Buying a new, colorful futon cover is an excellent way to spruce up a dull room and add a splash of color.

Some people try to buy a futon to match the room in which they think they are going to place it. That is fine, but these colors can be very limited. You may end up with white, beige or black if you do that, as you think those are neutral colors and won’t hurt your current decor. Those colors can be neutral, but at times they can destroy an otherwise great room. If you want to easily spruce up the appearance of your room buy a futon cover in a color that adds to your space rather than takes away from it.

You can always start fresh and use the color of your new futon cover as the starting point to choosing colors for your room. You might want to start with a color wheel and choose one color that you love. To choose the other colors in the room, you can either go with the color opposite on the wheel, which would be a contrasting color, or the colors next to your chosen color, and those would be complimentary colors. You can also find a color on a paint strip and use all colors that come with it on the same strip. That often works well and is a fool proof way to choose something awesome.

If you do not want to start from scratch, but rather wish to add a splash of color to a room that seems too plain or boring, you can find a color in the room and go with that color. You can do this by looking at your art work. If you have anything you love, choose a color from within that art to choose your color. You can also use the above mentioned color wheel to choose the complimentary or contrasting colors for the colors that already exist in other furniture, the rug, or even your favorite drapes.

One of my favorite things about a futon is its versatility in both its function and design. I have a selection of futon covers, different in both colors and textures. This gives me the ability to change the look of my living room quickly whenever the desire is there. For example, last weekend I bought a new painting for my living room – a beautiful field scene with red poppies. Well, off came the old futon cover and on went my microfiber red futon cover that makes the color of the poppies in the painting jump right off the canvas. It looks stunning and has given my room a renewed look and feel, just in time for summer.