Decorate first, move later

So we have been in the house for two weeks and have moved out of our apartment completely. We finished moving Sunday morning and finally had our friends over to check out the new place. Their first reaction was how our living room already looked more put together and decorated than theirs and they have been in their house for well over a year. The first thing I wanted to move were the rugs. No furniture, but for some reason the rugs really made the space feel warm. Other than that, we have a few pieces of artwork and a lot of plants that instantly make the place feel like we have been living there for months. The apartment at this point is a distant memory and our living room already feels like home.