Coming to terms with my red sofas

I've been contemplating dyeing my two Klippan sofas. Its not that I dislike the red as such, more that its quite big colour statement for a living room. However, dyeing them is not going to be easy. I estimate it will need 4-5 packs of dye + a ton of salt and nerves of steel hoping that it doesn't stain the bath... and this is per sofa. So I thought if I could find a palette of colours that compliments the red, maybe I could save myself the trouble.

Queue genius website http://www.colourlovers.com/lover/Aimee_CM

The one I'm liking the most at present:

Inspired by Katie's living room at What Katie Does

Now I need to keep an eye out from some mustard yellow things or fabric (and a Kitten).

Interior compromise

Okay, so I may not be contemplating arrangements for the new place (the damp saga continues), but I have been thinking about bedside tables for a while, so this doesn't count. I've been considering them partly because the old filing box currently serving as my b.s.table is bowing a bit under the weight of half finished books... and also because the boy does not have one on his side and it drives me mad how often I trip over his water glass in the morning when I go to open the curtains... grr

As bits of furniture go, it seems a bit excessive to spend a lot of money on something so small, and since the filing box served its purpose (until now) I concluded that I could find other suitable alternatives to that which Ikea and the like offer. Then I saw these posted by the always useful Design*Sponge, and promptly decided alternative side tables were definitely the way forward.

Since books are not something I am short of, this could work! Though I would be likely to have to keep rebuilding the stack when I wanted one of them... and perhaps not best considering my track record for knocking over cups of tea in the morning. (this = tea stained expensive hard back books)

Then there is this plant pot table option. Quirky. I like it.

Only problem with these is lack of storage. I do like having a draw or something. More ideas to think on at the very helpful Planet Green...

Interior compromise

White bed linen - so clean and inviting and crisp. However, I am useless at keeping white things white ('Hello white skirt, meet my friend vin rouge' and 'Yes darling, maybe you should have separated those new indigo jeans from the white TShirts before you washed them...'). I am fairly certain white bed linen in our house would not stay white long. Grey therefore seems like the way forward. I also think it would be a good colour compromise for the master bedroom.

Love the grey here, but not a fan of the pink...

Like this, but too masculine I think. A combo of grey and whites could be perfect though. Could it be cold without some colour though?? Hmm.