Dress Up Your Design: Accessorize a Bland Living Room

Each month, a lucky reader wins accessories from Etsy.com to complete a room. For August's winner, Heather, designer Claire Watkins selects the accessories and shares why she chose them to update boring living room.

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HGTVs Dress Up Your Design August Featured Pillows

After: Bold, Graphic Pillows

Next, taking cues from the contemporary style of the rug, Claire selected bold throw pillow covers. "These graphic brown pillows will complement the sofa," she says. She also selected down-filled inserts to make lounging on the couch extra-cozy.