Today I am going to talk about how we downsized our living room.
Our old living room was a nice size and I am sure we'll go back to something like this again someday because I love to entertain, but who knew we could be comfortable with so much less. We sold most of the stuff in this picture at "the world's longest yard sale" and we narrowed it down to just a single couch for living room seating.
Here is our living room now. We also added a TV media table and coffee table. You may not notice the coffee table, but it's there. I will be talking about that tomorrow. For now lets get back to the couch.
It has a basic slipcover on it now, which we used to dress it up a bit when we were selling our house, but it's still the same piece of junk it's always been. We talk about replacing it. I doubt that will happen anytime soon, but we will probably shed a little bitter sweet tear when it does.
With the kids being so young all five of us can sit on it. And if we don't feel like being that snuggly or we have company then we can use the chairs from the table setting.
It's as simple as simplifying. You would be surprised at how little you need.
For links to the rest of this series A Lot of Hope in A Little Home click HERE.
4 comments:
Great advice! Your series is coming at an awesome time! Living with people over the last 3 months, I am learning what we need and what I want. I am terrified once we buy a house and get our stuff back, I will not feel the way I do now.
We have done the same and love the simplicity of it. In fact I had forgotten out lack of extra furniture until I read your post :). We have families and friends over and the simple amount of furniture hasn't been an issue.
I have to say, that is the most awesome photo session picture ever!
We are moving in 2 weeks, and I am going to keep in mind that simple is often better. I am such a hoarder, but I'm going to try to get rid of what we don't really need (or at least pack it up and store it) as we move. :)
Great job simplifying your living room!
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