Getting Prepared for Winter in The Cosy

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Aqua and sand rug

Do you may have a room in your house that can be your cozy go-to house for winter? The Cosy is no doubt going to be my cozy winter spot. In fact, I work right here yr spherical however in winter I’m not outdoors practically a lot so I’ve made this room additional cozy so I’ll get pleasure from it much more!

Do I want I had a hearth in The Cosy? Sure. There are many issues I’d wish to have in time, however a room doesn’t must be good in each method to be helpful cozy and welcoming proper now.

Getting Ready for Winter in The Snug — *Striped pillow covers on daybed // Sources for visitor house within the again* // *Rattan daybed // Related rattan daybed*

We didn’t plan to embellish in right here for Christmas this yr, however a couple of leftover bits of winter greenery ended up in right here sooner or later so I simply used it across the room. I feel it feels fairly cozy and festive! Easy is de facto my favourite.

I’ll hold this put up transient since I do know most of us have Christmas prep and all to get to, however I’ll reply a couple of questions folks have requested about The Cosy. I’ll additionally present you some extra pictures since I do know a few of you had been desirous to see extra of how we organized furnishings so we may use it day after day in addition to for different functions.

(By the best way, I all the time attempt to add sources all through, but in addition have a supply record on the finish of the put up when you’re wanting!).

In the event you missed my final put up about this house (Whimsical Winter Mattress for Company: Little Bits of Progress in The Cosy) you possibly can see it right here.

The furnishings on this room is a mixture of a variety of issues we already had. Most of those items and gadgets had no different place to go after we moved in to this smaller house. But we preferred them and believed they’d be helpful to us. And that they’re!

We are going to most likely make some modifications on this room over time, however we actually simply needed to get moved in and settled with furnishings we had first and save different concepts for the longer term. We did get a couple of new issues like a flooring lamp, a few wicker storage trunks, a fairly pleated lampshade, pillow covers, artwork, bedding and added two smaller new rugs in right here to assist pull all of the random items collectively and make it really feel a bit extra cozy and useful.

The rattan daybed has been a favourite piece for the previous six years or so (utilized in our front room, son’s room, and visitor room on the outdated home!). The tufted ottoman we’ve had for years and years (discover related tufted ottomans on this weblog put up), the leather-based loveseat (our leather-based loveseat isn’t accessible anymore nevertheless it’s from this line), my mother’s wooden desk, a teal chair we had in our outdated home, our rattan bookshelf that was discovered at a flea market two houses in the past, and so forth.

In the event you’ve been following for awhile by means of our previous two strikes, you could acknowledge many of those items. We actually do attempt to get good use out of what we have now and issues we purchase! 🙂

To make The Cosy a bit extra useful for therefore many functions, we mainly organized the furnishings, rugs and equipment in a approach that helped divide the one room into activity/function zones. Now we’re in a position to watch TV, work at a desk, have locations for company to sleep, make use of versatile seating preparations for household sport and film nights, in addition to profit from a couple of handy items we use as storage for bedding and work wants.

We put this charming but imperfect and eclectic “use what you may have” room to the last word take a look at over Thanksgiving and it was a success! It’s cozy and welcoming to be in. Whether or not I’m in right here working alone as I’m most days, or inviting twelve or so relations for a film evening, it really works for this season of our life.

Do you may have a room like this? Perhaps a singular multi-purpose house that serves your loved ones in the best way you want it to? I hope you’re feeling impressed to make use of what you may have or can discover. It’s OK to interrupt the design guidelines to do what works for you!

I can be delighted to hangout right here in The Cosy all winter, and I can’t wait to ask you in (nearly) once more quickly.