Beauty of Simplicity: Work With What You've Got

So, my roommates and I officially signed a lease on a house...praise the Lord! How we got all four of us to finally agree on one house, I haven't a clue. Only the mercy of the Lord, I suppose. But with compromise comes...well, compromise. One humongo compromise for me was the offensive color of the carpet- it's burgu/cran/roon- that's some vile mixture of burdgundy, cranberry, and maroon if you missed it ;)

I started looking up different ways to style rooms with this "color" of carpet and as I was googling away, I realized that no one since the invention of the internet has chosen this color for their rooms. Period. So instead of using living rooms with this color carpet as inspirtation, I tried looking at color palletes for a little help.

I guess there could be worse things in a house. On the upside, it's in good condition, very spacious, has a good landlord, good location, and it's being rented to us at a great price. And the best thing of all- it's only for a time, right? Good thing I LOVE my roomies :)