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As you may have guessed from our Easter photos, we got a new couch! Technically it's an old couch, passed on to us by friends, but it's new to us – and we love it! Its arrival prompted me to make some other changes in our living room, and maybe because the winter has dragged on for so long, I felt the need to let in as much light as possible. I loved our curtains (Target claims they're brown, but I swear they're black), but they blocked a lot light and made the room feel darker.

I made faux roman shades using a pair of Pottery Barn curtain panels I found at Frenchy's years ago. They're meant to be casual and none too perfect, and I think they're both (they look quite blue in these pictures, but in real life the colour isn't as intense). The windows already have wide slatted blinds, so we don't need the romans to actually function, just look pretty.

I also sewed new pillow covers out of an inky-coloured curtain panel I bought on clearance. I've been moving some furniture around in here, and doing a little de-cluttering, too.

I like the new direction the room is headed in (I've made some other changes that I'll share soon – just waiting on one more piece of art), but I still have a few things to figure out to pull it all together. Like, we need some pattern in here.

I made of couple of mock-ups in Photoshop with pillows I spotted on Etsy (the first one is from here and the second one is from here), but I haven't settled on anything yet. If you know of a good pillow cover source, please share!