2 Pink Sofas, 1 Giant Piece of Art, and Everything I Changed in Our Family Room | It’s fun & happiness

I changed almost everything in our green family room this year. Who belongs to the category Everyone loved? He’s gone. Red rugby? It has been replaced. Even the structure that seemed so perfect was found completely.

Over the past 18 months, I’ve made some decisions that I was once completely convinced of – and I want to tell you exactly why. This room has been a fan favorite since I first shared it, so I know some of you may be wondering, What went wrong?

Nothing is wrong. But something has changed, and I want to bring it inside the evolution of everything, which involves doubt, the search that yearned for year after year when I didn’t know that the stage had to go.

Original family room design

When I started designing this room in 2020 and 2021, I was obsessed with the idea of ​​mixing it with green. I wanted the family room to feel like it was stepping into the garden, something that was soft, cozy, and a little moody. The green section was the anchor: oversized, very comfortable, and a piece that created a tone-on-tone effect on the walls that I was proud of.

I’m always drawn to tonal color combinations, whether in fashion or decor. So, basically, it felt like the right choice. This section could accommodate our whole family, the green moment was bold, and everyone who saw it loved it. For a while, I liked it too.

But as the months went on, I started noticing little things that bothered me. The way we used to watch TV. How dark the room feels most days. The fact that when friends come over, the class structure makes real conversations feel … off. I tried to ignore it. I just designed this room! But the feeling didn’t go away.

The day our velvet sofa duo arrived, I knew I made the right call.

All the changes I made in our family room

Pink Velvet Sofa set

I know some of you liked the section. Here we had to go.

Bringing this section back was a terrible decision I made this year. That Sofa was that the heart of the room. Everyone loved it, and I spent months choosing it. But I couldn’t shake the feeling that the whole setup was wrong.

I wanted a formal arrangement that looked like this: two sofas facing each other, the kind of setup that hooks you into a real conversation instead of a TV. This section ended up being separated into our little corners, always looking forward. This new building has completely changed the way we use space. Now, when we sit down, we face each other by others. Game night feels like a community. The conversations feel very intimate. It’s one of my favorite things about a renovated room.

As for the color of the sofas, I was torn between tan and pink for months. Green-on-Green was good, but it got too dark in the room. I kept coming back to pink. It felt unexpected but somehow on the right side In this space. It’s simple, it’s soft, but it’s bold enough to hold onto the color with green paint.

Great deal

It took 18 months to get this masterpiece.

I knew I wanted something big on the wall behind the sofa, but I couldn’t find anything felt on the right side. I looked at hundreds of pieces. I can save things in folders, come back to them in a few weeks, and not hear anything.

Then I found this mysterious piece of garden, and I had the instant acceptance that you get with art directed to you. Even then, I didn’t immediately buy it. I waited until the sofas were confirmed. (What if the pink doesn’t work? What if I change my mind?) But once they were born, I pulled down the cause.

The scale creates the perfect focal point, and the colors (soft pinks, greens, organic shapes) bridge everything that’s happening in this room. It was worth the wait.

A pair of petite ottomans

These little people are proof that a small change can completely change the energy in a room.

I chose ottomans in this floral chintz pastel as a way to bring in light, bright tones that balance all the richness of the green walls and pink sofas. They are also very useful: they are easy to move around, climb on the sofa to organize more, or use as footrests during movie night.

The best part? Because they are young, they are less responsible. If I get bored with a pattern in a year, swapping it out is easy. But for now, they’re perfect.

A managed rug

But there is one problem I need to solve… the red rug had to go.

I liked it when I first imported it. It was bold, added life to the space, and felt like a statement. But as soon as the pink sofas arrived, the red one felt good… wrong. A lot. And … red. It was fighting the green instead of moving it.

I moved the red rug out of the dining room and replaced it with this blue and green, vintage rug from the chairs in another room in our home. With this shift, the family room felt lighter and more cohesive. The blue and green hues pick up on the wall without being too matchy-matchy, and the pattern adds visual interest without overwhelming the space. It’s one of those changes that seems small on paper but changes how the whole room feels.

A coffee table

The Oval Coffee Table is a source, and I’m fine with that.

I actually wanted a coffee table last spring – a nice piece of maple in good condition – but I didn’t decide in the end. So for now, this dark aval is holding the fort. I love its organic design, and its slim silhouette creates a better flow through the room (the old square coffee table was a beast).

But I’m happy the day I finally give it to finish and deliver a piece of eternity. Sometimes you need to sit in a space for a while before you know what it takes.

A piano in the corner

One of my favorite additions to this room is something I never planned for: a corner piano.

Joe played as a kid, and Bennett has been asking him to take lessons for over a year. Having a piano here has completely changed how we use this room. It’s not just a place to watch TV anymore. This is where we do it in the afternoon, where we gather to sing Impromptu. When the room actually noise as good as it looks. Yes, it will eventually happen. I got the keyboard with volume control, which is nice.

It’s a reminder that the best Design decisions are often the ones you don’t plan for.

Our homes must come with us. They also turn to how we actually use space, not how there are pictures.

Why rooms are made to appear

If you would have told me two years ago that I would be taking up the entire space in this room, I would not have believed it. This was my favorite space. I can spend months getting it right.

But here’s what I’ve learned: “Right” is temporary. Our homes must come with us. They also turn to how we actually use space, not how there are pictures. This section was good, but it was no longer working for us. The red rug was brave, but it stopped feeling right.

I always thought that changing your mind about design decisions meant you were going to make a mistake. Now I see it differently. It means you are paying attention. You let your space grow with you instead of forcing yourself to live in a room you no longer have.

This family room will probably come up again. Maybe in a year, maybe in five. And I’m fine with that. Life is not frozen in time. And they don’t make our posts. The ones that keep evolving, changing, and moving with the times? They are the ones that keep getting better.

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