This recent living room project created an interesting design challenge. How to make an existing purple sofa and green marble fireplace feel modern and updated? I decided to introduce grey into the room. The walls were painted a soft grey, the existing swivel chairs were re upholstered in a grey and white velvet. Existing cabinets that surround the fireplace were refinished in a grey paint with a glaze overlay. The wall-to- wall carpet was removed and replaced with a grey are