Friday, March 9, 2007

Added thoughts for the living room



I've never had anything reupholstered before, so I'm unfamiliar with the cost of that particular undertaking. However, I'm definitely thinking of getting our current couch and chair re-covered. The blue isn't bad, but a little dull, and worst of all, the material is easy to soil and very difficult to clean. The pillows have also really taken a turn for the worse lately, so getting better filling for those would be great too. It would be a great way to revitalize these two pieces, rather than spending a fortune to replace them. Something to look into, anyway.

Today we purchased a lovely rattan floor lamp, which adds a nice organic touch to the room. I also fell in love with a light fixture in the same store. It's circular with an outer rim of thin, medium-brown wood (kind of bamboo-looking, I'm not sure) and another inner section of layered glass. I think it would look great in the living room, replacing the cute but sort of crappily-made paper lantern hanging in there currently.

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