You have a thing with angles and dark brown furniture. Everything in that room is on an angle and dark brown, and it should not be. Put the couch up against the wall that it's on, and bring the chairs into the space to make a seating arrangement. Trying to decorate with blue makes no sense. So save the money you would spend on buying random blue things, and make a plan to invest in some furniture that is not dark brown.

I would do blue and brown print pillows. Add a pretty blue tray to your coffee table and that will help tie everything together. Your room looks great so far, you just need some color and texture. Ignore cpaul :(

I don't think these are quite right for your space but I am posting them just to give you an idea of what I mean.

yes, remember you need 3 of an item to make it belong. but blue pillows, let me play please.!, please!

I think you also need to get a rug. your rug to me is too light and does not really work together.

let me know if you wish me to toss.

could you show me your curtains? i love your canvasses.

this set is predonewith a highlightor how about these?






an oriental slant? got lots more, i love blue pillows, let me know will toss and gt more.

No area rug…can you use it in a hallway or bedroom?

Reposition furniture…no angles.

Three lumbar pillows for sofa. These are $12.00 on etsy.com.

The things on the wall now are not staying

You're doing a good job...

Are you able to get another set of drapes for fullness?

In addition to pillows, can you make a cover for your plant pot? Something brighter.

A throw for the sofa and a lumbar pillow on your cute white chair.

Everything but the furniture is going! Sorry I probably didn’t make that clear

Any more suggestions?

Well, what's your idea of "inexpensive"? How much would you spend on a lamp, for example?

Did you order another set of drapes?

Have you gotten any more pillows?

Is there a Home Goods near you?

so are you saying that your room is now empty? do you have any ideas as to color, style, what you wish to do in that room?

I hope that includes the popcorn ceiling! Great to have an empty slate to work with!

Yes! It’s a college apartment so I can’t change the furniture and sadly the popcorn ceiling has to stay. The only thing I have gotten so far for the space is the ikat canvases. I was thinking about getting one tie dye pillow that some suggested .

kicked off again

Havingfun what does kicked off mean?

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oh, i signed off of one thread yesterday and it has started making it so i am not notified of any again. stupid houzz!

I’m sorry..... I was so confused what that meant

Houzz doesn't always notify me either, havingfun...it's been so annoying lately.

Abby do you sew? Pillows are sillyeasy to make and probably the least expensive of anything you can do. Especially if you use existing pillows that you don't care for any more....

I sew a little bit! I’m sure I could figure it out. Do you have a specific fabric in mind? I’m really stumped for coordinating wall decor

I suggest painting the room a creamy white if you can.

Also the curtains need work....find a one inch diameter rod that will extends 8-12 inches beyond window on both sides and have it hung at the ceiling; and then do double panels on either side of the window. Choose a geometric aqua and white/cream patterned curtains for your windows.....

Select cream white pillows with maybe one deep blue in silk or suede; textured for the sofa

White lamps with white shades will brighten things up too.

Invest in one BIG art piece that will cover the wall above the sofa. I like the idea of squaring up the sofa and chairs.

Geometric curtains on one inch diameter rod hung at the ceiling and extends 8-12 inches beyond windows....two panels per side for fullness and to soften the lines of sofa and add design to the room in energy and contrast!

Ditto and a squared up furniture arrangement in both pics.

Well, you have blues so you could stick with that, or you could bring in another color...orange would be fun.

Go to your local fabric shop and head for the clearance area. You probably will only need 1-1/4 yards per pillow and I, personally, would try to keep the total to under 7 dollars each (should be very doable) Jo-Anns currently has a clearance plus coupons....When I have a tiny budget (which is most of the time!) I try to keep an open mind as far as colors go....Just keep in mind your blues or maybe a fun orange and blue print....there's polka dots or solids.....More choice in a fabric store so you really will be able to find something...

Also, don't forget a can of spray paint and the thrift store! I recently found a Crate and Barrel leather vase for 1.00 and spray painted it white (it was previously a color I couldn't have used)....came out perfect....

Rub and Buff is this wonderful stuff in a tube that you rub on with your finger to give you a gold look...it's messy but stuff comes out very nice and a tube goes really far...just smear it on and buff it....I did a tray that was free with soap in it but whatever you can find that looks awful will get transformed, I promise.

Personally, I feel as if a tiny budget makes the whole process so much more fun than if stuff is ready made and expensive....plus you make a mistake you don't suffer for it!! :)

Jump in. You're better at this than you think you are.

Any curtain suggestions? I’m still so lost about what I should hang behind the tv and on the wall across from the ikat canvases.

For a college apartment, I would not worry about new curtains or even more art necessarily. Your time in college goes very quickly and you may move several times before you move to your first apartment with furniture and things you do have some choice about. I don't know where you are, but I have seen a lot of student apartments with nothing on the walls or just a few posters in poster frames or dry mounted on foam board -- maybe bulletin boards or magnetic boards covered with photos and such.

Pick up some blue and beige accessories (pillows, a throw, a vase or such) -- maybe some brass, but only if you really like them and would use them later or they are so inexpensive you won't care if they are donated when you move. Likewise with art. You won't be able to completely transform the cheap brown rental furniture no matter how much you add and the more you try the more you may spend money on things you will never love or maybe even like (nothing personal -- my sons have both had similar apartments and furniture, even a spray painted desk and chair, and were not allowed to remove anything). Most of what people use in college becomes disposable soon afterward. I still have a water color I bought on a spring break trip my final year, but my bedding and such -- couldn't get rid of them fast enough.

Blue qnd brown work fine together . Maybe in pillows ( these aren't a set) Neither of these may appeal but they're simply examples of some of the many options out there.

mix these with them?

I’m willing to spend some money since I will be living here for another 2 years for nursing school. I would rather purchase things once and have them last.

What about a pretty tapestry to hang behind the tv?

Eh, it looks fine. You want big bang/impact for your buck, focus on the curtains and the wall behind the TV. I personally would look for some big art to balance the big furniture and big window. I have always been into poster art, that's usually quite inexpensive although I have seen some pretty nice, reasonable albeit generic pieces at the big box stores lately.

I think there are plenty of stylish reasonably priced decor items at places like Ikea and Target. Your current choices are fine but you don't seem confident in your taste and decorating ability. IMO, it doesn't make sense to buy pricey objects that you may feel unwilling to get rid of if your tastes change. Tapestries are fun but they do scream "DORM ROOM".

Abby, this is the fourth time you have posted this same dilemma. I also note that the first two photos you posted in your dilemma above are not actual photos of your room, but are Photoshop renderings I did on one of your other threads. Additionally, you have zero ideabooks, have been unclear about what stays in the room and what goes when your roommate leaves, and seem unwilling to put much effort into finding things you like.

My previous idea for this wall:

Two more ideas and then I'm done: