03/11/2026
B E F O R E Y O U B U Y T U E S D A Y S || Stop Buying Cushions To Fix The Room 🛋️
A little interior design confession…
Sometimes the answer to a room that feels “wrong” is NOT MORE CUSHIONS.
😂
We see this all the time.
The room feels flat → buy cushions.
Still doesn't feel right → buy MORE cushions.
Now you have 17 cushions and you're still not happy.
The problem might actually be:
❌ The furniture layout
❌ Poor lighting
❌ The wrong scale
❌ Too many small accessories
❌ Lack of contrast
❌ No clear focal point
❌ Or simply… too much stuff
Accessories should finish a room, not rescue it.
Before buying another cushion, vase, tray or candle, stand back and ask:
“What is actually missing here?”
And just as importantly:
“What might I need to remove?”
Sometimes editing a room will do more than adding to it.
Try this today:
Take 5 things out of the room.
Live with it for 24 hours.
You might be surprised.
And yes… your cushions will survive 😉
💬 Are you an “add more” person or a “take things away” person?
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Credit: Ellenvale