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A black leather couch is a bold, perpetually stylish décor choice, but the immediately eye-catching nature of a black centerpiece also presents an interior design challenge. Of course, there's no one correct way to decorate around a black leather sofa, since this versatile piece of furniture accommodates styles from modern to retro, formal to casual. Instead, look to a variety of methods to help you establish just the vibe you want. Colors As a rule of thumb, choose two to three base colors to accent your couch and unify the space. Bright, bold colors such as red or orange really pop against a black leather couch. Alternatively, you can take a subdued, modern route and go monochrome by choosing varying shades of gray. To soften the bold effect of a black couch, choose pale, light accent colors, such as blue-gray, mauve or seafoam green. If you want even more boldness, add striking contrast to the room with white walls and black accents -- for instance, a black wall with a wide window opens up the vista even further.

Accessories Supplement your black leather sofa with throw pillows, ideally in two colors to match your chosen scheme. For additional unity, use matching pillows on other furniture, such as chairs or divans. While individual, solid-colored pillows should reflect the color of the walls or offsetting colors, throw rugs should contain all the colors of your room's color scheme. Surrounding Furniture If you're concerned about a black leather couch giving the room a hard-edged feel, soften it up by accenting it with wood-finished end and coffee tables. Select furniture that complements your couch; if your couch is modern with clean lines, choose furniture with equally simple lines, or accent a curvy couch with rounded furniture. Balance the couch with a piece of complementary furniture across the space, such as a leather chair or ottoman. Other Light wood floors offset black leather by lending the space an airy, open feeling. Metals make an excellent complement to black leather -- if your room features metal, choose matte-finished metals rather than shiny metal to encourage a warm tone, but always match the metal.

Break up a solid black couch and give the space a little spice with textures and patterns of your choice. : How to Decorate a Room with Black Leather FurnitureApartment Therapy: How To Decorate Around a Dark Leather SofaHouzz: Hide Design - Using Leather in Your HomeL.A. Furniture Blog: Decorating Your Living Room with Black Leather FurnitureHouseBeautiful: 8 Black Rooms That Aren't Scary Photo Credits Goodshoot/Goodshoot/Getty Images Suggest a CorrectionHey everyone, it’s the start of a new week! Let’s kick it off with a recent reader submission, an email from Kristin who posed a design dilemma many people (*ahem* ladies) face when decorating their living or family rooms, and today’s focus is on that piece that so many dudes love, the leather sofa or sectional. I received this recent email from Kristin:I have been following your blog for years and I share a lot of the same styles but have a dilemma. My husband and I have a decent size house but one living room with a leather furniture set.

I love the airy and clean looks of your decorating style, but the leather furniture purchased by my husband is big, dark, and manly.  We don’t have many windows and the walls are a light beige (Latte by SW) and I decorate with a lot of whites, blacks and beiges but I just feel STUCK! Any suggestions for making the room feel more light and feminine?”This is a common dilemma, since many people own leather sofas and sectionals, and pieces upholstered in a traditional dark hide can feel visually heavy in a space. But I think it’s less about making a room feel more feminine and more about creating a room that is balanced with clever layering and accessorizing since (done right) leather sofas can be both attractive and comfortable. Here are five ideas I came up with to decorate around leather sofas. A traditional leather sofa is dark by nature so the easiest way to balance that out is to accent and/or surround it with plenty of light for desirable contrast. A paler hue on the walls, soft cream or white accent pillows, and/or a light or white coffee table will accomplish just that!

West Elm via Apartment Therapy Another way to minimize the visual weight of a set of leather furniture is to break it up. Keep the sofa and find a place for the other pieces. Supplement with upholstered chairs for a chic and collected look instead of a matchy matchy one.A leather sofa sitting all by its lonesome will dominate a space if you let it. Take the focus away from leather furniture by layering a room with other furnishings in different finishes from bookcases to console tables to ottomans and end tables. This first image is of two leather chairs and not a sofa, but a great illustration of the technique. Notice how the blue cabinets behind and the striped fabric on the ottoman in front balance the supple leather furniture set in between. Bring in dynamic artwork and living trees. Soften with pale fabrics to add contrast and metallic accents for interesting texture. This image is another example of how to decorate around a dark sofa, even if it’s not leather.

The gallery style art, the pale gray walls, and the airy furniture accents combine to balance the visual weight of a dark sofa anchored in the center of the space. Pottery Barn does an exceptional job of styling leather sofas in a room scene – take a cue from the way retail stylists layer with pillows and throw blankets and then surround it with different furniture and artwork with varying colors and textures. There are several ways to detract from a big leather sofa, but there is another reason to love it and that is if it brings comfort to your home. Sure there are tricks to minimizing a leather sofa’s bulk and weight, but at the end of the day if the family loves it, then go with it. Those throw pillows and blankets help but most importantly if your family or loved ones feel nestled and comforted on its cushions, then embrace the purpose it serves. Don’t forget, leather is family friendly and easy to clean! For those of you who live with leather sofas or chairs, how do you accessorize or decorate around it?