue chaise pairs perfectly with a soft tan rug.

Get a similar look here on Amazon.

Green And Brown Are The Colors Of The Natural World

An olive green colored settee, small leather upholstered stool and a gray rug inside a white walled living room

Green and brown are a color combination found throughout nature. Think of your beautiful house plants or the gorgeous trees in your yard. It's no wonder that a green sofa pairs so beautifully with a rug or carpet in shades of brown. Here an olive green sofa and ottoman are paired with a soft tan throw rug and a perfect house plant completes the look.

A sofa like this gives you the same kind of styling as the one in our image above. This one has the added bonus of converting to a bed for visitors.

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Should Your Furniture Match?

The decision to match furniture is entirely up to you. If you want a uniform room with a specific color palette, you might purchase a suite of pieces for one room. But you could also buy a sofa, then find a couple of patterned chairs to go with it that pick up the colors of your rug or sofa.

Designers tend to like to have one or two pieces that match but then add some sort of bold accent.

A modern bohemian themed living room with gray couches, blue rug, and wooden furniture's inside a white walled living room

For instance, in this living room, the furniture pieces are unique but what they have in common is a similarity in style. Look at the legs of the furniture and how they relate. In addition, the deep navy armchair breaks up the neutrals in the room and gives a place for your eye to land as it travels around the room.

See our link here: Should The Couch And Chairs Match?

Is Brown A Good Color For Living Room?

A brown sleeper couch with gray throw pillows on it, white lamps and a light brown colored rug

Good is a subjective word. What might be good for one person is horrible to another. But in the case of brown living rooms, we think you're okay. The brown living room above sticks to the medium tones and as a result, gives off a pretty calming vibe. If you like this sort of chill interior, then it's good for you.

A dark themed living room with two bright lamps, three gray couches, and a brown rug

This brown-toned living room with its dark bookshelves and dramatic lighting might not work for someone who likes light and bright spaces. But if you're into masculine and dare we say, cozy, spaces, then this one's all good.

A luxurious living room with a white painted wall, huge sliding windows, cone shaped hanging lamps and brown couches with a zigzag patterned rug

In this brown-based living room, the windows are king. Huge light-filled windows provide such glow that the dark leather sofas are a natural fit. The room feels both modern and comfortable.

Do Throw Pillows Have To Match Rug?

A rustic themed living room with wooden paneled ceilings and flooring incorporated with blue couches and brown carpet

Now that you've seen all of these rug and sofa combinations, what about the throw pillows? Do throw pillows need to match your rug? As we're sure you're figuring out, room design is pretty personal. And though matching throw pillows to your rug is a great look (like in the room above), it's not the only look. You can match pillows to your sofa. Or you can match your throw pillows to another chair in your room. Or you can simply buy the throw pillows that you love, like in the room below.

A modern retro themed living room with wooden furniture, white couch and a black and white patterned rug

So Many Options

Now that you've seen all of these color combinations, it's apparent that you don't need to be limited by brown carpet. There are so many great color sofas that will work out perfectly. Have fun designing your space and be sure to check out some of the other posts on our site that may inspire you:

27 Gray And Brown Living Room Ideas

What's the Best Area Rug Color For the Living Room?