How to Choose Chairs for Your Living Room

Video Transcript

"Hello! My name is Judy Williams on behalf of Expert Village and today we’re talking about different ways to decorate your living room on a budget. When you’re decorating on a budget you want to also consider comfort, particularly in a room like this that’s used a great deal. So once I’ve determined my rug and then developed my color scheme, did my painting and chose my basic fabric. Again, I had predetermined the pieces that I can use that I already had and then I went to auction and picked up some other pieces. I decided that are a really good investment for me was a nice leather recliner that would last. I like furniture that is a good quality, even though it’s budgeted. So what I did was purchase this nice leather recliner and I just angled this end right on my rug. You can see I’ve already placed my case goods. This has a good hard wood frame. The next thing I did was decide that I wanted to keep this chair. It’s made by Fairfield, it’s very old but it’s a very well made chair, very comfortable. So I selected a fabric that gives me just a little bit more pizzazz. So I’m covering this chair with the fabric. Again, you’ll see it picks up the colors from my rug and my sofa. Now, I have chosen to have a professional upholster do this but it’s not difficult on chair like this to do it yourself. "