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How to Make Every Inch of Your Small Living Room Count: Furniture Buying, Layout, Wall Color and Décor!

July 31, 2020

We’re all looking at our small living rooms and wondering how we can improve their layouts or get more functionality out of the space.

In many small homes the living room is where we spend most of our time.

We’re working from home and putting together makeshift offices and homeschooling nooks in living rooms.

And I suspect that we’re probably sick of the way things look, décor, rugs, wall color, etc.

Maybe because they have to be more than just “living rooms” we’re interested in how to get multi-function without sacrificing style.

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In Decorating Advice, Do-it-Yourself, How To, Interior Decorating, Interior Design, Small Space Tags small narrow living room layout, small living room ideas, narrow living room layout with tv, how to decorate a small rectangular living room, how to fit a sofa through a small door, fitting furniture through a doorway, how to take apart a couch to fit through door, over the sofa wall decor ideas, how to decorate above your sofa, empty space behind couch, large wall behind couch décor, above the couch ideas, paint colours for small rooms, does dark paint make a room look smaller, rule of thirds in interior design, what is the golden ratio
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From Blah to Fantastic: 7 Ways to Style the Wall Behind the Sofa

February 7, 2020

I’ve dragged my feet on this one for way too long. I have this blank wall in my living room and I have thought about filling it since moving almost a year and a half ago. It’s one of the last hold outs in my house and I just can’t seem to find the inspiration to get it done. The worst part is, it’s one of the first impressions in my home. When guests enter my foyer, the living room is immediately to the left and the first thing they see is my giant empty sofa wall.

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