Do-It-Yourself Decorating
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| A "Perfect" Living Room |
Decorating is more than putting up pictures, hanging curtains, or even arranging furniture. Decorating really means creating a comfortable yet attractive room that serves a variety of purposes. A daunting task, to say the least! And I believe that the living room is most difficult room of all. For our family, the oddly-sized rooms of our old farmhouse and somewhat unusual furniture mounted an even greater challenge. So, what do you do if you don’t have the perfect room or furnishings? First, come along with us on our living room journey!
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| Beginning Furniture: Sofa |
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| Couch |
To begin, let me tell you about our furniture. We started with an antique couch we purchased second-hand years ago (it was red at that time but we since recovered it) and a very large futon sofa which folds into a bed. We liked neither piece of furniture, but couldn’t find a good replacement for the couch. As for the sofa, we removed the whole wooden back frame, and cut off half of the cushion, resulting in a low, deep bench and cover-less cushion. Also, add to that a swivel arm chair and several end tables. This was the situation when I took on the job of redecorating our living room.
4 comments:
Very creative and persistent, I'd say. Looks nice and inviting.
Why did you buy them if you didn't like them?
I guess I would say we liked them at the time. We wanted a comfortable sleeper sofa, and didn't like those huge couches with the springs, etc, so chose this sofa. The couch we bought from an old lady fifteen years ago, and maybe it was in better condition then!
Very interesting. I guess it is different to have a piece of antique furniture.
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