Our bare, white walled, open-spaced new house is very, very slowly becoming more and more homey. You may one day even call it cozy. In about 10 years.
I've been putting a lot of effort into the family room because we spend the most time there. I've made a few mistakes already and threw up a few things just because we needed something, but I'm getting there.
One thing that I love, love, love in the family room are the pillows that I made for the sofa.
I spent numerous nights online, considering fabrics and coordinating, deciding which ones would look best together.
I had an accquaintance do the monogram on her super fancy embroidery machine (mine can't sew a design that big) and I stitched up the fabric into a pillow for the centerpiece.
I posted about the cutie patootie polka dotted pillows a few months ago (see? that is how long it took me to decide on these!). The paisely fabric is my absolute favorite. It is SO gorgeous. I want it everywhere! In fact, I was considering making curtains for this room in red version of that fabric, but its too burgundy. Drat.
Next, I'm working on the mantel. I currently have picture frames there, with the pictures of models still in them. Classy.