6/30: Hotel Dark Em

[darkemeralds]

I think I'm gonna buy a new couch.

I've never had any kind of guest accommodation in this house. The living room is too cramped for a traditional sofa bed, and there's just the one bedroom. In the past, visitors have slept on a twin mattress on the living room floor, on my undersized couch (she was unusually small), and in a tent in my side yard (sorry, sis!). Others have been directed to moderate hotels not too far from here.

I think IKEA has come to my rescue at last with a sofa-bed that will fit, if a bit massively, into this space.



It's pink.



Inasmuch as the living room walls are black



and I already have a colorful rug



and a purple armchair



then why not go with these turquoise side tables that are so cute and match parts of the rug



...so that my living room becomes the very opposite of my severely stark-white bedroom.

It'll be the Anti-Chamber!



With the addition of a curtain (how 'bout orange?) there between the front door and the pink couch, it can become a guest bedroom...ish, as the British say. And so much cheaper than adding a room.

Comments

[ranunculus]

Of course it's pink!

You are right, it is pretty big for that room, but as long as you like it (and you don't need the floor space for projects) then I say go for it!

Interesting idea that along with all the other changes you are making; that you would consider opening your home up to the possibility of guests.

[darkemeralds]

Very true! That's quite a useful insight, really. In my mind this is just something I've been meaning to do for years, but of course the revealing question is, "So why now?" And I think you're right: this really is me coming out of the personal ice age a bit. Thank you for pointing it out.

(And yes, the pink couch will be too big for the room, but I've moved my present couch to replicate its position, and I'm still able to open out and maneuver around my drop-down work table.)

[branchandroot]

*nodnod* I think I'm going to negotiate for the futon in the separation, myself. With a foam topper it makes a comfy bed that can fit two if they're friendly, and the rest of the time I can keep it couched up and actually have access to my craft table. Multi-purpose rooms FTW!

Maybe a purple curtain? That should go next to the pink gracefully and match the undertone of the walls. And if it's diagonal from the chair, that would pull the space together nicely.

[darkemeralds]

Yours is the third or fourth vote for purple rather than orange in the curtain. And you all are probably right.

Multi-purpose rooms FTW indeed. I had a futon couch-bed for years and it was dandy, even before the days of foam toppers. Hope you get to keep yours.

[ruric]

That sofa is very you and would look amazing in your spiffy living room! I still love the colour of your walls, and that rug is brilliant.

With the armchair and funky side tables I demand you post pics of the room when all is in place :o)

(PS - lovely to see you posting here again)!

[darkemeralds]

Thank you! And thanks for your decorating support.

If you think there's the slightest chance that I won't post pictures--of this and every other little thing that crosses my mind, you don't know me! The phone-cam and automatic upload to the cloud is the best invention ever.

[bluemeridian]

I'm with anyone else that voted for purple curtains! It seems like the orange works in the rug, but might be overwhelming as curtains. The room is going to look amazing, though. :D

[darkemeralds]

Yeah. I love orange, but that'd be a hell of a lot of orange. I think some shade of purple is winning in the polls.

You can find curtains these days for amazingly low prices, too. Seriously, they're worth looking at for sheer yardage if you wanted to sew something else. I figure I can take a risk, and if I goof, well, not the end of the world.

[tehomet]

I love that couch! Never mind the guests, think of the lounging about you can do on that thing! :)

[darkemeralds]

I'm already virtual-shopping for colorful extra cushions!