• Consider size. Standard squares (about 18 inches) nest neatly on sofas with typical dimensions. Oversize pillows (24 inches) create a more casual, loungey feel. If you have a modern sofa with a very low back, consider 16 inches.
• Know about fill. A feather-and-down fill has more squish, and it’s also the priciest. Foam and other synthetic fills are stiffer. They hold their shape but look less lush.
• Use an odd number of pillows. In design, odd numbers tend to be more artful. Try one, three, or five, depending on the size of your furniture and the look you want (one for a chair, three or five for a standard 88-inch sofa).
• Create a mixed “pillowscape.” An easy combo: a matched pair of square solids that contrast with the color of your sofa, one oblong pillow for the center of the couch, and two interesting outliers—patterned, embellished, or oddly shaped—that reference either the color of your upholstery or the color of your solid pillows.
• Don’t forget about texture. Tactile contrast—nubby linen against smooth leather or silk upholstery, or shiny pillows on a fuzzy couch—add warmth and offer traction, so pillows don’t slide off seats.
• Address the whole room. Think of a living room’s pillows as a family. The pillow on a chair doesn’t have to match the group on the sofa, but if it relates in some way—palette, style—the space feels unified and polished.

Here is my blank canvas. This is our living room couch.  We have a Flex Steel Leather Reclining sofa. The color is saddle brown.

I clean my leather furniture with Bayers Leather cleaner once every 3 months.  It is real easy to use.  I use a cheese cloth and just wipe it down.  It gently cleans, conditions and prevents drying and cracking.  I found my bottle at TjMaxx, but you can also purchase it at Wal-mart.

Pottery Barn’s website How to Decorate a leather couch states that dark tones of a brown or black leather sofa is considered neutral, and matches with practically anything.  I would of never thought my couch would be a neutral.

Here is what my couch looks like everyday.

The faux fur throw I purchased from TjMaxx. I draped it over one corner.

I started with 2 matching 20″ soft pink distressed square pillows, I placed each resting against the couch arms. I found the pillows at Kirkland’s (they are on clearance right now for $11.22 each). 

I placed two 20″ light beige linen with a white embroidered design pillows next to the pink distressed pillows.   

In the center I placed a large 24″ Modern Greek Key soft pink pillow. 

The last pillow is the textured oblong pillow.  We always need to have a pillow with some interest!  

That is how my pillows are placed on my couch.  I know you are thinking……where can anyone sit?  I understand this wouldn’t work for everyone.  Remember, we don’t use our couch much and when we do we just pull the pillows off.  It doesn’t take that much effort.

I would love to hear from you on how you dressed your couch up.  Did this help you with your pillow placement?  Let me know what you think?

For the holidays use your pillows as a statement piece.  You can easily change your pillows with pillow covers.  They are very reasonable and easy to store when you are not using them.  They just slip right over your everyday pillows.  I will be purchasing some for my Christmas season, for sure!

Now grab your pillows and go play and design your couch arrangement.  Make it your own statement piece.

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Stay strong and stay blessed!

Terrie