Hey guys, this is Angela. Welcome to my channel Runway Done My Way. Today's episode is all about how to combine living and dining space when they share the same room. I am also going to show you how to make small spaces appear larger. I want you guys to stay tuned to the end of the video though. I do have a lot of information to convey in a short amount of time, but at the end I'm going to share with you a few more tips and I'm not physically showing you, but that I am able to show you using my decor. Let's go ahead and jump right into it. This is my before and this is my after. So once I decided on dark floors, I knew I was going to want to do a cream off white couch and a cream off white shag rug. The problem was once I got the look into the floor plan, it looked really boring and drab. So I immediately had to start figuring out ways to create contrast and warmth. As you can see, using a rug that is the proper size for this couch doesn't too much for the space as far as making it look bigger than it is. What I decided to do was to layer my rugs. I got a really big jute rug and I decided to put that under the faux fur rug. This is a really good idea as well if you want to save money, but you still want to have a faux fur rug, but you have a really big space. Layering rugs like this is a great way to cut cost. So now as you can see the jute rug is kind of warming up the space and also making the space look bigger. Okay so as you guys can see I have a 9 by 12 rug which is probably by standards too big for this space, but I want the space to look as big as possible. So I like breaking the rules a little bit and doing what I want. So I got a really big jute rug and then I put a faux fur rug on top of it. I am calling it a be screwing the rug back a little bit more under the couch once my boyfriend gets here and he can help me. Because it's heavy. But that's what I'm doing for now. As you can see I will do a close up. The jute rug it kind of matches my birch console, the shabbed rug ties into the couch and then we have the cream from the painting and then as you can see the dark frame also matches the stairwell. So now I'm going to throw some pillows on that are going to start tying everything in together. I got my pillows at home good so let me show you how that really starts tying the space in together. The first pillow I got is a Calvin Klein. As you can see it's an ombre that fades from blue to cream. The second one is a basic blue gray which is foam filled. If you do want your pillows to hold their structure you want to make sure that their foam filled and not down filled. This one was an absolute score. It's foam filled and as you can see it ties in the jute rug and the shabbed rug and the painting. So this was a must have and then the other two are the same as the first two. Moving on to the most luxurious faux fur blanket ever. As you can see it has a minky backing which makes it so soft. This completes the couch decor. So as you can see I just kept creating contrast. So the cream couch with the cream rug alone was too bland. It was okay. You know what I mean but I have these dark floors so I did want to brighten them up but it was too bland so I added the jute rug which is going to go along with the console over there. We will be tackling that section later and then I brought in some more depth with the pillows and with the blanket. Now I am going to add the coffee table and I ended up going for a chrome coffee table. The reason why is because the dining section is so close and the middle head trim that is on the chairs is chrome. So as you can see I am kind of pulling pieces from every corner of the house and tying them in. The chrome here, the rot iron there, the dark wood there. Okay guys a quick tip if you are someone like me who likes to get things done on your own you don't like to appear as when your weapon comes home to help you lift things so you are often pulling things across the floor. If you have a hard floor make sure that you always put the felt bumpers underneath the feet of everything under your chairs, under your parcels, under your tables. Now that you can preserve the life of your flooring just a little quick tip as I get ready to pull this extra step floor myself. As you guys know I like to keep things extremely clean so another quick tip is with your cleaning products you want to use biodegradable non-toxic cleaning products and another thing that I have started doing to be green is cutting up all my towels and instead of using paper towels and paper towels and paper towels I have just been cutting up old towels and using them as rags to clean and then I just throw these in the wash. Alright you guys so that is it for today obviously I need to figure out if I am going to put end tables or if I am going to do one end table from a floor lamp for either side of the couch. Hopefully some of this was helpful if not it was at least inspiring. As you can see I went with a chrome coffee table which you may think is a complete departure from what I have going on here but because of the fact that the dining and the living room share such a close space and the dining chairs have chrome silver nail head trims I thought pulling the chrome into this space would be the most interesting and add that contrast that I love so much. Okay so hopefully some of that was helpful I will see you guys in a few days hope you all had an amazing weekend. Final tips when combining living and dining space you still want to define distinct spaces as you can see having my rugged 9x12 clearly defines the living space from the dining space. Placing plants, table lamps or end tables is also another easy way to define spaces that are close together. You can also paint the walls the same color so the space flows together. You will also want the same type of flooring. The use of glass tables will also help light move through the space. And last but not least learning to layer rugs will really help when it comes to cutting cost in your home decor. I hope you enjoyed today's episode exclusively at Runway Danmyron.