Living Room Makeover – New TV Stand, Wall Art, Rug & Pillows!
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I’ve added a new tv media console, wall art, area rug and throw pillows to create a cozy place for our family to watch TV and lounge.
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I’ve been working on a refresh design project for our living room and it’s now finished!
Here are the decor updates I made – I’m so excited to show you!
For our living room refresh my goal was to make it feel relaxing, comfortable and stylish.
I also wanted it to function for entertaining friends and family, lounging with our iPads and iPhones and watching TV and Netflix.
We needed our living room to feel cohesive with the rest of our home, have comfy seating, good lighting, a TV console with storage, and be beautiful to look at since we spend so much time here!
So with those goals in mind these are the changes I made!:
1. TV Unit and TV Wall Decor
I revealed a sneak peak of our new TV unit here in this TV Wall Decor Idea post and today I’m sharing more details about it!
I turned a Mid Century Modern chest of drawers into a TV unit!
It has a beautiful MCM design on the drawers and has clean lines that we absolutely love!
Giving it a coat of white paint really made the drawer design pop.
The 9 drawers are so handy for storing our media and electronic pieces, extra pillows, blankets and board games too!
I hung this gorgeous juju hat to balance the TV and dresser.
It adds beautiful texture and style to the TV area and living room!
Next I added two Z Gallerie wall sconces- I just am so thrilled with how this TV wall area looks now!
I added these beautiful battery operated, flameless flickering taper candles to the sconces.
The automatically turn on at dusk (they have built in timers with a remote).
This adds such a relaxing ambiance!
flameless flickering taper candles
2. TV Stand Decor
I added two mercury glass table lamps with white shades to the dresser to balance the TV.
I bought them at home goods but found similar ones here. They add a pretty glow at night!
We haven’t hidden the TV cables yet – I’m researching wether we should cut the wall and thread them through.
Or we may cover the cords with this cord cover kit that’s paintable and easy to install – I’ve heard a lot of great things about it!
For now I added a stack of coffee table books to hide them!
3. Wall Art
I love my new wall art!
This stunning abstract framed print has beautiful neutrals and a pop of black in it!
I wanted two large prints to hang over our sofa to balance this side of the room better and add a pop of color and pattern.
Instead of using two different art prints, I used one! I ordered two of the these black framed prints, had them matted and framed the same way and hung one upside down to create two different but coordinating looks!
This print also has a beautiful watercolor look to it too that’s so relaxing and sophisticated!
We love them so much!!
Here are the matting and frame details:
- Print color: Charcoal ( this print also comes in ‘Forest’ and ‘Midnight’)
- Size: 30″ x 40″
- Matting: Matted with 4 ply archival material in 100% cotton
- Glass: UV plexi-glass & archival materials
- Frame: Matte Black Metal – there are lots of other frame colors to choose from! Wood, white, gold, silver and more!
- Hanging measurement for height: Height hung over the sofa: 8 inches from top of sofa to bottom of prints
- Hanging measurement for distance apart: I hung the framed art 3 inches apart.
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4. Pillows
As an Interior Designer one way I love to update a room for my home and my clients is with textiles!
Adding new accent pillows to any room will give it an instant pick me up and whole new look.
Pillows add color, texture and a cozy, relaxing look to a room.
These pillows are so soft and comfortable – you just sink into them, they are perfect for lounging!
Black and White Striped Pillow – This creamy white and black stripe pattern mixes so well with almost any other print pattern!
Similar Blue Shibori Print Pillow – an indigo blue pillow with white stripes in an organic shibori like pattern.
Similar Gray and White Shibori Print Pillow – a stone grey, sand and white organic striped pillow. Fits in as a great neutral with texture in most any pillow mix.
Gray and White Crane Print Pillow: this graphic bird pattern is ABSOLUTELY breath taking! This pillow has a beautiful flocked, velvet like feel. The gray and white colors have a relaxing vibe.
Similar black and white Stripe: This black and white stripe and diamond pattern is a classic and will go with so many other pillow patterns too! It’s a comfortable lumbar size too to tuck behind your lower back or neck.
5. Area Rug
I added this gorgeous new ivory area rug and this cushy felt rug pad that’s safe for our hardwood flooring.
This rug is soooo soft and has a gorgeous pattern that goes with everything.
It’s very hard-wearing and cleans very easily.
It’s actually an indoor / outdoor area rug that’s built to withstand liquids and extreme outdoor conditions! So it’s an excellent rug for a living room!
I love the texture and beautiful ivory color – it’s adds a relaxing vibe to our living room and plays really well with our furniture and wall color.
We love it!
This is our fireplace – a warm fire on chilly days and nights is must for creating a cozy living room!
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The artificial snake plant is artificial and so lifelike!
Adding plants to a room gives it a touch of life and interest.
These snake plants have a gorgeous shape and color and are on trend for tropical houseplants.
We are absolutely in love with the dreamy, relaxing colors and feeling that our new art, rug and pillows has given our living room!
Now our living room is functional for lounging, relaxing and TV watching and for entertaining guests!
I hope you liked seeing our Living Room Makeover – New TV Stand, Wall Art, Rug & Pillows!
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so stunning and elegant! i love it.
Love it all. Such a pretty room and so inviting Beautiful refresh
Thank you Marty! I’m so glad you like it!! xo Heather
As always……It’s beautiful!
THank you so much Amy!! I’m so thrilled you like my LR makeover!
Hi Heather! Everything looks gorgeous! Not sure how you feel about this idea but here goes… Another designer on another blog handles the ugly cord problem by painting the cords the same color as the wall then bundling them together. But be sure to paint your zip tie the same color as well. She showed a before and after and the cords just automatically faded into the wall, you couldn’t even see them! Just a thought you might want to try. ?. Love your blog!
Thanks so much for that tip Sheila! That is so helpful – I love it!!!!! I’ll see if hubby is willing to let me paint the cords lol!!! 😉 I was also looking at a paintable plastic cover that goes over them too, but it might be more visible… Thanks for your lovely compliments on my blog! xo Heather
Hi Heather – very nice, Is your fireplace real fire or electric or gas?
It’s electric!