There were
just a few updates we wanted to make to the living room.
Just a few.
Task 1:
Remove vile 80s carpet and revive beautiful original hardwood floors. A big,
fat, painful CHECK! You can read about all of the horrifying details HERE.
Task 2: Fireplace
makeover. Extract weird (definitely explosive) gas fireplace. Replace with gas
fireplace insert from this century. Check!
Task 3: Remove
enormous/ugly ceiling fan and replace with a less conspicuous, true to the age
of our house ceiling medallion. Done!
Task 4:
Allow sunlight to actually enter the room. Perhaps my favorite improvement. The
previous homeowners (though I’m sure they were lovely people!) had extremely
heavy drapes on the windows. Even though we darkened the paint from their
choice, white, to our choice, a darker gray/tan/green shade, this room looks so
much more open and bright. Check!
Task 5: Add
lots of personality - new furniture and accessories, a fresh coat of paint,
lighting, tons of house plants, artwork and photos (our unhealthy obsession with the dog can’t be missed). Checkity-check-check-check!
Yet to come: Our television
is looking a little dorm room chic at the moment. We plan to remove it from
this room all together and banish it to the basement.
Bam! After! Better? I think so.
Have you made any improvements to your living room? I’d love to hear
about them!
The before picture looks like an interrogation room or sensory deprivation space. Wow! Huge difference. "After" is very warm, comfy, and inviting. But what do you do when it's all done? What's next?
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Let's hope "interrogation room chic" never becomes a thing. And thank you! Um, what ISN'T next? Kitchen, basement, bathrooms, bedrooms... They all need work. :)
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