Some Inspiration

Lately, I've been wanting to spruce up our basement.  About a year ago, we switched the "game" and "living" rooms around so when you walked down the steps, you walked into the living room section and not the catch-all game room section.  The paint in the living room section is cream and it just looks very bland with brown carpet and a brown couch.  The game room, which used to be the living room is painted blue, so the couch stood out in that room.  Now, after a year, I'm getting rather tired of the dullness of the new living room and I want to add some color.  After browsing Crate and Barrel's web site, I've now found some inspiration for the living room! 

I love the fun pattern and movement in this pillow and I love the color combinations!

I love the texture of this shag pillow!

Our couch is about this color and I think the bright blue and green would really add some color in the blah room.

These vases might be my favorite part.  I think adding some punchy colors like the orange and the red would warm up the room a little bit and bring in a little unexpected pop.

Now, I've just got to convince my lovely, amazing, wonderful husband (Brandon are you reading this?) that this is a good idea :)  And yes mom (if you are reading) I know we still have a few items to finish up upstairs, but I will get to them someday!