Your Furniture Does Not Have to Match

This Family Room Makeover is such a great example

of how to take different types of furniture

 and make them look good all together in one room.

Here is the BEFORE

This homeowner had taken one of my classes and had so
 many things right---

 Notice the lamps turned on, the throw on the couch

and natural elements throughout the space.

AFTER

Sometimes it is nice to have a new set of eyes

 to walk through your home and see other possibilities. 

We found a round leather ottoman upstairs in the study,

 it really brought a different feel to the room. 

And of course you will notice the brown loveseat

(isn't it just wonderful!)

We traded this out with the matching loveseat. 

The reason I did this was to bring more color and interest to the room. 

 Since the walls were white and the curtains not yet in place,

the patterned loveseat really brought some spice to the room!

BEFORE

There are two things that I would like you to notice about this shot.

1. That the fireplace is covered up by the chair.

A fireplace is a natural focal point and always a great place to draw attention.

2.  The furniture here does not match and is lacking something.

AFTER

See how we moved the chair away from the fireplace,

and placed a number of more interesting objects in the space above. 

We also postioned the furniture

around the fireplace so it felt like the focal point of the room.

We took out the loveseat that matched the couch and brought in

 the brown patterned sofa. 

 It became the inspiration piece of the room. 

We took the gold, red, and green that were in the sofa and

added those colors throughout the space using

toss pillows, books and accessories.

BEFORE

AFTER

BEFORE

AFTER

The red pillows in the chairs as well as the accessories

 above the fireplace help to unify the room.

 Spreading the color throughout the room really ties it all together.

We added in some gold and red accessories as well as a natural element and some fabric.

The fabric softened the square opening and added color to the space.

So... if  you want to create a designer look---

Use furniture that does not match---

 BUT is tied together with colors that you have pulled from an inspiration piece.

(here, it was the brown patterened loveseat.)

Move those colors around the room with toss pillows, throw blankets and accessories.

This will create a unified space that looks fantastic but does not all match exactly!  

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All of your Furniture does not have to match!

I love looking through magazines

 just to see what they have put together.

Rarely do you see the furniture match.

For example, look at the white painted table

and the black painted chair. 

Then you have a worn wooden stool.

Now there are reasons that this works:

See how they have tied the colors together in this room.

1. The white painted table goes nicely with the white trim in the room.

2. The black ties in nicely with the pillows on the bench.

3. And the worn stool as well as the wooden bowl gives a nice feel of the old with the new and ties in with the warm stained floor and kitchen cabinets.

In this office there is a wooden desk with a couple of worn iron tables.

 It makes the room so much more interesting

 when you can add something old to your space.

Notice how the two chairs are covered in different fabric 

as well as the little footstool.

Because they are using blues and browns it ties the room together.

See how this room is tied together by color. 
They use blue green and pink, but the furniture is all different styles. 
The color throughout the space makes it work.

So don't be afraid to experiement---
 take something from one room and swap it out to another. 

Use color to tie it in with what you already have. 

 Toss pillows, flowers and books are easy ways to add color.

HAVE FUN!!

photos from bhg

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