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Friday, July 10, 2009

Help!

So a few weeks ago I mentioned that we were going to buy a new couch. I found the most perfect couch at Ikea while we were still in the "looking stage". It was a turquoise sectional that had clean lines and a solid back. I had been searching for a couch that did NOT have a pillow back for months. Finally my search was over. 2 weeks later I returned to buy my coveted turquoise couch. To my dismay they are no longer carrying the turquoise couch. However they did have it left in 2 colors, a beige-ish off white color which I was pretty fond of and a grey color that I was not so fond of. As we were weighing our options I began to think of how tired I was of looking for a couch and how much I just wanted to be done and have a new piece of furniture. Initially I wanted the beige couch which I though was pretty and neutral, which meant it would be easy to accessories. However after 20 minute of Jason telling me how dirty a white couch would get I must have had an aneurysm and agreed to get the grey couch. Looking back I should have put my foot down and gotten the beige couch. So for now I am stuck with this grey sectional (that is until I go back to Ikea and buy the beige cover). I love the couch and the lines but I don't feel like it fits where I have it in my room. Maybe its because I am so used to the old set up or the fact that ALL of my art work and other furniture is exactly where it was before I moved the room around, but in any case Im not loving the set-up. So thats where complete strangers come in. HELP! What do you think I could move or fix?? My living room has exactly 4 doors and 1 window and only 4 walls. Thats right a window or door on EVERY WALL. Don't believe me? See for yourself...

Warning: I should be embarrassed to show the pictures of my messy living room with random objects strewn about. But at this point I just want a beautiful living room courtesy of your lovely comments!


As you can see I have our entry door and one window on one wall and the door leading to our bedroom (which is always closed except for this one instance) on another wall.

Same walls different view. As you can see Paco and Heidi have embraced the new couch.

This is the view from the entry. Thats my dining room through the archway and my kitchen through the door next to the archway. Another problem my poor confused living room faces is this gigantic TV. Is it sad that we have a huge TV but just canceled TV? I think so. In my defense though this TV was bought BD- Before Dawn, as in when Jason was single and had nothing better to buy than unnecessarily large TV's.

So there you have it. Any suggestions short of a gutting the place and plastering over doors would be greatly appreciated!!