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How I Decided to Decorate My Corner

Buying a home in Las Vegas proved to be a challenging experience, especially during a pandemic, but I won the battle and settled into my new-to-me abode in November of last year. It is one of the best decisions I have made in my lifetime, and I am utterly the happiest I have ever been living inside this adorable, retro house. As such, decorating and organizing have become my after-work past times, but after finding all the right pieces for my living room, it still felt incomplete. In the right corner of my living room sat a sad, empty spot that needed my attention. So, here’s how I decided to decorate my corner.

This is a photograph of the empty corner of my living room. The walls are gray paneled. There is a white floor board. There is carpet, which is gray, too. A portion of my blue, yellow, and cream colored patterned carpet is visible, as well as a portion of my entertainment console, which is also blue with brown. The bass speaker from my audio set and a vintage vase that sits on the corner of console are also visible.

I’m not going to lie. I just stared at the corner for, like, ever. For days, I had no clue how to decorate my corner and just begged for inspiration to strike.

Now, in the left corner of this room, I have a bookshelf filled with books. So, I thought, perhaps a place to read would be a good idea. That’s when I knew I needed a chair.

I also had ZERO lighting in my living room. Seriously, I had NONE. I like low light. My eyes hurt with too much lighting, but if I was going to have a reading spot, I knew I had to have some light. Clearly, I had to decorate my corner with a lamp, too.

At this point, I knew I needed a chair and a lamp. However, I like to work in threes, and who doesn’t want to put their feet up when reading? A-ha! An ottoman would complete the setting.

Once I knew which pieces I needed to decorate my corner, I started shopping. The colors of my living room are mainly blue and orange. My sofa is orange, and my rug is a combination of blue and orange-yellow. I firmly decided my chair had to be blue. When I decided on the color, I then evaluated size. It’s not a very large corner. I measured the area and got an idea as to how big my chair could be. At this point, knowing the color and size, my hunt became easier.

I looked online at Target, Wayfair, West Elm, Ikea, Cost Plus World Market, and Pier 1. In the end, the Marlee Club Chair from Pier 1 was my best choice. Unfortunately, it’s no longer available. It was on sale, so they probably discontinued it. I got it for under $200. You can check out Pier 1’s other club chairs here.

I went straight to Lamps Plus for the perfect lamp. Oddly, I couldn’t find a single one I felt was right to decorate my corner, but guess what I did find. The perfect ottoman! Crazy, right?

Finally, I found the ideal lamp at Target, and this is the BEST part. It’s only $60! It’s called the Shelf Floor Lamp by Threshold. It comes in black or brown. I opted for the latter color.

Okay, at this point, I couldn’t just pull the trigger. I had to make sure these pieces would work together. But how? I took screen shots of everything and created a collage using the Over app. I even included a screen grab of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Horse’s Skull with White Rose because I own a framed print of this piece and thought it might complement this decorative grouping.

This is an image collage of the pieces I wanted to use to decorate my corner. The collage consists of the blue Marlee club chair from Pier 1, the brown shelf lamp from Target, the cowhide ottoman in brown and cream from Lamps Plus, and the art piece Horse's Skull with White Rose by Georgia O Keefe.

Once I created the collage, I knew instantly the pieces would amazingly decorate my corner. Boom! I made the purchases with confidence. Here’s the setting now completed. What do you think?

This is a photograph of how I decided to decorate my corner, now complete with the Marlee club chair in blue from Pier 1 Imports, the brown spotted cow hide ottoman from Lamps Plus, the shelf floor lamp from Target, which is turned on in the photo, and a framed print of Georgia O'Keeffe's Horse's Skull with White Rose displayed on the wall. There is a faux shearling blanket draped on the back of the chair. On the shelves of the lamp, there is a small owl figurine on the top shelf and a vintage glass vase on the second shelf beneath it.

I’m pretty damn elated with the look. In fact, I fell in love with the lamp so much that I decided I needed a second to balance out the room. I mean, at $60 a pop, how could I go wrong?

This is a photograph of the TV area of my living room. In this photo, you can see my blue and brown, retro modern style entertainment console with my TV sitting on top. On either side of the console, you can view my two brown shelf floor lamps, which are turned on, from Target. Above the TV, a vintage starburst clock hangs on the wall. Protruding at the bottom of the photo is my blue and yellow-orange area rug.

So, when you find an incomplete area of your home, especially if you need to decorate a corner, plan it out. Think about function followed by color and size. Then, shop around. Consider whether the pieces look good together, as I did when I used the Over app to make a collage. Once you’re confident, go ahead and fill up your shopping carts! You got this.