ust a couple more things and you're (we're) almost there!

Okay now technically, you can live without a side table or a coffee table. But having one makes a room looks so much more put together, it's surprising what it adds to a room.

I've never in my life paid a bunch of money for a coffee table. Current coffee table in front room:
It's an old chest. It actually opens and everything - though there's nothing in it at the moment, you could use it for storage. Cost? Free. For this one I have to give credit to my friend Shando who saw a lady putting them out for pick-up by goodwill and asked if she could have them instead. The lady said "sure...just giving them away" - they were kind of gross and really needed to be cleaned up but be each got one exactly the same. Now I have left mine rustic and busted looking but you could technically paint this in a high gloss and I also think that would look cool.



How much do you love THIS? I adore it.

This is an old library card cataloge a woman bought at a yard sale. GENIUS idea.

Another yard sale find - this is the kind of thing you might walk away from because well - maybe too frou frou on the lines...it was originally a pinkish color apparently maybe in a little girls room or something. But re-painted and then with the fern stencil? It looks awesome. Don't walk by things too quickly. Imagine not what they are, but what they could be.

I don't have a table in my back room anymore - I have a big ottoman instead, you can do something like this if it makes more practical sense and people are putting their feet up all the time anyways.

Okay this room more or less does exactly what we're talking about. Neutral couch but CUTE pillows, and what cool chests?! No idea where they found them but something like this can look awesome. You might think it wouldn't work...the red with all the other colors? But it so DOES.

Another ottoman idea, these are easily found everywhere and they are usually around $100 bucks new. The top flips off and you can store magazines or whatever inside.


Boring? Kinda...but this is exactly the same kind of thing I'm talking about - sorta semi-bordering on ugly couches but they can totally be fixed with pillows an that table is so clean and simple you can go a million ways with it - high gloss black, high gloss red, high gloss yellow, White! Orange! Think of it! there are so many possibilities here and this is exactly the kind of table you can find ALL OVER the place at second hand shops and yard sales.



Ignore how polished and perfect this room looks. Tables like this are also something you'll run across not only at a garage sale or a 2nd hand place but those mexican import shops and usually for quite cheap. I have something similar outside under my shelter made of teak and it was around $100 brand new. It would go with ANY decor because rustic wood like this usually works in with anything.

Whew...I think we might only have one more post and then we'll be done exploring how to turn your room into a happy place that you love.

Oh yeah and currently side table in my front room: (btw, this is a really old photo, it's not in this spot anymore and I think it looks a lot better where I have it now - in fact, my whole house has had a few changes and there are more to come so I'll have to share an entirely new house tour with you in a bit...give me a few more weeks though...not quite there yet) But anyway see this table? Also free!