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West Coast Boho Meets Mid-Century Modern Living Room Reveal

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This post is in partnership with City Furniture and contains affiliate links. As always all thoughts and opinions are my own.

SO excited to finally reveal our living room! This room was definitely the hardest to tackle for a few reasons:

1) It's shaped a little oddly.

You see it is “normal” in the sense that it's just a rectangular room, but it's a little odd in the section we decided to place the TV. A portion of the TV wall is cut short for a staircase. Meaning the TV sits in the middle of that wall, but not in the middle of the room? I don't even know if that makes sense, but for someone crazy about symmetry it was frustrating.

Dress | Couch

2) We have reallyyyy high ceilings!

Which is a total blessing, but a major dilemma when deciding whether or not to put holes in our rental! At one point, we finally decided to put a shelf above the TV. It was going to be so pretty – all boho feeling with some plants, a beautiful gold mirror, and art… until…

#AdultingRealityCheck #1:

We went to nail in the shelf and realized there was a metal stud! OOPS! I wasn't about to make out lives any harder, so we decided to go ultra minimalist with just a wall hanging. – which is also a little too far to the right than I would like because of a stud… oh well!

Life Lesson: Check for studs!

3) The theme.

Originally I dreamt of a farmhouse living room. I have the driftwood entertainment center you may remember from my jungalow inspired office reveal. We planned on putting in our living room. My desk, was supposed to be our dining room table (also driftwood). However, our living room and kitchen are all open and flow into each other. The kitchen has brown granite counters and the cabinets are an autumn mapley wood (is that a thing? it is now). The grey woods were just too much of a contrast and ended up in my office.

To say I felt at a loss with what to do with this room is an understatement. Especially since many of you may remember we had no furniture except the two pieces I just mentioned when we moved in. No couch. No coffee table. Nothing. For months we walked through this room, playing fetch with Tucker, and dreamt about what it could be… when we stumbled across the Dollar Shave Club CEO's home. Inspiration struck! West Coast Boho meets Midcentury Yes. Fun to push ourselves creatively? YASS!

West Coast Boho Meets Mid Century Modern

The Couch:

Let's start with the non-negotiable first purchase: the Delilah couch from City Furniture. This couch is life. E and I sat on it during one of our many furniture store runs and immediately new it was heaven on earth and needed it. Originally we planned on getting the couch and love seat version, but due to the pesky townhouse wall situation I mentioned, we opted for the small sectional (it comes in a large sectional too!).

The seats are a down and fiber cushion blend and extra deeppp, like the deepest couch I've ever sat on deep. It makes you feel cozy. Like being enveloped in a cloud cozy. The cover is a white denim that's super soft, and can be removed and washed! They make the couch in grey too, which I heavily considered since a lot of people told us we're crazy for getting a white couch, but we love it. Since it's denim I figured we could always spray it with some sort of waterproof protectant I used to see my dad spray on his khakis  — I would assume, we haven't done this since we opted for the stain protection plan where they will actually come out and replace the couch if it needs!

Dress | Couch

#AdultingRealityCheck #2:

We live in a three story town house. Which means our living room is on the second floor. Like I said, we have really high ceilings so I never though the length of the couch would be an issue. However, if you caught my insta-story a while back, we simply could not get it up the first flight! We tried everything and it wouldn't work. I was on the verge of tears when the amazing delivery guys from City Furniture suggested getting the sectional instead. I was SO nervous because I thought the sectional would be too big for the room and my heart was SO set on this couch (seriously, if you sat on it, your heart would be set on it too!).

Lesson Learned: Measure everything!

Measure the space you plan on putting the piece in, doorways, stairs, hallways and anywhere else the piece will need to be navigated through!

I measured out the tiles for the small sectional and it fit! It really is perfect. I'm thrilled we ended up with the sectional too, it's so easy to swap the ends around and this little corner section has basically become my second office:

Our shirts (c/o) | Leggings | Couch

Alright, now that we have our dream couch and a theme, it's time to tackle the other pieces in the room.

The Coffee Table:

#AdultingRealityCheck #3:

I had always been in love with this coffee table from West Elm. Again, not being the best at this whole decorating thing and riding my high of this new theme, I impulsively jumped the gun and bought the table when they were doing a sale… totally forgetting to check the dimensions. It's a little thinner than I would like, given how big our couch is, but it's fine. The other thing I didnt' consider is that it's marble.

Coffee Table | Shadow Box | 52 Lists Book | Millennials of New York  |  Gold Burst

I always heard don't buy marble, but never understood why until we got our first couple of water drops on it… oops! I still need to properly seal the table and accidentally got a lotttt of lemon juice on it. I acted fast and coated the stain with baking soda and peroxide mixture but it still has some etchings. Andddd that's why we can't have nice things folks.

Lesson Learned: Again, always measure & don't buy marble unless you know what you're doing.

The Entertainment Center:

With a couch and a table, I was starting to feel good. Only every midcentury modern entertainment center or buffet table I came across was $1,000-$7,000. Panic was starting to set in. Would this project ever get finished?!? At that point in our lives, weekly HomeGoods trips were the norm. We were doing a return, when I said let's do a quick lap around. I turned the first corner and I saw it. The perfect entertainment center:

At $250 we felt like we had just won the lottery! While we waited to load it into our car, so many people went up to it and wanted it… but it was ourrssss! *happy dance*

TV  |  Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree  |  Planter Basket  | Coffee Table  | Shadow Box  | Gold Burst

Around The TV:

Like I mentioned, the TV wall was a struggle. Once we decided to skip the shelf and keep it minimalist, I knew we needed a plant. I was set on a fiddle leaf fig tree, but have a black thumb. For months I searched trying to find a faux one I loved and just kept coming back to this one from Pottery Barn. I decided to use this basket from Lulu & Georgia as it's planter.

TV  |  Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree  |  Planter Basket

 

The wall hanging and basket ended up being a perfect way to tie the colors from the bookshelf and pillows together.

Couch  |  Coffee Table  |  Throw Blanket (c/o)  |  Shadow Box  |Coffee Table | 52 Lists Book | Millennials of New York

Layered Rugs:

The carpet was also an impulse decision! I had seen/read about the layered rug trend but had no intention of ever trying it. While at Nordstrom Rack I saw the above blue and white towel. Yes towel. That's a BATH TOWEL! I thought it was SO cute and would be perfect for our living room — but, also like weird. Who puts a towel in their living room?! When I came across the neutral weaved rug below it and got a crazy idea: what if I try the layered rug trend, but with this towel I'm in love with? My husband thought I was legit crazy in the store. Skeptical AF that this would work, I laid them down, topped with the table and voila! We were in love! Total cost? less than $60!

The Book Shelf:

The bookshelf in the back corner was a Gilt find, but I also found it on Amazon here. It was originally supposed to go in my office where the banana leaf tapestry and couch are. But then I ended up with the couch and decided to move it upstairs. Truthfully, it's in our living room right now, but I always envisioned it in a babies room, so that's where it will probably make it's way in time since it's not a perfect fit in that corner. For now, it's holding our memories and I love it.

The Accents:

The accents were really fun to play around with. Since we are starting from scratch I wanted to find some good deals. The black and white textured pillows were actually $6 from Target! I decided to grab the color blocked geometric shape pillows on sale from Target as well since they reminded me a little of our inspo room. They are sold out of all of them except this one, but here are some similar options here and here.

In the future, I think I want to swap these out for some geometric designs with rich brown leather, powder blue and blush in the color scheme similar to the look and feel of Kaekoo‘s (seriously check out her pillows, they are so pretty!). The cactus pillows were a last minute impulse buy on sale at Nordstrom Rack.

 

Nordstrom rack was pretty clutch for the book shelf actually. I grabbed all of the candles, tin buckets, and cactus goodies from there:

The orange vase is from Target. The picture frames and plant are from Homegoods. You guys already know I have a pink Himalayan salt lamp in every room #obsessed. And this little skull figurine was a Goodwill find.

The Heart Of Our Home

Truthfully, there is still a lot I want to switch up in terms of the accents. I'd love to splurge on the right pillows some day that would be a bit richer and warmer instead of so bright. I think it would be a great way to tie in the warmer tones of the entertainment center and coffee table. But I was looking to get the accents done pretty cost effectively which I think we succeeded on (also a reason why you can't shop a lot of them!)

The Delilah couch is an absolute steal too! I honestly was shocked at how inexpensive it was! In fact, when checking out, I started talking with one of the City Furniture employees and he said it's such a good deal that countless people actually ship it up north because for the quality and price point they are still coming out ahead of buying one up north!

Our shirts (c/o) | Leggings | Couch | Coffee Table | 52 Lists Book | Millennials of New York  |  Shadow Box

We really do love our living room! It's become the heart of our home which is so cool since we spent so many years in one bedroom furnished apartments with super uncomfortable living rooms! We love playing board games, taking naps or watching movies on the couch, and chasing Tucker around in there.

And that's it for our West Coast Boho Meets Mid-Century Modern Living Room!

Don't forget to check out other rooms in our home reveal:

Jungalow Inspired Home Office

Guest Room Inspired By Upcycling

 

100 thoughts on “West Coast Boho Meets Mid-Century Modern Living Room Reveal”

  1. Candy Kage

    Sounds like you had some great men that really worked with you to get the right couch in the door. Always measure the space and doors to make sure everything will come in without a problem.

  2. Ashley Stephenson

    Wow I love the design of this room!! So cute!! That couch – yes it would be not negotiable for me as well!

  3. Amanda

    What a great room! I’m awful at decorating so I haven’t had a go at it. Such a creative and nice space!

  6. Mary O

    I really enjoyed reading your home decor process! And I also loved how you adjusted to all of the unplanned changes. You living room looks AMAZING, so well-styled and yet comfortable all at the same time!
    xxx,
    Mary

  7. Katherine

    Haha I love all the lessons you learned during this process! Your home style/decor is amazing, and I’m a tad obsessed. I might have to start borrowing a few ideas when I finally start on my office!

  10. Jordyn Upchurch

    I absolutely love how this room came together and what a steal on that entertainment center-you seriously got such a great deal! I’m also totally in awe of the towel/rug situation, I never would’ve guessed that wasn’t a legit rug if you hadn’t told me!

  11. Miss ALK

    I think y’all did a great job on the living room and it totally reflects your personal style- which is important!! I LOVE that coffee table- ugh about it being marble and hard to deal with though!

  14. Tilley

    I love EVERYTHING about this post! I have been wanting to try layered rugs and that thing about the marble is good to know…I had heard the same but didn’t know even just water would be an issue!

    1. Rachel@The Confused Millennial

      Thanks Tilley!! Yes! even just a little drop can darken it! it won’t etch it like the lemon juice did, but it’s definitely a different experience! If you do get marble, just have a sealant ready to go the day you bring it into your home, seal it and use coasters and stone safe cleaning products! Our issue was that we didn’t seal it (and still havent haha)

  15. Beth_Daily_Dog_Tag

    Your living room looks great! When my sister bought her home, she decided to only bring things into the house that she loved. It took her a while to get it furnished, but it looks amazing. She has a lot of mid century furnishings. My husband and I started off with hand me down furniture and we haven’t found a way to tie things all together.

  19. Elizabeth Johnson

    First, you and E are so cute!! Love y’all! Second, I love the choices you made. The furniture. The accents. It looks so great! That coffee table is so cute!

  21. Robert Stukowski

    You did not show your gaming devices. Therefore, your living room is not yet complete. ;D Otherwise, it looks good so far. Very clean style.

  23. Jordyn

    I just love the look and theme of your living room, it is beautiful and seems like a really warm space to relax in. I love that planter basket near your tv, I might have to copy you and get one for myself!

  25. Sophie Wailes

    It looks wonderful! I know you shouldn’t buy marble however that table is gorgeous, totally worth it

  26. Stephanie Parrell

    Ok so… can I move in? I love your home it is beautiful! The couch and the entertainment center are my favorite. Although a white couch has to be a brave purchase haha. I would ruin it I know it. Great ideas here!

    2. steph parrell

      I love it! It really anchors the room! As long as the pup doesn’t have muddy paws all over it.

    1. Rachel@The Confused Millennial

      Yes! You just explained our master bedroom struggle! It was the first room in our house that we started to get furniture for, but it’s the last one we will be finishing! It’s been such a struggle. This room was a lucky explosion where I just hit Nordstrom Rack and Homegoods on lucky days where I got big bulks of decor items done quickly!

  41. Simply Lovely90

    That couch looks so comfy and perfect for a nap! While the couch I currently have in our living room works, I’m definitely looking to upgrade in the next couple of years here. Why do they have to be so expensive though?!

    1. Rachel@The Confused Millennial

      For the quality and size of this couch I think it’s a steal! They have a few different size and style options too. The couch and love seat was a few hundred dollars less than the sectional, and equally as comfortable (its what we originally ordered!). Both together was $1700 (but you can get each separately) and this was $2000 – still expensive but it looks and feels like a $5000 couch IMO, especially compared to the other couches we were looking at in that price range! Whatever you do, I would HIGHLY recommend a deep seat like this! I’ll never go back to anything else! It’s perfect for naps like you said haha!

  42. Alex

    What a gorgeous living room! I am LOVING that couch – I think you totally made the right call by going with the sectional!

  44. Sarah Jean

    Yup, I am totally in love with that couch too! We just bought a house and are searching now for something beautiful and comfy like that. That exact one might be a tad too big for our space but might work.

  48. Rachel Golden

    Your place looks seriously adorable!! You have such beautiful style. 🙂 My new living room is oddly shaped, too, and I’ve had SUCH difficulty figuring out how to configure things. You do it so effortlessly!!

  52. Shannon Graham

    My OCD would go nuts if the TV was centered for one aspect but not another. Either way, it sounds and looks suuuuper cute!

  55. Daynna Hartjes

    I LOVE THIS!!! It’s beautiful, I love the colours, the marble coffee table looks fantastic… everything is fabulous!

  56. Alix Maza

    The coffee table is awesome! Our floors are a special kind of marble and I’ve dropped lemons and other not so good things on it and probably muttered some bad words trying to clean it up.

  59. Joscelyn | Wifemamafoodie

    What a great space! Our living room is mid-century modern too and it was a challenge to find affordable pieces, but thankfully Target, Home Goods, and TJMaxx always came through! I’ve been wanting to get a marble coffee table, so I’m glad I read about the issues you’ve had with it…now I’m rethinking the whole idea!

    1. Rachel@The Confused Millennial

      Yeah – even if you do get it, the cleaning products for it are more expensive too! I think they have some great granite and ceramic ones today (especially at target I’m sure!) that are great alternatives with the same look!

  60. Tiffany Khyla

    Y’all did such an amazing job with this! I’m absolutely in love with that couch. It looks so comfy! I also love that you layered the rugs. That’s such an awesome idea.

  61. Dr. K. Lee Banks

    OK, I love your mixed styles! I would also love to have a beautiful room like that to decorate. The couch looks so comfy, I don’t know if I would sit anywhere else – just get my laptop desk and work from there all day! Your comment about remembering to measure reminds me of a saying we seamstresses and quilters say: Measure twice, cut once! 😉

  62. Kayla Rivoli

    First of all, let me just say that these photos are adorable! I love how you decorated. My boyfriend and I just moved in together and we’ve been slowly trying to get some furniture and decorate but decorating is so hard lol. I definitely don’t have the ~eye~ for decorating. Although I really wish I was Joanna Gaines. I love your couch, it looks perfect for napping!

  65. Roxy Crenshaw

    I love this space! It’s so fresh and white. Can’t believe that’s a towel and not a rug…I would have never known. We are three weeks away from closing on our first house so I am soaking up all the decorating/savings tips I can find!

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