Thursday, August 25, 2011

Living Room Switch-a-roo

Although I have been working like crazy this week I did manage to get the living room spiffed up and re-arranged.
I am still hunting for a new couch which has been a more in depth process than I would have thought. I have been looking at West Elm, Rowe, and PB and scouring blogs to find a cost effective, quality couch, but I still haven't been able to find the perfect one. I am wanting something slightly more casual contemporary, but Chris likes the more rounded country look. As I look over at my living room I want something more out of it, for starters it needs a nice color on the wall rather than the beige that surrounds the rest of my house (it is better than builders white). I am working on talking my dad into building me some white built-ins similar to these found at Jones Design Company , her living room is almost identical to ours and we are loving the antique pew, well really I love the entire room. But for now this is what I have:

I re-angled the furniture something I do about once a month to switch it up


I centered all the wooden boxes to make it slightly more modern


Added a wooden white tray to the coffee table, we can't put anything too high on the table because of Foster's monstrous tail


I removed Foster's crate and put it in the office and moved an antique trunk, that was positioned near the door, to create a cute little nook, this is probably my favorite part of the living room and I found a gallon sized mason jar at Target to add to my collection, as if I don't have enough, look above my cabinets in the kitchen



Also, at Target we purchased a rug to go under the island, this is probably one of my favorite patterns, we already owned this rug in a smaller size, but the 5X7 was finally on sale, so here it is. It adds a nice pop of color.




Have you found any great deals on couches lately? Any brands you would avoid? We could use all the help we can get.

Now on to cleaning the rest of the house and packing for a long awaited trip to the beach.

2 comments:

  1. No great deals to speak of but I do like England and Broyhill furniture.I invite you to visit me at Katherines Corner. I have a giveaway going on right now too and it ends soon. Hugs

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  2. I LOVE the new rug under the island and I love the mirrored window about your little "nook" where fosters crate was. Youre so creative, I hope you can help me when I have a house of my own (which seems like it will never happen). I have been so inspired by you over the years. Love you bunches!

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