Homestuff: When in Doubt, Add Some Circles! from Thrifty Decor Chick

The new coffee table arrived for the living room and I can’t wait to show it to you! First though, the reason why I went with this particular table.

Because I love adding wall treatments around our house, we have a lot of “hard” lines. A lot of squares and rectangles if you will. Plus you add in furniture, which for the most part is the same shape — and you get a long of corners and not a lot of softness.

Adding in some circles is the perfect cure for too many lines. 🙂 I try to soften specific spaces that have a lot of horizontal or vertical lines with round items. Sometimes just a wreath will do the trick:

And round light fixtures go a long way to breaking up all the lines in a space:

Sometimes something as simple as a round knob does the trick:

And one of my favorites is a round mirror!:

So when we got the new sofa in the living room a couple weeks ago I knew I wanted to go round for the coffee table. We have round wood table that used to be in that room, but I love it so much we moved it to the family room. 🙂 That’s why the rectangle coffee table was out in the living room last time I shared it with you.

I wanted something round to break up all the lines in this room, but couldn’t find anything affordable. At first I wanted a solid round wood table, but the one I feel in love with was about $1300. Uhh, no. 🙂

It’s got a gold finish and I LOVE IT in this room. It only took a few minutes to put together:

I think it’s lovely in here. The glass and metal keeps things light and bright:

It also gives it a more grown up feel too. The table is also a little bigger than what we had before — 36 inches across. This room can take the bigger size just fine.

As you can see, I’ve added circles in other ways in this room as well:

And of course, if all else fails, you can add some in softer shapes with accessories too. Something as simple as a round lampshade or planter helps to break things up:

I’ve been sharing this room a lot so far this year — it’s such a light and bright space, and I’m just so thrilled with how it’s come together over the past month. I have been working on another project so I’ll show you that this week too! No more living room for awhile. 😉

As you can see, I decided to stick with the blue pillows in here for now — they feel right for the spring and summer (a long way off I know). I think the other ones will work well for the second part of the year.

I’ll leave you with a shot from above with the new table. And a hello from Colby: