{ lightening up }

With spring here and summer on it's way,

I have been feeling an extreme need to lighten and brighten my home.

I'm wanting to change out the darker colors of fall and winter,

for the light and airy ones of spring and summer.

Put away cozy throws, and roll up the heavy rugs,

and trade them out for light wood floors and throw pillows.

While I would love to do some major changes,

like painting, or recovering furniture...

these things just aren't in the budget right now.

Soooooooo.

Today while I was doing my weekly cleaning,

I started playing around with some things just to try them out.

It first began with taking up some rugs to be cleaned,

Then I moved on to my slip covered sofa in my keeping room.

I removed the slip covers to find a lovely canvas body on my sofa.

While I had removed the cushion covers before,

I had never really seen the sofa completely without it's cover.

I was pleasantly surprised by the color and look of the fabric.

So much so that I thought I would just leave the covers off,

and add an old chenille bedspread to the cushions.

Voilà , a lighter brighter sofa.

Now, be honest with me... 

should I leave it like this,

or should I cover it back up?

What do you think?

Does it work?

I pulled the straw colored textured pillows from my living room sofa

to help add in some of the colors from the curtains, lampshades and floor.

The little ivory pillow was borrowed from my bedroom.

I know the coffee table is really dark, and it really needs a new paint job,

but for now it will have to do { until I get around to that }

Now, here's the other side of the keeping room.

To balance out the room and the new light color of the sofa,

I added a couple of creamy throw pillows to my comfy café au lait chairs,

a sweet little vintage linen table cloth and milk glass compote to the table between.

To help lighten up the coffee table  { that needs to be painted very soon },

I added a whicker tray, some light colored books, and a little plant in a milkglass planter.

So, what do you think?

Should I keep it?

Oh yes, 

and what color if any do you think I should paint the coffee table?

White?

Gray?

Distressed of course.

Oh, and what about the lamp?

Do you think I should paint it or leave it?

I know, I know, that's a lot of questions,

but I really would like to know what you think.

I love new ideas,  and I really value others opinions of my spaces.

Alright, with all of that said and all of my decorating questions out of the way,

here is my keeping room before the mini makeover.

Oh yeah, see that sleeping dog there... remember her ?

you know... BIG DOG little basket.

That's my Lucy, she's 15 years old,

and that spot she lays in right there,  it looks like it's 15 years old.

She has absolutely ruined my super soft and comfy cream rug...

hence the beginning of this mini makeover.

Removal of the rugs.... 

oooh and did I mention she also sheds something awful ?

I love her to pieces though, 

and if I have to sacrifice a rug here and there,

so be it!

{ she's worth more than any stinky ol' rug anyways}

* peace & love *

Carrie

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