What colours go with a brown leather sofa?

Looking for ideas about how to style a new brown leather sofa? Or how to freshen up the sofa you got a while ago to keep it looking great? Here’s lots of inspiration and tips about everything from colours to cushions, patterned rugs to coffee tables, to help you enjoy your sofa for years to come.

A LANDSKRONA sofa, with a blue KLIPPOXEL throw and extra cushions on it, and a BURVIK side table stand on a BUDDINGE rug.

An energy boost with contrasting colours

Here’s a dare to do something different approach to colour. It’s about playing with contrasts – like the blue of the cushion and throw and the brown of the LANDSKRONA sofa. This adds a lot of life and energy. The blue also helps the other cushion and the rug with all their various colours to find harmony with the sofa.

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A BURVIK side table stands in front of a LANDSKRONA sofa which has a blue KLIPPOXEL throw and extra cushions on it.

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A mix with a modern vibe

There’s a lot of personality here and the vibe is modern style, with the colours of the rug, throw and cushions and the geometric patterns. The simple, airy design and light-coloured wood of the table and easy chairs strengthen this look. Rugs help to pull a seating area together and to mark it off in the room.

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A LANDSKRONA sofa, with a KLIPPOXEL throw, a HANNELISE cushion and a cushion with a blue SANELA cover, stands on a rug.

Two FRÖSET easy chairs and a BURVIK side table stand on a multicoloured BUDDINGE rug near a LANDSKRONA 3-seat sofa.

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An elegant classic look

Here’s a different look with this VISKAFORS two-seat sofa and its soft, rounded shape, classic design and generous armrests. It’s combined here with traditional-style furniture. The colours around it are mostly dark and green-grey tones, with bright splashes like the flowers or the brass colour on the lamp stand. Overall effect? A casual, timeless elegance.

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A KRAGSTA coffee table and a PERSBOL armchair stand in front of a leather VISKAFORS 2-seat sofa and a FLYGHÖJD floor lamp.

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What armchairs go with a brown leather sofa?

If the sofa is part of a seating series, you can get armchairs with the exact same look. There are lots of other options, too, like this spindle armchair. Armchairs and the other furniture around your sofa, like the coffee table and the cabinet here, are a great way to strengthen your chosen style.

A PERSBOL armchair and a black KRAGSTA coffee table stand in front of a grey-brown LANESUND glass-door cabinet.

A black KRAGSTA coffee table stands under a KALLFRONT/HEMMA pendant lamp in front of a brown leather VISKAFORS 2-seat sofa.

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Visual and tactile treats

It’s not just colours and patterns that create the impression, it’s materials and textures, too. Here it’s a real tactile feast with the leather of this STOCKHOLM three-seat sofa, the wool rug with its alternating high and low pile stripes, the soft wool/cotton mix of the throw, and two cushions, one with a corduroy cover and one with a cover with thick, black cotton threads woven on top of a cotton base.

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A LAPPTÅG throw, cushions and some flowers lie on one end of a brown leather STOCKHOLM three-seat sofa.

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Even small details help create the look

Coffee and side tables and bookcases work as handy storage and help you create the overall look around your sofa. Smaller items can strengthen your chosen style, too. Here, the vase with flowers and the bamboo boxes enhance the calm, connected to nature feeling of this area.

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