Tag Archives: living room

Warm Up a Room

Warm up your home even in the middle of a winter chill with these great tips. Modern homes boast cathedral ceilings and more space than ever before. The possible downside to these larger spaces is a possible loss of warmth to the space. Sometimes even smaller rooms can feel cool because of color and design choices, and sometimes even the furniture arrangment. There are ways to to make a room cozier, even if it currently seems overwhelming. Warm paint colors, such as reds and oranges will instantly warm up a room. They will also make the space seem smaller. In … Continue reading →

Updating the Living Room during the Holidays

Even if you love the look of your living room, love your furniture, you may find yourself wishing you could do a little updating. While many of us would rather not spend money on re-decorating right now since we’re busy shopping for Christmas, we may not be ready for a complete interior redesign either. Rearranging furniture is a job! Well, you may be able to rearrange just a few things to create a fresh look and feel. This is actually a good time for it, since you’ll probably be doing some rearranging to make room for the Christmas tree. Even … Continue reading →

Slipcovers Are Your Friends

If you asked me 10 years ago what I thought about slipcovers I would have simply answered: “I don’t.” Slipcovers? You mean those things that grandmothers and neat freaks cover their sofas with? No way, they were not on my decorating radar. Fast forward to today, and here I am writing a blog about slipcovers and (gasp!) how they’ve become wonderful attributes to my household. So what changed? I gave birth. Contrary to popular belief, the fact that my water broke on our unprotected sofa wasn’t the moment I became a slipcover convert. I think it may have been after … Continue reading →

Give Your Furniture A Lift

For the past five years I have drooled over a certain down-filled custom couch from Pottery Barn. I sit on it each time I am in the store, and following my wedding I went in and picked out the fabric, color and cushion style. Two weeks before actually shelling out the money for it I discovered I was pregnant. Needless to say, the money that was supposed to go for the couch went to furnishing my daughter’s nursery instead. Years later, I still don’t have my dream couch, but I still dream about it. So what is the attraction? It … Continue reading →

The Living Room: A Contradiction In Terms

I once had a neighbor whose living room was a study in cellophane; a parody of luxury as nothing was ever enjoyed, walked upon or even touched. I was a child at the time and while visiting her children, I, as well everyone else, knew never to even touch the door to the living room much less enter. I often wondered if there was treasure buried there or something like that. She once told me that the slipcovers on the Victorian sofa would only come off for a visit from either the Pope or the President of the United States … Continue reading →