Hey Jen,

We’re all about area rugs on top of wall to wall carpeting! They really allow you to define a space (in this case a seating area) within a larger room and they can connect floating furniture (like the loveseat and the chair) so everything feels balanced and polished. As long as your floor is level and isn’t all lumpy and bumpy underneath your berber carpet, an area rug should work perfectly in your space! Of course you’ll want to pick up something substantial and thick like jute or wool and stay away from anything too flimsy and thin (like a cotton mat) so it doesn’t look like you laid a sheet on top of the carpet. Hope it helps! Happy rug hunting…

xo,
Sherry

Hey Corey-

So glad you’re diggin’ the mood board and especially those lamps! Please oh please take pics of your bedroom before the lamps and then after with ‘em (and any other mood board inspired changes in the room) and send them our way. There’s nothing like a mini makeover to get our blood pumping! We eat that stuff for breakfast.

xoxo,
Sherry

Hey Samantha,

We create our mood boards in Adobe Photoshop, so after we bring a bunch of our favorite items into Photoshop, we size ‘em, cut them out, and add some numbers to create a handy dandy guide that correlates to our explanations. If you don’t have access to Photoshop, we’ve heard great things about Polyvore (http://www.polyvore.com/), so you might want to check that out. Happy mood board making!

xoxo,
Sherry

What are the blue and beige paints you used? I really like them, and I was already planning to do my living room in blue, brown, and golden yellow. I may steal some of these suggestions, too!