The settees are 38" and 40" long seats, 18" deep, and I'll use 3-4" thick padding. Chair cushions (if I don't use the 18" square pillows) are 18x17 (and probably 3" thick) and 16x17, so would cut the 54" wide fabric in half (or thirds), again fold the front (for seat) and velcro the back so pattern would be facing the same way as settee cushion. So, the question is, should I make 1 or 2 settee cushions out of the floral? Or use the muslin for the seats and just use the floral for (big?) throw/back pillows? One chair cushion (with a throw pillow for the back) or two? I'm wondering if the big seat cushions should be neutral, maybe do 1 chair cushion in floral and just some throw pillows, incl some pretty big (18x20?) ones for the settees? I have quite a bit of the muslin (forget I measured it when I bought it, something like 54" wide x 3 yds), and if the 18" square pillows work for the chairs then I really don't need that much of the floral.

I am in love with these pillows so thank you for all these kind comments! The upholsterer has given me an estimate on the sofa that includes new seat cushions about 1.5 inches higher than the current squashed ones, no skirt and new turned legs in a fruitwood finish. Now all I need is to find the fabric! Our curtains are solid green with a decorative edge trim and luckily they are not faded (because of their heavy lining and an interlining with baby flannel), so I def want to find something that works with them. My mother is campaigning for coral. I have no idea what I want and will eventually call ID, I guess.

Anele - I would look for a fabric that has the same background color as your wall color-- but could be a darker or lighter shade, and then a blue patten, either just blue or or blue with the red/rust of your sofa. I like that idea and will continue my search. Beige certainly isn’t a hot color right now. :) May – I agree throws look forced a lot of times. Truth be told, we never use the red one because it feels really weighty. Don't dare fold them and lay them over your sofa back any more--too dated! Ha! As I tiptoe to the LR to move my fur throw from the loveseat. I’ll probably keep it there for now, but where do blankets go these days? I did have a large woven type basket that I kept beside the couch near the e.stand end and kept throws in there. We have a few toys along the couch now and the basket just seems in the way for the time being so I pulled it from the room. I’m trying to think what we did with blankets growing up. Remember how you suggested a sofa table for the wall where the wing chair is? I’ve been coming back to that idea on and off. For a visual I moved the plant and pulled the chair forward and up the other night. Measuring out, I think I would need something roughly 50”W and only about 12”D, which so far seems not very common! 18"D seems to be more standard. I was thinking something painted might be nice. I found one that I think the style worked very well with the entertainment stand, but it was 18”D and not quite long enough. Boo. Right now I also think I prefer the toy box to the left when you walk in the main entrance, but I’m still keeping an eye out for a sofa table because now the table and chair actually do seem kind of odd on that wall. Planning on the tv going there eventually. Anele - I think we really all have such varied taste, that frankly-- it's almost amazing when we agree Yeah, in general sometimes I’ll find myself agreeing about something and then someone else will say something completely different and I can see their point too. I think sometimes there can be many correct answers and it depends. I know my posts usually end up all over the place and I get all wordy, but I’m always able to pull myself away to reflect and sort it out. My original goal was to add blue so I’m going to focus on getting some pillows in here. I think I’d like to go more minimal with the amount. I also think I’m going to go ahead and change the art on the wall behind the sofa a while since I have it. It will help me feel like I'm making some progress! Since the sofa and table aren’t centered on that wall I think I’m going to attempt to float the art up from left to right toward the entrance. I may have questions. Oh, and regarding the curtains looking bad at night - looking at that more, I think it has a lot to do with the lighting. The color of the bulbs plus the dim light I think makes things look dingy. If DS is up and it's dark I'll have the overhead and the lamps on for him on which I think looks the worst. In general I don't have enough lights in the room, but I prefer the amount of light from only using two lamps when I can. Honestly that looks better than using the overhead. I pulled the panels back to the sides. Too much curtain material stacked. Going to adjust that and add the back tabs on hang from rings in the meantime. I do hate the light gap along the top and should have thought about that before installing those inside mount blinds. Somehow I didn't know that was going to happen! Added the blackout fabric along the top. I'm not sure if anyone else would actually notice or not. The gap here is larger than the one in the kitchen which makes it more noticeable, IMO. Ramble. Ramble. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks again!

The WS Home ones are very nice quality, with a heavier weight of fabric used, even in the linen. The clearance ones that are final sale may be in their outlets for viewing, or at your local store. I just stumbled across this site in another search and I thought of this thread... has anyone had any experience with them? Very basic construction, no piping or fringe options, but the size and fabric range is good, and you can order swatches, similar to Ballard. https://www.theinside.com/c/home-decor/throw-pillows