Chair covers do the trick

An easy way to dress up a room is to give your furniture a makeover. And let me tell you, these chairs needed it. They are really huge, comfy chairs we got from boyfriend's mom. They were perfect for the living room, except for one thing: They're ugly. They have a not-so-exciting Santa Fe style pattern that doesn't really jive with the beachy theme we're going for.
 

So instead of paying to have them reupholstered or doing it myself (since they're still really in good condition), I opted to search for some cheap covers. First I measured the chairs. Generally you want the height, the width from arm to arm and the distance from back to front. In this case, we also wanted to make sure we found something that fits a chair with a T-cushion, so we took the measurements of that as well.






Then we started the hunt. I was looking for a tan canvas-type cover with white piping. We went to Bed, Bath  & Beyond and a few other stores before I found something I really loved online on target.com.

The covers turned out great and the living room "space" (as they call it on HGTV) is really starting to come together:

Grown up bed

We finally got the bed moved and set up with our new "grown up" bedding this weekend:

We were so happy (and relieved) to see how well the walls and accents matched. Now we can start adding wall decor and looking for window treatments. I wasn't a huge fan of the curtains that match this set from Bed Bath & Beyond, so we're looking for any great ideas!

Tuscany style bedding

We visited BED BATH & BEYOND yesterday and picked out our bedding:

Then we hopped over to THE HOME DEPOT to pick our bedroom accent-wall paint. Here's the choices our apartment complex gave us and the one what we came up with: