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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sophie Edwards

Cher Broke One of Design’s Biggest Rules in Her ’60s Living Room – Somehow, It Works

Sonny and cher in their living room.

'Blue and green should never be seen without a color in between,' goes the adage. However, as any design aficionado knows, the rules are made to be broken. Never one to bother with tradition, Cher's '60s living room committed the cardinal sin of combining blue and green to great effect.

A 1960 portrait of Cher and Sonny Bono at home shows the couple posed on a baby blue living room sofa with a swirling green pattern. Contrary to so-called color rules, it looks fabulous. Although one might assume the analogous colors would look too similar next to each other, they create the perfect contrast to complement the orange accents on the coffee table and paintings on the wall in the living room.

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