For months now, I have absolutely detested the throw pillows on our couch.
I don’t know why I had such an intense dislike for them, but I’ve been on a mission to get rid of all of the brown in our living room for a while now. It was still around from when Corey first moved up to College Station and decided that he wanted his entire apartment to be decorated in brown. Gag me.
I’ve gotten rid of most of it, but our living room was looking pretty ridiculous with the modern gray walls, punchy yellow accessories, and the ugly brown pillows. Ew, ew, ew.
They were just not doing it for me, and they needed to GO.
But, have you ever experienced that phenomenon where you can find tons of cute things when you’re not looking for them, but as soon as you start looking there is nothing? Yeah, I had that problem. I’ve been looking for so long for cute new throw pillows for forever, but I couldn’t find anything I liked, and when I did it was $60. For ONE PILLOW. And I just refuse to do that. It goes against everything I believe in. So, the search continued.
In the end, Target is the store that came through for me. As usual. Well, actually, Target & Kohls. We spent one weekend searching around town, and soon enough we had a couch makeover that had me jumping up and down with delight (Seriously. I’m a bit excitable).
So. Much. Better. I know the lighting in the photo is awkward – I had to adjust the exposure so you could actually SEE the color of the pillows. I hate the lighting of our house. And, I should probably learn how to take better photos.
And guess what? Save for one side table lamp, I’ve eliminated all of the bachelor brown from our living room! Score! And I already know exactly what lamp I want to get to replace it – I just have to go get it!
Our house is starting to feel a lot more like a home as we continue to make it our own. I can’t wait until we actually OWN the house we live in, so we can really customize it.
Do you have anything in your house that you’re dying to get rid of?
Megan says
February 16, 2011 at 10:54 amGreat new pillows! And next time you want to change them up, you can just sew new covers for them [or make a friend do it for you 😉 ]. I had to convince Dave that color is OK in a house – before I moved in, his house was completely monochromatic!
Jenn says
February 15, 2011 at 11:47 pmI am the exact opposite right now. I got rid of all the brown – except for my walls. Stupid beige. I want gray!
Corey says
February 16, 2011 at 7:20 amWell paint is a really good weekend project. It relatively cheap and makes a huge difference.
Layla says
February 15, 2011 at 10:19 pmYay for getting rid of the bachelor brown! I love the pillows. I found some I LOVED at Crate and Barrel but um, no. Not in my budget (one was even named Layla!). Thankfully, Josh didn’t have any bachelor brown because he always lived with roommates that had everything. He just had a buttload of tacky Auburn crap that is now hiding in an upstairs closet. 😉
Anni says
February 15, 2011 at 6:45 pmI’m a little ashamed to admit that I made Ross get rid of all his ugly “bachelor brown” type of furniture before we moved into this apartment. I’m not normally that controlling, but we only have 650 square feet to play with, and I didn’t want the really gross old man furniture in there!
I love your new pillows. They really brighten up the space!