In the 5 years that I’ve been blogging, I’ve put together a couple of inspiration boards for rooms in our house (bathroom, bedroom) but I’ve never pulled individual items together into a mood board like many home bloggers do until now (shocking I know!). I’ve had a vision for our living room for a while and it is about as close as it can get until I invest in a new rug and sofa like I want. Those are both expensive purchases, so they likely won’t happen soon (not until we finish paying off Drew’s student loans), but a girl can dream, right?

For several years I’ve wanted a charcoal grey velvet English roll arm corner sectional sofa (this is the one pictured below). I’ve also wanted a vintage kilim rug. Last week I stumbled across the Mirabelle Rug in Grey and Teal from Lulu & Georgia (not vintage, but so beautiful) and I loved the colors in it. Dark enough to hide stains, colorful enough, but still relatively neutral. All the bright colored ones are so pretty, but I like big pieces (and expensive ones!) to be a little more neutral so that I tire of them less easily and can switch accessories around while still keeping the same base pieces. I just had to see what it would look like with the other things I’d envisioned for the room.

I LOVE it so much! The rug and my dream sofa go together so well! The art, wood/metal side table, gold and white and teal pillows, paint color (Asiago by Valspar), wooden floors, white trim, similar lamp and white curtains are already in our house. Eventually I would like to upgrade our basic black TV stand to a mid century modern wooden dresser (like the one in our foyer/dining room). I’m also crushing on black and white buffalo check and leather Moroccan floor poufs, so those would be nice additions as well. One day!

See more inspiration for our home on my “For Our Apartment” Pinterest board.