The walls of our living room are grey, a Farrow and Ball grey called Elephant’s Breath. Our walls are painted in the hue of an Elephant’s Breath. It’s a soft neutral grey, calming. The other elements of the room have been slotted in from our previous life, the walls are a back-drop, the sofa is centre stage.
A place of retreat, to relax, to share time, a sofa has to be many things. I want a smart sofa for entertaining, I want a comfortable sofa for family time and for my son and his friends. Creating a room around that, a room that will last us as a family for years is slightly intimidating. The walls are calming, currently the sofa is less so.
The sofa is red and has seen better days, it has seen too many days. It is the sofa of pre-parenthood days; back to mine, after the pub sofa. Takeaways and box-set sofa. A small child has been brought up on that sofa and it bears the scars. The sofa has history and my preference is that it doesn’t have future.
Still comfortable and serviceable, my partner, reclines the full length of the three seater and tells me there is no reason to replace it, he likes it. For me there are three options for the sofa. The first is the lesser, keeping it red and organising a professional cleaned, the cheap option. The second, fairly expensive; get it recovered. Lastly, the expensive; replace it. I’m for the last option. Then I found this brilliant sofa hack. Sofas can be re-formed. Decisions. The room is dominated by a large painting with tones of green.
Top of my wishlist is a green sofa, followed by some plants and a space for my vintage record player. Green is the colour of rest and well-being. Pinterest is one of my favourite things at the moment and I’ve been collecting inspiration; How to Create the Perfect Living Space.
This month, I am guest pinner on Jen’s Love Chic Living Pinterest boards. My botanical themed board is full of sparks of inspiration for our future living room. Jen’s pinterest is phenomenally successful, it is slightly daunting and very exciting to have a space. I started with green sofas and developed into a botanical themed space, filled with plants and plant details. I’m carving green, with some warm orangey/pink tones thrown in. Now to take it from board to room.
Follow Jen Stanbrook’s board Guest Pinner – helloitsgemma on Pinterest.
Original article and pictures take helloitsgemma.com site
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