I’ve had my eye out for a bigger rug for the living room pretty much since I bought the wonderfully inexpensive one two years ago. I also thought it would be nice to bring in some more color with our next rug. Up until recently, the least expensive rugs I found that I really liked …
Category Archives: Starter Home Living Room
Houndstooth in the Living Room
I talked about one of my favorite fabric designers earlier with a teaser about some green and white houndstooth fabric. I have finally finished the projects using this fabric (with the help of my mom). The fabric is Square Pegs Kiwi by Robert Allen. First I decided to recover the seats of our bar stools after I …
Crystal Lamps
About 8 months ago, I came across some glass column table lamps from Restoration Hardware and thought they were perfect for our living room. Our current lamps are from our Target wedding registry and I didn’t like the scale of them after I got my new side tables last year. The RH lamps are a …
New Living Room Chair
In the spring, I finally found a new chair for the living room. We have had one of the $35 Craigslist chairs in the corner next to the tv for years, but Bradley wanted to take the matching pair to work – the other had been living in his home office. When he got …
Nesting End Tables
After replacing the corner end table in the living room with a round pedestal table, I decided to balance out the other end of the love seat with a more substantial table as well. I have really been wanting a set of nesting tables so that it would be as deep as the love seat, but most …