I've been thinking...what I really want, is the courage to follow my gut. I made the mistake of telling someone about the plan to paint the entryway pink, and I got that "Oh..." Then I found fabric I like for some chairs. For the pink entry. Looked at the swatch for a few days, decided it was the perfect thing, drove the 25 miles back to the fabric store, carefully measured it out with the chair pattern, bought it, brought it home, and my parting thought when I went to bed was that it would never work, the cats would shred it, it was the wrong weave, the wrong color, and would look like a hot mess. Today, not so much.

I purchased my previous sofa directly from a Penney's store that was going out of business. I think it was a Broyhill and it was a great couch and never had a problem with it. It was a great deal marked down from $1200 to $325- who can say no to that? The sofa prior to that was purchased at a furniture store and was a piece of junk- that I paid good money for, too. I had to get a second set after delivery because of damages to both pieces. I kept the set for about 6months until it fell apart.

Hi! I know this post is very old, but I also am looking to replace my slipcovers for the couch/sofa and chair with ottoman and am having no luck finding these or something similar that won't break the bank. I tried the Ikea Ektorp and they do not fit at all. Wondering about the Ikea Uppland as saw previous post on here that it did fit the chair. I currently have the khaki but am looking for a grey if they have it. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Hate to buy new furniture as mine is in great shape other than just dirty and chair arm has a hole in it :( Thanks!

Hi all, I wanted to stop in to give a quick update, and to thank you all so much for your help & advice. For the time being, I've decided to hold off on purchases for the LR with the exception of a Roman shade (thanks for that suggestion!) on clearance at JCPenny, which came to under $50 with shipping. I think the Roman shade is soooo much better than the panels, and it never would have occurred to me on my own, so I particularly appreciate that input. I kept the furniture pretty much as is, and took folks' advice here about re-arranging some artwork. I also switched out the little desk table that was crammed between the couch & the wall for a smaller table I had on hand. I have a couple of rugs that might work for the LR, at least for the time being, but have not brought them back out yet. The rugs I have are rectangular. Do you think an oval rug would be better? It's still a work in progress, and there's still clutter. The clutter is getting better, but my life is still kind of in upheaval and the kitchen is not completely done, so there's paint and stuff around and I'm not so inspired to organize the place until I can organize ALL of it. When I decide it's time to invest, I may replace my couch with a smaller couch (or a love seat) and also buy a rug (if mine don't work.) Other than that, I'm pretty happy with the furniture and the layout, but with all your suggestions spinning around in my head, I may come around on some of that, eventually. So... this was supposed to be a quick update & I just wrote a novel... I'm still open to suggestions (even if I usually argue with them :) ) about the LR in general. I really do appreciate it, and even if I did come on here asking for advice & knocking it down one piece at a time, I really do appreciate it and think about it over time. ps: the tablecloth is temporary - workers have a way of putting their tools down on any flat surface, so it's to protect the wood (no, I'm still in love with wood.) :)