I have a small home office and I have a desk that is an Oak colour.(not real wood) I have been looking for a bookcase to match and there do not seem to be many this colour. What would you suggest that I use? I have seen some pine either in an antique stain or a very dark brown. Do you think either of these would be acceptable?
Thank you.
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Hello Debi66,
If you're still stuck, take at look at some of our home office photos on Houseandhome.com: http://www.houseandhome.com/search/content?filter0=office&filter1[]=photo As you scroll through them, you'll notice that many of the offices have mix-and-match furniture. And if you still can't find a bookcase that goes with your desk, you can always choose a glass model, like these ones from Structube: http://structube.com/en/catalogue?page=shop.browse&category_id=630.
Hope this helps!
Jennifer
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You can definetly have different shades of wood furniture together. I would be careful though having too many woods in the same room. If it were me, I would probably lean towards the darker colour of wood or even black. Black or dark would also help ground the room.