When everyone knows you paid too much for furniture, but you pretend like you didn"t.

When everyone knows you paid too much for furniture, but you pretend like you didn"t.

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Living Room Layout Ideas: Place a Bookcase Behind Your Sofa

Though there are few concrete rules to laying out a living room’s furniture (each space is different, after all), some might agree that putting a furniture piece directly in front of another furniture piece would be like double parking in your living room. There’s one notable and stylish exception to this, though, and that’s putting a bookcase or shelving system behind your sofa. Here are seven spaces proving this look works — and perhaps inspiring your own living room arrangement!

A turquoise tufted sofa shines with an open gold shelf backing it up. ViaDesign*Sponge.

Even a sectional can see some shelf-behind-it action, creating a wonderful and cozy nook. This spotted on Better Homes and Gardens.

The sofa and bookshelf don’t have to be the same width to be paired together; other home elements can be used to balance things out. Designed by Michael Penney.

For a rental where you can’t add wallpaper to the wall, a bookshelf behind a sofa can be an awesome way to add pattern. Seen on Cup of Jo.

A tall, towering storage unit behind a sofa can really set a dramatic tone for an entire space. Seen on Design*Sponge.

Sharon & Chris’ Monochrome Wonder

Weird room layouts and architectural element placement can make putting a sofa behind the sofa the smartest choice.

You can always go low, too, for a great bookcase-behind-the-sofa look. Seen onLovely Life.

Living Room Layout Ideas: Place a Bookcase Behind Your Sofa

Hypothesized: I own a couch, Beyonce owns a couch, and therefore I am Beyonce?

Hypothesized: I own a couch, Beyonce owns a couch, and therefore I am Beyonce?

High five for getting a new couch to claw! #NationalHighFiveDay #furniture

High five for getting a new couch to claw! #NationalHighFiveDay #furniture

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Game of Thrones Inspired Room

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  Any discussion of Game of Thrones decor must start with the Starks. They may be going through some rough straits right now, but their stark, medieval look never goes out of style. While it may be impossible to get a hold of your own direwolf or full sized Winterfell, you can follow these four tips to design your own bedroom or living room with that signature Stark look.

  
  

  

  
  
  
  


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  Fur

  
  

  Winter is coming, after all, and the key to a nice, warm Stark bedroom is fur. There’s nothing better to keep you warm during the long, long, long winter than some cozy fur throws and fur pillows. The shaggier, the better! Bonus points if you hunted the animal yourself.

  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Reclaimed Wood

  
  

  The second step to your ideal Winterfell room is wood that looks like it’s been around since the time of the First Men. A few furniture pieces in a good weathered wood is a must-have if you want that nice 8,000 year old ambiance. And don’t forget, you’re looking for clean, simple lines. If it looks like it could have been made with medieval tools, it’s in!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  
  
  


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  Candles

  
  

  To really pull the Stark look together, buy a lot of candles and invest in some candle holders made out of dark metal or wood. Candelabras, chandeliers, good old fashioned candlesticks, they’ll all work, as long as they have that sturdy Stark aesthetic.

  
  

  Wolves

  
  

  The Starks love their direwolves, so you can’t go wrong with a well-placed tapestry or statue as a reference to a Stark’s best friend.

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  For a little extra, throw in a reference to the Godswood and get in touch with the old gods with a tasteful tree sculptures.
  

  
  
  
  

Game of Thrones Inspired Room