Here is our den in the "during" stage. I bought the paintings, which are hard to see in this picture, in Puerto Rico when my family and I went this past Christmas. I absolutely loved them and had them framed as soon as they arrived at my doorstep. But I quickly realized they were waaay too small for the space.
This summer I fell in love with these bad boys from my favorite store in Richmond called Fraiche. My wonderful grandparents and family got them for us for a wedding gift, and my mom let us use two peach-colored lamps that had been housed in our basement at the river. It was a match made in heaven.
So the pictures went up and the Puerto Rican pictures found a new home in the kitchen. But then the pillows just didn't seem to match.
I found blue pillows I loved from Pottery Barn that not only matched our rug (from Lowe's), but the paintings, as well. The only problem was that the pillow covers were $25 each and the 20x20 pillow inserts were $16 each. With shipping costs new pillows would cost us close to $100.
That's when I channeled Sherry Petersik from Young House Love and found (pretty close to) the exact same pillows from Lowe's for $7.97 each. Since I already had the 18x18 pillow inserts, new pillows only cost us $15.94 plus tax!
So here is our den and we just love it.
Eventually we want to get extra seating, but for now it works. :)
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