50 Sage Green Living Room Ideas to Create a Perfect, Earthy Escape

Show off this shade for neutral elegance

If you're looking to anchor your living room in a stunning neutral shade, add sage green to your color palette. This trendy hue is a beautiful mix of green and gray tones that give your home a timeless feel, especially when it's incorporated into a living room.

We love that this shade is versatile in styling and fits an array of rooms and aesthetics, but mainly focuses on keeping your home feeling fresh and connected to nature.

Curious to know how to use this color to create a serene and calming home? Here are 50 sage green living room ideas to get you started.

Build In Books

We can't express our love for built-ins enough, and if you're one of the lucky ones who has a set of built-in shelving in the living room, consider coloring this space in sage green.

Not only does this subdued color allow your book spines to pop, but it also puts a twist on your beloved bookcase that matches the rest of the wall.

Play With Sage Green Patterns

Your sage green living room doesn't have to be limited to solid walls. Invite personality to the space with playful wallpaper.

These patterns allow you to bring the sage green color in to create a lively accent wall that pairs effortlessly with other neutrals in the room. Find a pattern you like that comes in a peel-and-stick version to make installation a breeze.

Color Your Shiplap

Shiplap has taken a lot of heat lately with experts going back on forth on whether or not it's still in style. To put your mind at ease, vertical shiplap is here to stay for timeless home designs that we say paint sage green.

On top of the texture and visual interest, these vertical boards give the living room, they also elongate your walls. We love how homey and cozy these painted boards make the room resemble a modern cottage design.

Layer Intricate Molding

Take the depth and dimension of intricate molding a step further by painting the walls sage green. This color deepens the lines of your molding for extra visual interest and is the perfect substitute for wallpaper if you want an accent wall without the patterns.

Cozy Up With Accent Pillows

This living room keeps sage green to a minimum in the form of accent pillows while still making a statement in the space. With the brightness in the room from the natural light and white sofas, the sage green pillows add a deep contrast for visual interest.

Channel Vintage Shades

This creamy sage green sectional styled by Mary Patton gives us all the vintage feels in this living room. Not only does it pop against the white wall, but the sofa provides the perfect base for the patterned throw pillows that adds interest to the room. With the open windows, this sage green living room feels fresh and inviting with this earthy shade.

Blend Earthy Textures

We're obsessed with this true earthy sage green living room design by Megan. Between the mix of the sage green walls and earthy textures from the stone lamp and wooden tables, these combinations create a serene environment full of sophistication that also feels homey.

Pair Unlikely Shades

Because sage green is rooted in neutrals, it makes the perfect choice to pair with bold color choices like blue. We love this design from Marian who painted her living room walls sage green before layering in blue and white plaid window treatments for an unlikely pairing that's tied together with the gold wall sconces.

With this shade of sage green being on the softer side, the blue curtains are able to stand out and blend with the throw pillows.

Showcase Entertainment

Arches, built-ins, sage green and white shades...what's not to love about this stunning entertainment center from Madison Nicole Design? With your TV likely being the center of attention when entertaining, create a serene surrounding by customizing your built-in entertainment center with sage green.

Choose Colorful Furniture

Looking to infuse sage green into your living room without using your walls? Consider combining pretty and function with sage green furniture, more specifically, in the form of a sectional or sofa.

Since these are the largest furniture pieces in the room, they instantly draw the eye. Elevate their presence with sage green to put this color to use in another area of the room besides the walls.

Pop Against White

If you're keeping your living room clean and sleek with a mostly-white color scheme, break up the monochromatic look with a sage green sofa. This pop in color anchors the room and provides a contrast with its deeper shade to keep the room visually balanced.

Select Stone Pairings

Add drama to your fireplace with light stonework that sits beautifully next to sage-green walls or built-ins. The combination of sage green and stone works to enhance a natural look to your space that feels fresh and comforting, especially when the fireplace is lit.

Stun With Several Patterns

For a maximalist take on a sage green living room, have fun with several patterns like this design from James Farmer.

Accompanied with a sage green geometric sofa and cheetah print pillow, the notes of brown and green from the floral design keep all the patterns working together in harmony. Plus, the open windows allow in natural light so the room stays light, airy, and fresh.

Go for Glitz and Glamour

Since sage green has notes of gray undertones, it's deemed a cooler shade. Bring warmth to the room with gold or brass finishes in your wall mirrors, lighting, or accent pieces to counteract the shades without sacrificing style.

Show Off Its Natural Form

What better way to design a sage green living room than by using the shade in its natural form? Surround yourself with nature inside your living room by letting the outside in with uncovered windows.

By selecting other neutrals like beige, brown, or white for your furniture and accents, the surrounding natural scenery brings in sage green for a subtle pop of color that stays in line with the neutral color palette.

Opt for Colorful Accents

Pair sage green ottomans with sage green walls or wallpaper to tie the colors together. Note that these ottomans are a shade deeper than the wallpaper to keep the pattern feeling more subdued.

Layer Your Windows

Reinforce the sage green shade in your living room by opting for a nice set of sage green window treatments to instantly transform your space. With the black and white walls of this living room, the shades can pop nicely while mixing seamlessly with the orange sofa.

Go for Upholstery

We love this unique visual from Michelle Boudreau Design that coats the fireplace in sage green upholstery (mixed with the gray tile). Not only does this allow for the color to shine in the white room, it softens the space further while adding texture to the ribbed upholstery.

Add Color With Seating

Make your seating stand out in your living room with the help of sage green accent chairs. Accent chairs bring function and style to the living room while serving as another opportunity to showcase this calming color that softens the black of the console table in this design.

Design Eclectic Arrangements

Sage green doesn't have to dominate your living room. Bring in a mix of shades for an eclectic spin on the beloved color with two sage green hues and pink. The light and dark sage green chairs paired with the pink chairs and wooden ceiling in this design from Michelle Boudreau Design is an instant eye-catcher easy to recreate.

Build-In a Nook

We love cozy nooks and see these hidden gems as the ultimate cozy spot elevated with sage green walls. Whether your nook is big enough to serve as your reading sanctuary or for extra dining seating, add life to the space by painting the walls sage green to reinforce a natural feel.

Double Your Walls

Use the bountiful surface area your walls have to sport a double design with the sage green color. Choose a light or dark green hue in this calming shade to paint three of your wall solid while using the last as an accent wall with a sage green pattern for a visual contrast.

Choose Deep Hues

Enrich the calming presence of sage green in your living room by selecting deeper hues for your centerpieces (the sofas). We love this living room design by Charlie Coull Design that uses two deep sage green sofas for depth in the all-white room.

Match Your Accents

Focus on cohesion in your living room by styling your bookcase, tables, or shelves with sage green accents that match your furniture or walls. Not only does this make your accents pop along the shelf, but it creates a sense of cohesion in the room that ties the design together.

Pair With Pink

For those who are a fan of peonies, you'll love the combination of a pink and sage green living room. This pairing sports a beachy look in this design by Dani with the inclusion of palm trees that also fits modern aesthetics with the vibrant area rug to make the room feel exciting.

Calm the Space

For a living room that's in line with the mood of sage green, follow this example from Liz Mearns for a serene space. The solid walls, metallic accents, and creamy bubble chairs create a calming environment with stunning neutrals that focuses on the feelings each color evokes by keeping shades solid instead of introducing patterns.

Visit the Tropics

This sage green living room designed by Lucy takes the natural component of the color to a fun level with the tropical-inspired wallpaper. With the notes of light and dark pink in the floral pattern, Lucy tied in a lighter pink sofa for cohesion.

Mix In Mustard Undertones

Sage green living room walls with mustard undertones warms up the room and produces a vintage-inspired look. To add softness, style your softness with creamy beige pillows and silver window treatments like Cindy Dirkes and Margaret White did here.

Infuse Texture

With its ties to nature, sage green pairs beautifully with natural textures since it's a soft color. Infuse your sage green living room with wooden coffee tables, leather furniture, or stone vases to add texture to the space with the natural grain.

Pop Metal Accents

Metallic accents like gold and brass pop beautifully with sage green living room walls or furniture. We love using details such as cabinetry hardware to showcase these gorgeous finishes for decorative flair that adds warmth to this cool shade.

Paint Exposed Brick

Have a fireplace in the room you want to experiment with? Create a fresh look by painting your fireplace sage green. This beginner-friendly DIY project transforms the aesthetics of your fireplace while incorporating your chosen color in the room.

Design a Home Bar

Does your home have a luxurious bar? Spruce up the party area with this stunning shade of sage green that fits well in art deco-inspired interiors. This sage green hue almost sports a pastel appearance to highlight your lavish home bar in a way that combines elegance with comfort.

Light With Green Lamps

With a lot of sage green living room ideas focusing on the walls, don't forget to bring this shade into your decor. Match your accents like table lamps to other sage green components in your living room, like this sofa, to tie elements together, even if the rest of your space follows an all-white color palette.

Tile the Fireplace

This sage green living room is all about bringing in vibrant colors for a bold design that works. Along with the colorful book spines, this fireplace contains whimsical tile with notes of orange and purple for a modern approach to this shade.

Craft Vintage Elegance

With this sage green's mustard undertones, it sets the stage for a stunning vintage-inspired design in this living room by R. Higgins Interiors. The dark hue of the walls mixed with the creamy seating creates a refined space, but the real show stopped is the ornate gold framed mirror.

Divide Your Fireplace

Use this calming shade to create balance around your fireplace with a half and half take similar to this design from Little Black Dresser Interiors. Start with the lower portion to coat in bright stone before using the top half to showcase your chose sage green hue in textured beadboard paneling.

Bring In Plants

This adorable sitting nook styled by Emma uses sage green for the walls before highlighting the shade further with plants. Plants bring this color into your living room in its true form and it's also a budget-friendly way to decorate.

Match Your Solids and Patterns

We love this sage green combo with the gorgeous chesterfield sofa and patterned window treatments. The same deep hue of the sofa is found in the pattern of the window treatments to tie the design together while the throw pillows utilize a lighter hue to keep everything balanced.

Style With Cozy Patterns

This sage green modern living room intensifies the cozy feel we love to think about within a modern cottage from the vertical shiplap walls to the checkered upholstery and neutral shades. The blue of the checkered pattern stands out against these neutral sage green walls for a design that's true to modern cottage elements.

Show Off Heritage Heirlooms

Soft sage green walls set the stage for this heirloom piano in this home design by Kim. To accompany this heritage piece, she styled the room with a bookcase that features a lot of texture from the wooden ladder and weathered pages.

Enhance the Glam

Ornate fixtures, glitzy finishes, and plum shades command the spotlight in this sage green living room for a style that's full of glam. Pair a modern chandelier that consists of clean lines and spherical bulbs for visual interest.

Darken With Navy

Sage green and navy blue are both cool shades that work together in this living room to emphasize peace and tranquility. The deep green sofa and darkness of the navy window treatments brings depth to the room without the need of contrasting patterns.

Focus on Abundance

How fun is this all over wallpaper Gideon used for a maximalist approach? With the tropical pattern focusing on an abundance of sage green, Gideon kept the room balanced with the white sectional he styled with more sage green throw pillows.

Incorporate Leather

Keep things natural and earthy in your sage green living room with leather furnishings, like Gideon did in this design. Not only does the warmth from the brown hues pop against the cool green, but these combining shades mimic the outdoors to enhance the earthy look these neutral shades embody.

Hang a Gallery Wall

Gallery walls are timeless decor staples that aren't going away any time soon. If you're painting your living room sage green, create a gallery wall with ornate frames in vintage-inspired finishes to keep an earthy appearance.

Style Eclectically

Just because sage green is rooted in earthy neutrals doesn't mean the color can't be exciting. This eclectic twist on the shade by Lois brings in fun and unique choices with the leopard sofa and teal eye pillow that works against the neutral base of the walls.

Work In Tranquility

There's no better shade to bring into a work space than sage green. It's tranquility creates a stunning, refined office area in this design by Amber Interiors. The deeper hue and metallic wall frame creates a arm environment that's softened with the creamy linen window treatments for a calm office sure to keep you productive.

Outline in Black

For a moody contrast in your sage green living room, go bold by outlining the room in black along your baseboards and doors. Black adds a modern feel to the space that looks sophisticated and sleek, plus is easy to accentuate with warm finishes like brass and gold.

Stay Symmetrical

Stay in line with the feelings of balance and harmony sage green evokes by focusing on symmetry in your furniture arrangement. Symmetry keeps the room balanced and is pleasing to the eye which creates cohesion between your chosen shades and patterns.

Furnish in Brown

This brown and sage green living room combo creates a true organic look to evoke all the cozy, earthy feels. With brown being a rich shade, it elevates the softness of the green walls while also adding texture to the space with the rattan shades and rattan chair.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should you paint an entire room sage green?

If you're looking to increase your room with feelings of tranquility, painting your walls sage green is the perfect place to start. This calming shade on the largest surface area of the room (your walls) doesn't overpower the room since it's a cool, softer color. Plus, when paired for lighter furnishings like white or beige sofas, the sense of tranquility and softness is elevated thanks to the light neutrals.

What color curtains go with sage green walls?

There's a lot of color options available to pair with sage green walls. To stay in line with an earthy color palette, choose light creams, beiges, whites, or grays. For a color contrast or bold approach, choose blues, pinks, or purples.

Do gray and sage green go together?

Sage green is composed of silver undertones, so gray absolutely goes with sage green. Light grays are in the neutral color wheelhouse too and looks beautiful with sage green walls when in the form of gray washed furniture or curtains.

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