The living room. It’s where most of us spend our time when we’re at home. Make it work by choosing a style you love that provides the creature comforts you enjoy – like a super comfy couch or personal touches like vignettes. Photo by Dillen Design Enjoy color but not too much? Add a…
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Living room decor should be comfortable and beautiful. Here you'll find both living and family room ideas in a range of styles and color schemes.
9 Beautiful Beach Style Living Rooms
Beach style is growing in popularity whether you live on the coast or further inland. Its light-hearted ambiance and ocean hues create an uplifting and refreshing environment for any living room. Photo by Beach style is defined by a generous use of white paired with colors of the ocean – whether you choose the…
Tips for Choosing a Sectional Sofa
After struggling for a few years to keep my white sectional sofa white, I finally caved in and chose a new one that will be easier to live with. It arrives in a couple weeks but I thought I’d share tips for choosing a sectional in case you’re in the market for a new one….
How Paint Adds Warmth to My Family Room
I did it. I finally worked up the courage to brush dark paint on some of the walls in my home. And let me just say that I love how paint adds warmth to my family room! Today is the first Saturday of the month so it means I’m joining a few blogging friends…
Warm and Cozy Living Room: 10 Ideas
Lately I’ve had a craving! Not for chocolate, but for a warm and cozy living room that leaves you feeling like you’ve just been given a big old hug. Photo by Tommy Chambers Interiors, Inc. There are many ways to create a warm and cozy living room. Mix and match fabrics to provide depth…
14 Shabby Chic Living Room Ideas to Enhance Romance
Worn painted furniture and faded chintz curtains and fabrics evoke the aura of Old World vintage comfort. This collection of 14 shabby chic living room ideas is sure to stir a bit of romance in your decorating heart! Photo by Cabbages & Roses Ltd Slip-covered furniture is often used to provide an updated look…
How to Create a Cozy Spring Family Room
May has arrived and it finally feels like spring in Illinois! Today I’m joining a few friends for our monthly “Cozy Living” series that’s published the first Saturday of each month. I thought I’d share how to create a cozy spring family room using my own space as an example. My inspiration was this…
Simple Steps to Spring Decorating: How To Guide
Welcome to Spring Styling Week! I’m joining fellow bloggers to bring you spring decorating inspiration for different areas of your home. What’s different about this blog tour is that we’re all sharing simple steps to spring decorating. Each day of this week focuses on a certain room. You’ll find all the links at the end…
Living Rooms to Love
While we all might want pretty rooms in our homes, they need to be livable too. In the living room, it’s important to have comfortable furniture arranged to create conversation areas. And if the room is large enough, maybe even a space for a reading nook or a desk too. Here’s a collection of living…
My New Farmhouse Sitting Room
For over a year, hubby and I have been toying with the idea of selling our house. I thought we were going to put it on the market this March, but now I have cold feet. And now I’m wondering what we could do with our existing home to make us stay … like the…
Living Rooms with Beautiful Style
Last week I featured a collection of pretty kitchens. Today I thought I’d share living rooms with beautiful style. Each one is unique and I think you’ll find something to love in each space. Blue and white is a classic color scheme and you really can’t go wrong when you pair these two in any…
10 Living Rooms to Love
According to the dictionary, a living room is a room in the house used by family for leisure activities or entertaining guests. But growing up, our living room was a formal area where we weren’t allowed to go. The only time I remember using that room at all was on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Today,…
Small Space Living Rooms
Lately I’ve turned a critical eye to both my living room and family room. Neither room is particularly large, but they’re adjacent to each other with a fairly large doorway so the spaces feel spacious. I thought I would use today’s “Humpday with Houzz” to do a little research and find small space living rooms…
Spring Tiptoes through the Living Room
While we were getting 10 inches of snow outside, I was fluffing the living room with a few touches of spring. The longer days are cheering my spirits despite the fact that Old Man Winter is hangin’ on for dear life. I brought in a few greens and changed the arrangement on the shelf above…
My Experience Being Published in an Italian Decor Magazine
Less than 2 months ago I received an email from Annarita Triarico, an Italian journalist working for Lotus Publishing. She wanted to feature my home in one of their magazines, “Gli Speciali di Casa Chic.” At first I thought it was a joke, but I looked at their publishing site and realized it was a legitimate…
Dealing with a Quirky Living Room
Ever since we moved into our circa 1875 house sixteen years ago, I’ve struggled with the living room. It’s somewhat long and narrow and has a lot of doorways in it. It’s stuck in the center of the floor plan so you really have to think about traffic patterns in this room. The living room…
