| I'm all about this living room topic. I get | | | | my entertainment center a color that matches |
| so tired of the same layout in my apartment | | | | some of the items in the rest of the room, |
| everyday that I constantly shuffle things | | | | but left the other walls their basic white |
| around to make it seem different. This | | | | color. Painting one wall really makes it |
| weekend I did a few simple things to give my | | | | pop out in the eyes of the viewer and gives |
| living room a whole new look. These 5 | | | | the room whole new dimensions. I believe the |
| seriously easy ideas can help gain a brand | | | | experts call this an "Accent Wall." I just |
| new feel to a stale living room for very | | | | think it looks pretty sweet, so I call it...a |
| little money in almost no time. | | | | "lookin' pretty sweet wall." |
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| 1) Mix Up the Furniture- Stir things up. | | | | 4) Mirrors, Art, Pictures- Throw up some |
| Pull your [BREAK] sofa, chairs, and tables | | | | mirrors or framed art on the walls. If you |
| out of their current positions to the middle | | | | already have some up, shift them around or |
| of the room. Then switch them up by placing | | | | replace them with others. It may bring me |
| them all back in new places. Try putting | | | | seven years bad luck, but I tried a few |
| things at angles you hadn't thought of | | | | pieces of spread out broken mirror above the |
| before. If you don't like how things end up, | | | | entertainment center. It looks great and |
| switch it all again. I like to turn it into a | | | | since I did it Saturday, my luck seems like |
| great little party game. | | | | its still intact. |
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| 2) Create Some White Space - Seem like you | | | | 5) Plants!- This isn't much, but add a few |
| have too much junk around? I know I do. Why | | | | plants around the apartment. Put them by the |
| not get rid of some of it? Getting rid of | | | | window. Put them in a corner. Heck, put them |
| some of the clutter will open up a ton of | | | | on top of the TV. Plants add a whole fresh |
| space and make your room seem like whole new | | | | element to any room. Plus you can give them |
| place. Taking a piece of furniture or two | | | | a name and talk to them from time to time. |
| out of the room will also create some space. | | | | Medusa, my fern, gets me through the lonely |
| As they say in the movies sometimes, "Less is | | | | nights. |
| more." I threw out an old chair that I was | | | | |
| hanging on to for years and the floor/wall | | | | With just the few above ideas, I was able to |
| space it cleared was amazing. | | | | transform my living room into something that |
| | | | seems completely different and more |
| 3) Walls, Walls, Walls- Leave the furniture | | | | importantly…fresh to me. When my new |
| be. After all, maybe its happy where it is. | | | | coffee table arrives in the next few days, |
| Instead, concentrate on making some changes | | | | it's going to be like living in a brand new |
| to those walls. I've painted the wall behind | | | | place! |