Hey guys! We’re excited to be back with a new series we’re taking on, and it’s answering reader questions about their spaces! At first, this started out as one longer segment, where we tackled a lot of things at once when it came to readers. {We love hearing from you!} But we’ve decided to divide it into smaller sections so it’s easier to listen to us ramble about all things design. Today’s topic is all about suggestions on what to do for a living room area, and also our process on how to choose throw pillows that work well in a space. Basically, this sweet reader is totally on the right track, and just needs a nice little confirmation in the right direction.
How to choose throw pillows
Here are a few things from the vid that we wanted to recap in an easy-to-find place:
Shelving
There are so many options for shelving, they kind of rock our world. We thought that since we showed a snippet of this space in the video, we’d include the link here for all things DIY builds. The process is pretty basic, and you can always customize it to your own space.
There are also, of course, a ton of options on the www for partial builds as well, and plenty of ways to “fake it” to get it to work for you. All the tutorials on building it from an Ikea shelf comes to mind.
Of course, there’s also the customized build option of someone else doing it for you.
We always consider ourselves kind of a hybrid DIY/design website, since we do this professionally for clients, too. Over time, we’ve become more attuned to what we can spend our time on, and what we can have hired out to move along in our projects. That’s always a bit of a mixed bag at our own house, depending on what we have going on with clients at the time. Time is as big a currency as money these days, so it all depends on what you deem as more valuable and worth taking on. This will definitely be different for every project.
Getting a quote from a local professional can be an awesome option too, depending on the person and price. We actually opted for that in our basement build, since we had so much going on at once… and no regrets. It’s a great storage option underneath for all things extra things like toys, and more.
Depending on your skill set and time, this is always another option.
How to choose Pillows :recap
Throw pillows are always fun to mix and match, and we hope this helped shed a little light on how to choose throw pillows as a great way to begin. Searching, organizing your ideas and finding exactly what you want is half the battle, and we really do use this process. We hope it helps!
As always, we want to hear from you! Please send your questions our way by either commenting below, or sending them to [email protected]. We have lots more of these coming your way, as we shared that we’ll be doing shorter segments… so stay tuned because we hope to cover more questions in our next Coffee Talk.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Have an inspired day!
Janna says
I love this so much! You guys always give the best recommendations and practical advice. Love this series!
Alice says
Y’all are adorable! Thank you for sharing the tip about pillows. It’s perfect and I can’t wait to use it!