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My wife and I moved into a new house when we moved to Honolulu, and basically the downstairs is a long rectangle that will contain the dining room table set (light oak color), a chocolate couch (newly purchased), a buffet (medium oak), and a desk (dark cherry/medium oak), and a TV stand (dark cherry).
In our previous house we had these things in three separate rooms. The dining room table and buffet are not bad together as they are both medium/light and were in the same room. The living room was mostly dark. The desk was by itself and dark.
Wondering if we should be shopping for new furniture or just not really care if it matches and consider the "rectangle" as three separate rooms...
Define the rectangle's "rooms" with carpets or furniture placement. Arrange things together to function well, and look to see how they harmonize. Also, are there pieces which don't function well?
Then edit. Get rid of things that don't work well with others, or that don't function well for their purposes. Your eye will tell you if a piece doesn't work well with the others.
In general, a room full of dark furniture should be able to accommodate one or two pieces of light wood, and vice versa. But once you see things together , you know whether or not they work together.
Congrats on moving to Honolulu, my favorite city! There are ways to make the furniture work. But what are the styles of the furniture? Are they all the same, like all contemporary? It would help to include a photo when you get time.
I have found that you can have a room with many tones of wood and it looks really beautiful and you can have a room with only one wood tone which also looks nice but you can't have a room with all one tone and only one different piece tossed in as it looks mismatched. Having a mix is pleasing to the eye if it's spread throughout the room and all of one color isn't on one side of the room and all of another color on the other side. You can internet search "How to Mix Wood Finishes in Any Room" and find additional information and pictures for help. I have several rooms in my house with multiple wood finishes and love it.
I have found that you can have a room with many tones of wood and it looks really beautiful and you can have a room with only one wood tone which also looks nice but you can't have a room with all one tone and only one different piece tossed in as it looks mismatched. Having a mix is pleasing to the eye if it's spread throughout the room and all of one color isn't on one side of the room and all of another color on the other side. You can internet search "How to Mix Wood Finishes in Any Room" and find additional information and pictures for help. I have several rooms in my house with multiple wood finishes and love it.
I would be happy in a room with a mix of woods, but I don't agree that one accent piece would disrupt a room with furniture in one wood tone. It all depends. A room full of mahogany and one rustic blue piece would probably be odd, but there are many combinations that would work. In the same mahogany room, a black piece would probably be outstanding.
Sounds like all of that would work out fine together in one room.
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