How to Decorate With a Light Blue Couch

Use a decorating style to help you pick decorative accents; make sure the decorating theme features blue as a main color. Some possible decorating schemes include an ocean-themed room, Mediterranean or Western. The accessories that these styles inspire range from starfish in shadowboxes to ceramic tiles on the floor or wall.

Paint a blue focal wall. Choose a color that's darker than the couch. Paint the walls around the focal wall the same color of blue as the couch. Move the couch so that it's positioned against the dark blue focal wall.

Create a gallery on the focal wall. Look for decorative mirrors with silver frames and hang several together. Choose modern art paintings that feature primarily blue paint. Burn blue candles in wall candle sconces.

Flank each end of the couch with an end table. Decorate the end table with lamps with blue shades.

Lay down a rug to provide a visual anchor for the couch. A dark color that contrasts with blue -- such as red -- will provide a visual anchor, and the contrast of the two colors will make the light blue couch stand out more. Choose a rug with a visually interesting pattern.

Decorate the fireplace mantel with blue items. Display decorative objects such as wine bottles with blue labels or blue antique bottles, blue ceramic sculptures or family photos in blue frames.

Bring texture and pattern to the room by choosing throw pillows made of denim, velveteen, corduroy, linen or polished cotton. Choose solid-colored pillows of blue as well as pillows featuring blue patterns. If you choose blue-patterned pillows with the same color of blue, you can mix patterns, because the blue will visually bind these items together. This means you can mix and match patterns like paisley, stripes or polka dots.

Add visual interest to the walls or window areas by choosing a blue toile patterned curtain or wallpaper. Toile originated in France and is a design that features idealized pastoral scenes. Select a blue toile pattern that matches the blue of your couch.