Living Room Re-Do!

Recently, my design a.d.d. has been flaring up again and causing me to think of more ways I change up the apartment. I rearranged my bedroom a couple times last month and now I have decided to move onto the living room. For the last year or so I have been in love with the look of my living room, but its missing the comfort that one would expect from a living space. I feel like my living room is more of a show room at times. We rarely sit on my beautiful mid-century modern Danish daybed/couch, actually, I can count on one hand the amount of times I've sat on the couch and watched a movie. Occasionally, my roommate and I will sit out there and catch up, but its always very brief. I definitely feel like we are neglecting this large living space and I would really love to utilize it more. So the plan is to make the room more inviting, by adding a large rug and getting a new comfortable couch.

Two things that were very important during my couch search: One, I did not want to get a used couch, and two, I wanted to spend less than $700. I knew this would be a task and started searching online for inexpensive but stylish modern couches. It was hard because of course most of the couches I really liked were over $1000 and that just wasn't in the budget. Of course, like always I reverted back to good 'ole IKEA. Luckily for me, they just came out with a new line of couches called KIVIK, that met my couch criteria. I took a trip to the store and found my wonderful couch. It is a beautiful light gray brown corduroy couch with big comfy cushions. As soon as I sat in it, I knew it was the one! The couch alone was $549 and ran me just $651 with tax and shipping.

After picking out the couch, I moved on through the showroom and found GISLEV, a beautiful gray 6.5" x 4.4" area rug with a very subtle white flower design. I thought that bringing in a large area rug would really warm up the space. Best of all, it only cost me $20!! What a steal!

So for now I have my rug at home and I am just waiting for the couch to be delivered. I'm super excited to see how it all comes together. I will definitely be sad to see my beautiful modern daybed go, but I know I will be happy when I have a very comfortable living room space to come home to. I will be posting pics as soon as I get the couch all set up!