Cottage Style Party & A Cozy Winter Update

This is the story of a cozy winter living room update.
An update in slow motion...

This was my living room back in September.
Note the fan in the window…yeah, this was taken awhile ago!

Yep, that's a kitty on the sofa kitty cover.

This was the other side of the room.

Note the heat vent on the floor bottom left.

I knew that for winter I would want the sofa closer to the heat vent.

So, I moved the shelves out and over by the window.

Look…kitty toys!

Then I moved the sofa away from the window and found a couple hundred thousand kitty toys hiding under it.

Here's the sofa flipped with the shelves and chair.

Eh.

I switched some pillows around and moved the coffee table in place.

Eh.

I hate a boxy room and love to move furniture away from walls.

Which is impossible in this small room full of doors.

Five doors.

And a wall of low-ish windows.

This wall had the only possibility of moving the sofa away from the wall.

So I angled it away from the wall which gave me room to put a floor lamp behind the sofa.

Normally I would like the print and clock a little lower but when you have 10' walls it's nice to fill the wall a bit.

Plus I just can't put more nail holes in the wall.

Still loving my screen painted with Ralph Lauren gold way back when you could buy it at Home Depot!

A true high/low job…expensive RL paint with cheap dollar store black paint.

Guess which one was the easiest to work with.

Yeah, it's a no brainer.

The faux fur throw has come in handy in this drafty old cottage!

The black rose pillow was a work giveaway.

The damask pillows came off my bed and the red velvet was a thrifted find I bring out every holiday.

The Target Eiffel lamp I found at the Goodwill a few years ago. New shade I found on clearance at Walmart.

The fabric ottoman opens for storage.

Nothing yet!

It was a neighborhood discount store find.

Originally I moved the chair into this corner.

But the blue drapes (tablecloths…woot!) and blue chair just didn't match with the color scheme on the other side of the room.

This is how this stayed until I pulled out the holiday stuff and brought home a Christmas tree. 

The chair was too big for the tree and had to go.

So I moved the blue chair into the bedroom and brought out my rocking chair.

I folded over an off white curtain to cover the chair pad, piled on some pillows and a colorful throw.

Then I found these forgotten purple velvet curtains.

Since the ladder was out to decorate my tree I hung the curtains.

They're a little too short but I love the rich texture and color.

The print was in the kitchen but works better next to the drapes.

The shelf top is left free for kitties to lay in the sun beams.

(because, let's face it, they will rearrange your stuff to suit them)

The sunlight here lasts about 10 minutes in winter…sigh...

That's my cozy living room redo which I finally finished. 

Some times I think ideas need to percolate on a back burner before everything clicks in to place!

Yep, that is a familiar theme in my cottage!

Hello Friends!

Welcome to this weeks

Cottage Style Party!

#81

It's still cold and it's still snowing 
so it must still be winter.

{sigh}


Despite the fact that I finally finished flipping my living room for winter coziness, I'm still waiting for the first sign of spring.
I know it will be here sooner than later.
I'm hoping sooner!



What have you been up to this last cold week?


Let's see…







This is just a snippet of the cutest pinecone tea set!
I love the rustic pinecones with the crochet tablecloth.

Drop in to JoAnn's blog Scene Through My Eyes because you really need to see this whole tea set. The teapot is just so cute!













This lovely chocolate pot is just a small part of Magali's wonderful winter mantle. There's so much more to see: candles, roses, pinecones and a white feather wreath!

Visit The Little White House on the Seaside to see Magali's seaside fisherman's cottage in Brittany, France.
And take the tour!









This is such a gorgeous silver and aqua winter tablescape! I can see why Trisha wants to leave it up a little longer.

Head on over to American Honey Home to see the details of this table. You must see the deer plates, the cloche centerpiece and the ball jars as drinking glasses!

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