decorating

Thursday, September 28, 2006

The other day I got the newest Pottery Barn catalog and spent an hour pouring over it and then ripping out all the pages I loved. Looking through Pottery Barn makes me want to decorate especially my living room. My living room needs a lot of work. Let me tell you about the furniture that I have.

- Weird speckled couch, covered by a khaki couch cover - $0, hand-me-down from my folks
- Faux wood Entertainment Center - $15, garage sale
- Coffee table, painted numerous times by Josh who is now trying to strip it so we can repaint it again - $5, yard sale
- Old beige recliner - $0, passed down from Josh's folks
- Velvet-y orange armchair - $0, passed down from Josh's grandma (I think)
- Faux wood bookcases - $15 a piece from Walmart

Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for finding stuff for free or at garage sales. (I don't really shop at Pottery Barn I just use them for ideas.) The problem with all of this stuff is that it doesn't really match...at all. I'm sure it doesn't help that it's all sitting on burnt orange carpeting.

Of course we don't have the money to go buy all new furniture. Plus it doesn't really make sense because hopefully in a year we'll be in a house! I'm working on patience (as usual). Instead of redecorating, I'm hoping to at least decorate for fall and soon, Christmas. Hopefully that will tide me over.

Labels: apartment living, moolah

posted by kimberly, 8:32 AM