Jamie's Living Room: Before & After

If you'll recall, about a month back I was working with my friend Jamie to help her with her new apartment.  Jamie recently moved into a new place in Nashville and was looking for something slightly outside her comfort zone...something colorful and fresh and fun.  Project #1 was to update a set of slightly-dated-but-with-potential couches that she found on Craigslist.  She knows me so well, because she was kind enough to provide me with some sweet before and after shots.

Here are a couple of before shots:

Jamie wanted to update these bad boys, along with adding some fun, fresh colors.  I worked with Jamie to pick out fabrics for pillow covers for the existing couch cushions and some new throw pillows.  She gave me some fairly broad parameters, and I narrowed it down to three fun, colorful choices:

In the end, it was a unanimous decision (i.e. Jamie and I agreed): Option 3!  So I whipped up eleven (yes, eleven!) pillow covers at breakneck speed and shipped them off to Nashville in anticipation of some glorious after shots.  

Fabrics: Big Teal Houndstooth (available in my Etsy shop), Yellow Premier Prints Coral, Yellow Premier Prints Zig Zag, and Azure Blue Thomas Paul Aviary.

After a very smart rug purchase (available from West Elm), a little consultation on drape colors, and a ridiculous score on some lamps at Home Goods, here is the glorious after:

She's still working on adding some touches here and there, but I think it looks so bright and fun!  I can't wait to see it in person.

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