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Living Room Furniture Reveal

LIVING ROOM FURNITURE REVEAL IN A RUSTIC LOG HOME. CHOOSING NEUTRALS FOR THE FABRIC AND USING POPS OF BLACK, WHITE, AND SEA GLASS GREEN AS ACCENTS!


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Finally, yes finally I’m here to show you the new furniture selection for the living room. It’s been in the cabin for over a month now but I didn’t share it with you for several reasons.

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First the brown rocking recliner was deformed, I don’t know exactly how to explain it but the whole chair was wonky to say the least, so back it went while another one was ordered. That chair also had a horrible chemical smell to it that I couldn’t tolerate. It only took a few minutes of me sitting in it before a headache started to form. The manufacturer said some items when treated with the stain resistant chemical hold their odor longer than others, and it seemed to me like this piece got a double does of the stuff.

Living Room In a Log Home, Furniture Style, Farmhouse Style, Log Cabin, Log Home, Neutral Living Room, Rustic DesignA new chair was ordered and delivered the following week, it was shaped correctly and had no horrible odor to it. So it’s a keeper!

The Morris chair’s fabric was a special order and I know not everyone would notice it but the front of the seat and the recliner portion have the exact same pattern placement on it. I wasn’t happy with that it made the chair look like a cheap chair no longer a custom order so they are reording that chair as well, but as to date that one hasn’t come in (another reason I’ve been holding off on writing this post.)

Log Home Living Room, Rustic Style, Farmhouse Style, Black and White, Buffalo Check, Neutral DecorNow the sofa was correct right out of the box. It’s legs match the wood the Morris chairs is made from, and I went outside my comfort zone and ordered something a little more mid century modern looking. No country skirt or rolled arms, this time around It has boxy arms and no skirt. I really feel like it makes the room look bigger when you can see under the furniture.

Log Home Living Room, Rustic Style, Farmhouse Style, Black and White, Buffalo Check, Neutral DecorThe final reason for the stall is the coffee table, or lack of. I still haven’t found one I’m happy with, hubby said he’d make me one but I’m not sure what I’m wanting yet. I just know I’ll know it when I see it. I did find a primitive one I fell in love with at an antique shop, but once I moved the items they had displayed on top of it it had a huge crack and I felt for the money they were asking it shouldn’t have been that distressed already so I pondered over it all afternoon and decided against it.

Log Home Living Room, Rustic Style, Farmhouse Style, Black and White, Buffalo Check, Neutral DecorFor now I’m using the $5 hair pin legged table I picked up at a local Ebay store. It works, it’s just not the vision I have for the space.

I’ve said before we seldom use our living room, but now that we have new furniture we all tend to be spending more time in that room. Who would have thought all we needed was new furniture to use a room. I think recliners are a mans thing so that’s the lure to them, and they spend more time in the room now.

Log Home Living Room, Rustic Style, Farmhouse Style, Black and White, Buffalo Check, Neutral DecorDid you happen to notice I’m still using the black and white pillow selection? I feel like it’s what works best right now and have no desire to change it. After I did my mass pillow stash weed out, I’m limited on what I have to choose from everything I kept was neutral tones.

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I think it’s safe to say after 10 years of living in the cabin I finally have it how I like it. It took me forever to get the right style (the lodge look just isn’t for me) or maybe with age my style has changed. My favorite look for a home is everything done in white, but it’s not a look that works for our home, so I finally gave up on that and went with what make the cabin feel warm and cozy to me.

Log Home Living Room, Rustic Style, Farmhouse Style, Black and White, Buffalo Check, Neutral DecorI know when we were furniture shopping my goal was to purchase pieces that looked like we’d collected them over time. I didn’t want it to look like we went to a furniture store and bought pieces that matched. How I picked the 3 pieces we have was by fabric. I found 3 swatches that I loved and then found pieces to put them on, knowing anything with a pattern would go on a chair. To much of a pattern on a sofa is overwhelming at times. I once had a sofa that had huge flowers on it, I thought it was pretty at the time but boy was I sick of looking at the sofa before the year was over. And the other mistake I made was buying a chair in the exact same fabric. Talk about overwhelmingly ugly……that will not be happening again.

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I’ve evolved with age and even if something really bold catches my eye I try and talk myself out of it and be sensible. Neutrals are much easier to work with and I can add crazy fabric with a pillow if I want (less money, and less chance of getting tired of it that way).

Log Home Living Room, Rustic Style, Farmhouse Style, Black and White, Buffalo Check, Neutral DecorThank for hanging in there today with all the chit chat and photo heavy post ๐Ÿ™‚ 

 

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19 Comments

  1. I love how it looks – your new furniture looks really comfortable, too. Lol on the room now being used by everyone!

    1. Jen who’d have thought new furniture would be what attracted everyone to the room?

  2. Your new furniture looks great and your room is warm and inviting – hence the men gravitating toward the new stuff. I had to laugh, though, at your comment about preferring visible legs on your furniture so it makes the room look larger. Your rooms are huge. As opposed to those of us with 9 foot ceilings, I don’t think you have to worry about your room looking small. ๐Ÿ™‚ Enjoy your new things.

    1. Pat, Thanks for taking the tour. Yes the space looks large with the high ceilings but I’m used to it’s look!

  3. Debbie Lorson says:

    Your living room looks so comfy cozy. I need a new sofa for my family room. I love the feel of my sofa but the mauve seafoam green plaid is dead and gone. Could not afford a new one while raising my daughter so now is the time. I really want a neutral slip cover but have no clue where to find one. Bought a surefit one from Target but it was ugly. Any ideas for a source.

  4. Dawn, you really hit the mark with this redo! Everything looks exceedingly cozy and comfy! We need to buy a few pieces of furniture this year but I’m frozen with paralysis because I know that we’d have to live with the pieces for so long! You have some great tips, though! Happy coffee table hunting!

    1. Jane I used to replace our furniture every 3 years so having what I did for 10 years was a record for me.

  5. I love the recliner. We got rid if our 2 wing back recliners ( mistake) Now we have a chair and ottoman which I can’t wait to replace. Your new furniture is so pretty. Happy Spring!

    1. Lorraine I’d forgot we had two wingback recliners years ago too and I’m not sure we ever even used the recliner part.

  6. Very pretty. Warm and inviting. Thanks for sharing.

    1. Becky thank you for stopping by for a look-see!

  7. Cheryl Major says:

    Dawn, your living room looks wonderful. Your new furniture choices are perfect !

    1. Thank you Cheryl we’re enjoying the new stuff!

  8. Everything looks so coordinated and you did a fantastic job! If I may ask, is there a TV in your living room or is it hidden?

    1. Susan yes there’s a small tv hanging on the wall. You can see it in the second photo if you go back and look. We’re not big tv watchers in this room, so it’s seldom on.

  9. I love your home. I love how you pulled each piece, though different, together. Your home also looks so warm and inviting. Thanks for sharing.

  10. Williamina McIvor says:

    Love your site, may I ask where you purchased your ble check curtains from for your dining area. I have a log house and really want this look to brighten up anotherwise full all wooden house. Please help. Thank you Williamina

  11. Looks great. Im looking for ideas for our small cabin. Where did you get your recliner? Its very cabin cozy!

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