Finally Happy With My Awkward Living Room

Well, it took over two years and more than a few attempts, but I think I'm finally at a place where I can rest easy with the layout and decor in my awkward living room. 

It's not finished, by any means....but it doesn't hurt  my eyes any longer. 

Living Room After

It's not a huge change, but it made a big difference to me. 

Because I have to look at it every day, and something was just off before. 

I hate that. 

Living Room Before

You probably don't even notice what I did, do you?

I'll give you a hint. Look to the left in the photo. 

And to the right. 

Here it is again. 

Living Room After

Did you figure it out?

Ok, I'll tell you. 

I moved a tall plant next to the fireplace, and moved the sunflower bench back over there. The wicker trunk is still in the room, but it's behind the white swivel chairs, where I don't see it from my chair. It may or may not stay there, I'm still on the fence. But it doesn't hurt my eyeballs. 

I think I needed something 'darker' over there, in addition to something taller. And maybe the fact that the sunflower bench is 'open' on the bottom makes it feel less crowded or something as well. 

I'm not sure, I just like it much better. 

I also swapped out the pillows on the swivel chairs with the pillows that were on the leather chairs. It just works better, for some reason. 

Sweetie doesn't agree, apparently, as he's constantly tossing the pillow off his chair and onto the floor. 

Sorry, honey, but I need my cute pillows. 

It was actually a suggestion by a few of my sweet readers that prompted the change. One in particular mentioned putting a tall plant in that spot, specifically a fiddle leaf fig. 

Well there's no way I'm taking my fiddle leaf fig out of the dining room, it's just way too happy there. 

But I did have this lovely palm, and it never really had a 'proper' home, it's been moved around from spot to spot. 

As soon as I read that comment, I immediately moved the palm into that spot. 

Yippee! Happiness!

While I was at it, I put the sunflower bench back and moved the wicker trunk away. 

Oh my gosh, bingo!

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions, it's amazing sometimes how hard it can be to find just the right thing. 

I still need something on the walls, but it needs to be balanced on both sides of the fireplace or it will drive me out of my mind. So, I'll wait until I find just the right thing. 

Meanwhile, I'm quite happy with what I've accomplished in this room so far. 

One of my dinner guests on Saturday popped her head around the corner into the room and just said, "Ooh, pretty!"

I can live with that!