A New Arrangement for our Great Room ....

You know that saying ... one thing leads to another?  Well in this house (as I'm sure in many of yours), once I move one little thing, that leads to lots more destruction.

Latest victim ... our great room.  We've pretty much had the same arrangement since we moved in two years ago.  Soooo, yesterday, I thought I'd give it a new look.

  

Over here, where the sofa used to be, I moved these two chairs in from our dining room to frame the accent table ... extra seating never hurts!

I hope to have chair skirts made from the Berta Rupta fabric that I've just casually tossed on the chairs for now.

Blue and white accents seem to be taking over in here, too. 

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Our IKEA Ektorp chairs, which used to be to the right (in front of the bookshelves) now flank our fireplace.  I tried to create a cozy, little conversation area, setting them across from the sofa. 

Soon a bit of patriotism will make its way onto the mantel.  

For now, it's pretty simple with cute topiaries from IKEA and blue and white candle holders from And That.  

I did a little bit of rearranging over on the bookcases, too ...

Keeping with the blue and white theme, I brought in our "home" pillow (from Home Goods) for a crisp Summer look, pairing it with simple denim pillows (from IKEA).  Off in the distance is a little wall gallery that needs tweaking, and a floor lamp that needs a nice new coat of paint.

It's nice to not see the sofa not blocking the window for a bit!

Annnnd, speaking of our sofa ... to give the back of it a little visual interest, I slid this bench on over from our kitchen table.  Decorative books give it a little color and purpose if you want to take a seat and read a bit.  ;)

So, there it is ... a new arrangement.  It might last a day, a week or, who knows, maybe the next two years.

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