Home Decor Tuesday (Aug. 21st 2012) Introducing "What Does Your Couch Say About You?"

 
Hi All!

Sorry to have missed you these last couple of weeks. Even a Lady has to work overtime sometimes and due to a job transistion I sadly just couldn't fulfill my royal duties.

But, here I am back in action and I want to introduce you to a new fun idea:

"What does your couch say about you?"

We will be delving into the psycology of the couch. Our buying habits say so much about us and and home decor speaks volumes as soon as folks walk through the door. The couch can lay the foundation for the aura of your entire home. Let's face it.

Now I'm going to start with an example of what was once thought of as an "All American" couch. Not the type of family living the American Dream so much as a blue collar, average family with family spats, loads of laundry, hell even the opening scene of the show had them eating pizza around the table (not a shiny, white kitchen, imaculate, chef prepared meal).

It was this couch:

This was the couch where a family of five could sit on their bums, watch the game, do science projects, take naps. The drab plaid is great for hiding stains and down-to-earth. It's a practical and functional couch. And it's well loved, check out the crochetted blanket and let's be honest you know this couch has perma-butt indents in the cushion. This couch was the epitome of what a couch was for a moderate sized, blue collar family. Luckily we have more options now.

Take something like this:

Modality Furniture
821 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma WA
253.327.1198
http://www.modalityfurniture.com
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This can be found currently at Modality Furniture. Furniture dealer and interior designer, Laurel Whittaker, who just opened Modality on Pacific Ave can help you find designs and upholstery options that work for you with custom pieces. This is an amazing example of functional and fun with pops of color and comfort brought to you by these sassy throw pillows. A couch like this says "yea, I've got some pizzaz but I'm no dummy! Come sit your toosh right here." The nuetral base color works wonders for anyone who wants to paint their walls with pops of uncoventional color and shows versatility because it goes well with a distressed shabby chic look or a more contemporary decor. If you have a couch like this you're a practical soul that has retained hipness...the cool kind, not curvy.


Wanna know what your couch says about YOU? 

Send a picture to jackie(dot)d (dot) fender (at) gmail (dot) com and maybe we'll use it in a future edition of this series! 


XOXO,

Lady Jacqueline


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