For the living room, there is something nice about furniture that makes the room feel better without changing how you live in it. What surprised me was how easy it was to keep the room feeling relaxed around it, especially when everything is not perfectly styled. The room feels more finished, but not more formal, and that balance matters to me. The corner now feels connected to the rest of the room instead of like an afterthought. I like that this side table works with what we already had in the living room instead of making the rest of the room feel outdated. This ended up being exactly the kind of update the living room needed.