My Budget Mini Living Room Make Over

It's amazing what difference subtle changes can make in a room. I've always wanted to make my living room appear more "comfy" and add more color. I went looking online for some different accessories and found a beautiful colorful rug in some of my favorite colors and a slip cover for our couch. We probably won't buy a couch for a little while, so I thought a slip cover would do for the time being. The rug was purchased at Walmart online and the slipcover was bought online at Amazon. I then added some of my own little Chinese tea-cups to put on our coffee table to give it a touch of simple elegance. 

The entire mini-room makeover cost under $100. I purchased 3 rugs from Wal-Mart online for $34.95 (area rug, a runner and then a smaller one) and the slip cover was $24.95 at Amazon.com. I already had the Chinese tea-cups. They were given to me as a gift

You can see the results of my living room make-over below. 

BEFORE PHOTO OF LIVING ROOM

AFTER PHOTO OF LIVING ROOM 

MY Chinese tea-cups

Poem: Forgive me Monday

"Forgive me Monday"

Oh Monday,
However I try to avoid you,
You always come my way.

If somehow, you could just take a break,
It's one extra day in the weekend,
that I would rather take.

Time with family and friends just seems far too short,
When Mondays come,
my heart breaks and my feelings are hurt.

So please forgive me,
If I give the cold shoulder.
Monday, is just not the day,
that I would rather be...

Perhaps you should call me tomorrow,
On Tuesday,
I will be ready to go.

*read more poems by Ariana at: http://www.arianacherry.biz/poetry.html