Thursday, June 13, 2013

Family Room Additions

I've recently changed some things around in our family room and finally took some pictures!

I think the last picture I shared was this one last fall (in the midst of working on my gallery wall):
I had needed some lamps forever (years!) but it took me so long to choose some. But then Furbish came to the rescue!! These lamps are neutral, but bring in a coolness factor that, and I knew they would be perfect:
Glass Jar Lamp with Batik Shade from Furbish
And here are the new pics!



You'll also notice that I switched out the bottom cushions of our sofa.  Here's the story behind that.... after I had purchased our Crate & Barrel Lounge sofa, reviews saying the fabric pills started popping up on the site. Then ours started pilling pretty badly :( I lived with it for a while, but honestly I've always liked the look of a two-tone sofa, so I contacted Crate & Barrel to see if they'd be open to sending us new covers in a different fabric. Their customer service was great, and they sent us new covers (AND cushions!) for no cost.

And the finishing touch was the new lumbar pillow I had made out of some fabric I had on hand.

This room is pretty much finished (for now). I can't share the entire space with you yet, I have to wait for our magazine feature with HGTV Magazine to come out (ah!)

13 comments:

  1. Bryn - I love what you did with your family room, it looks light and fresh.

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  2. We love the lamps, Bryn! They look perfect with your new cushions, too! -Furbish

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  3. it looks great...love the pattern that the lampshades bring to the room. and congrats on the HGTV article! can't wait to see it!

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  4. Looks amazing! So fresh and inviting, I can't wait to see the rest!

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  5. Love the contrast of the new cushions! What a happy accident! Can't wait to see the article! Congrats

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  6. Oh wow, girl! Your living room looks amazing! Love the gallery wall.

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  7. this looks so good and amazing that crate and barrel replaced your cushions. the two tone look is great. i love your very light and minimal artwork as well. great work and can't wait to see more!
    -- jackie @ jade and oak

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  8. Beautiful! Honored to be a part of the gallery wall and loving that two-tone sofa SO much :)

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  9. Love it Bryn! Looks absolutely fabulous!

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  10. Perfection. Do you mind sharing the trim you used on the lumbar pillow? Many thanks!

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  11. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Are all the frames Ikea?

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  12. Great idea to do the two-tone look. Clever and it looks great! When you first introduced this couch on the blog, I was thrilled as I was researching it for my living room, too. We brought it home (in the Linen color) and experienced the same pilling problem -- it was awful! We ended up returning the couch and ordering (the exact same couch) in a faux-suede with a herringbone pattern. We love this couch and the new fabric is much more durable and we've had no pilling issues to date.

    All of this to say that C&B let us keep our old couch through the holidays as a loaner couch as the new couch (with the custom fabric) was being made.

    Despite being so bummed about the pilling, C&B customer service was great! Hope that helps anyone experiencing similar problems. —Gretchen

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