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Article: How To Create an Inviting Living Room
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 13, 1992
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The living room is the center of the home, especially during the
holiday season. The room should have comfortable seating, good
lighting, a warm glow underfloot and happy color. The room should
have warm window treatments, nothing too dark. And there should be
music in the room, maybe a piano or a harp.
When decorating your living room, think carefully about the
furniture arrangement. If you like wing chairs, use two, never one!
They always look best in pairs.
Sofas look great when they are flanked by a pair of chairs, but
they do not have to be matching club chairs. Try a round-back chair
at one end of the sofa and a square-back chair at the other.
When covering the chairs, cover one ...