cozy

Like me, did you wake up this morning ready for more melting snow and hopeful signs of spring arriving soon? Well, since life in the Red River Valley still has winter in its plan for us, even if we don’t – and honestly…. who is surprised??? – I thought I would simply embrace the snow day and feature a non-traditional, holiday-styled lounge for the second in our series on pre-styled lounge groupings!

Last holiday season, Ashley Ham of FloraPine Home approached me about styling a lounge a tablescape for the “Decorating for the Holidays” feature for her e-course, “Simplifying the Holidays.” I was thrilled, and loved the grouping we came up with so much that I decided to save it and offer it as one of our pre-styled lounges!

Like the Front Porch Lounge we featured in last week’s post, we start with the bare bones, the main pieces that set the stage, and then add accessories to really provide style, complete the color palette, and make things interesting and cozy. The details can be totally customized to fit your own style choices and event theme and colors. For that matter – you can even customize by swapping or adding any pieces you want! But if picking out the pieces is something you’d rather have done for you so you can move on to the rest of your event planning, then by all means, you can just take this as it is, with as many or as few of the accessories as you like.

Our goal for this lounge was to create non-traditional look for a winter gathering that still had all the feels and interesting details for our fashion-forward, earthy, boho, and hipster followers – which was right up Ashley’s alley for FloraPine Home, too! Like a hipster’s version of an up-north cabin retreat.

As I selected the pieces for this lounge, I wanted a nod to the goodness of Hygge style of simple, modern lines, cozy fabrics, layered patterns, and muted color palette. Basically, I wanted the whole thing to feel like cozy pair of wool socks. #truth.

To create this look, we gathered up some of my favorite mid-century pieces: the Dean Sofa and the Eugene + Luis Chairs. Then I added in a little bit of shinny bling with the Flanders Coffee Table and Gibson Side Table. Of course, we needed to include some cozy furs and animal hides. The monochromatic throw pillows support our muted color palette while the mixed patterns of the mudcloth still keep it interesting. And what Hygge-themed lounge would be complete without a stack of beautiful books??

I hope you have as much fun looking at this lounge as we did putting it together! And you’re already thinking ahead to next year’s office party or winter wedding, we would love to book this lovely lounge for you so you can call it done!