It really tied the room together...

Clint and I have been brainstorming ways that we can make our cavernous rooms and bare walls look more homey. Well, a good place to start would be to get some color and warmth into the room, right?

Today's project; the media room. We have a 8' sliding door (actually, every window in our house is 8', well, 94" actually) that is a like a huge glaring hole into our TV room, and quite frankly, it's creepy at night. So our first project was to get some curtains. We decided on solid curtains, and them maybe some day we would get a patterned area rug to tie the room together and make it look more finished.

So off to Bed, Bath, and Beyond we go. (To Jenni's, AND BEYOND!! per Alissa.) We found some great waffle-like textured, dark brown curtains that we loved. So we threw them into the cart and were off. But wait! They were having a special on a 7'9" x 9'6" area rug that matched our colors perfectly! (We must have chosen some trendy colors; brown and green.) For the low, low price of only $99, you get an amazing rug, plus two bonus rugs! You also receive a FREE 2' x 6' runner, and a 20" x 30" area rug!

So, we bought the rugs, too. And fortunately for us, we had a 20% off of one item coupon that we applied toward the rug.

We get home, iron and hang the curtains, unroll the rug, then step back to take a look. Oh my gosh, the room looks awesome! What was a cavernous, sparse, open room now has a feeling of warmth and is quite inviting. It is amazing what a difference the colors and textures of a few accents make upon a room.

And, now nothing creepy can look in on us at night time. We LOVE it!