Finally found a fantastic deal on living room furniture! We found a couch, chair, ottoman (all microfiber), glass side table & coffee table, tall floor lamp, 3 decorative pillows, and a microsuede reclining love seat. WOW that was a mouth full, but defiantly at a great price. We bought it from a non smoking, no pet couple for $900!! Well gosh, with all that stuff you would like that the furniture was in rough shape.. but no! Not one blemish, nor wear or tear. Well, the set isn’t what I want to showcase today, rather then a center piece I made inspired by the colors. I had a few resources lying around this empty apartment. To say the least I am pretty proud of it, and thought I would share.

**As always, pardon the picture quality… my life is always through the camera of my iphone.**

So here you see the couch with the decorative pillows. I love the base of the couch! i really didn’t want anything wood, because I wanted a more contemporary look, but still comfortable. My husband and a friend from work brought all the furniture up the 3 flights of stairs. The one down side to living in a top floor apartment I suppose.

Over the holidays we picked up some cinnamon scented pine cones. They lost the small so I’ve had them bagged up and stored for a glittery winter piece for later in the year, but I decided to utilize them now, rather then take up space in the storage closet. My husband got me some roses for valentines day, so we had a spare vase taking up space in the cabinets. After I added just the pine cones, it came apparent that it just wasn’t saucy enough of the plain living room. It needed a more conversational piece. Inspired by the pillows I remember i had some appropriate ribbons to lace in between the cones. I layered the ribbon, then added some cones, and etc. After completing the layering  I added the black ribbon around the top.

All pieces of the center piece compliment the couch, and I didn’t have to go out a buy anything else. I used resources I had lying around the place, and utilizing things for holiday decorations. So now, my storage closet has more space, I have more room in the cabinets, and my sewing bag is ready for more goodies! (BTW I am horrible at sewing, I just keep things around for dance costumes.)