Monday, October 12, 2015

Summer me, winter me

Every other season my living room gets a facelift.
When the weather turns cooler (like now) and when it turns warmer, the pillows get alternated.
In the summer the pillows on the window seat and wingback chair  get off-white linen slipcases with red or tan trim. In the winter they get a heavy kilim and the wingback gets a deep cranberry velvet pillow.
There's an American flag pillow for the sofa in the Summer, a sort of Ralph Lauren inspired piece; the winter sofa gets a kilim. The sofa also gets a thick wool Woolrich Indian blanket in deep reds and browns to hang over the back. I curl up with it in front of the fire on cold days with a good book and a hot tea.
Heres a series of warm weather/cool weather 'outfits' for the room.

The window seat: linen with red and tan trim in Summer
Kilim for Winter
The wingback chair: linen for Summer
Red velvet for Winter
Leather sofa: American flag pillow for Summer
Kilim for Winter 
Striped wool throw for Winter too...cozy!
ps...yes, that's a Harvard sweatshirt on the window seat and, no, I did not attend Harvard...just a leftover memory of someone I used to know...

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