I was recently married and moved into my husband's home.  Now don't get me wrong, the place is nice and well done and truthfully, not too incredibly 'manly'.   Our home is really a nice place to live; what is irking me though is the PURPLE SOFA.  Yes it's purple, and really it wouldn't be too bad if I also wasn't dealing with the sage green kitchen walls, the coffee colored accent wall and the all over main yellow color, aptly names 'paper lantern'.  Then add the black furniture and the black, brown, sage green, yellow/tan, and RED rug.  Seriously, the lack of cohesiveness is driving me crazy.  Now, when the puppy grows up and we move, we will get a new sofa and I will be able to decorate how I really want.  Until that time, something needs to be done.  So rather than replacing the furniture, painting the walls, buying new rugs, I've decided to go a different, simpler route.  I'm going to add some fabric.

There are many different ways to redecorate a room.  Everything from a complete remodel, changing out furniture, pictures, colors, everything renovated!  I don't knock a whole room makeover, in fact, it's a great experience and gives the space a kind of rejuvenation that gives you have a newfound appreciation for your home.  However, that type of remodel isn't always feasible and sometimes, you just need a little something to pull everything together.  Fabric has the power to pull random colors and themes into one cohesive statement and will give you that 'ahhhh' moment when you walk into the room that you are looking for.  The best part, it's easy and you can do it yourself.  

I started my mini renovation with some drapes and recovered pillows, adding little accents within my color scheme as I went along.  Since the nearby kitchen is painted a sage green and the living room rug has the sage green incorporated, I went with a shiny sage green drape.  This brought in the color while also adding some much needed texture to the windows.  Then I found a cute patten with some of the colors I needed to incorporate. I brought in the sage green, the purple, hints of nature hues, and a few other bright colors. I recovered some previous throw pillows with the new fabric and also lined some whicker baskets on the nearby bookshelf.  The fabric is pretty bold, so I choose to cover only two seats from the chairs of the adjoining dining room.  I moved my potted plants into color coordinated pots and repainted a stool used for a stand for one of the larger plants to a light green.

My mini renovation is complete and I think this home is going to be quite comfortable for as long as we are here.

...check out my next post to see how to create your own throw pillow covers.