Another fun day of Roomspirations – Living Room edition hosted by Kelly at
I haven’t share much about our living room in a while. Nothing exciting or new going on in there except my new Shaw Ikat panel rug (you can win one HERE – Hurry! Today’s the last day to enter!). The rest of the room is a “working with what we have” while other more important projects are going on. It’s comfortable and it’s where Mr. DIY, Lalka and I hang out in the evenings. In fact, I’m sitting on the love seat right this minute as I’m typing this up. There’s a lot going on in our living room but we love it.
Our living room that will undergo another DIY transformation again one of these days but not any time soon. When we bought this house, it had old nasty stinky carpet. Walls were painted wallpaper. First thing – out came the carpet and pine floors were sanded, stained and poly was applied. Wallpaper was scraped and painted.
Before
After – you never see cat trees/posts/condos in magazines…but it’s real life for cat owners. I do love that hers is a neutral ivory fleece.
Because of the layout of the room – see the pictures where there is something on every single wall…the tv is most convenient over the fireplace for us and believe it or not, we don’t suffer from neck issues. 🙂
Before
After
Before
After – French doors now separate this living room with another family room/library/office room (not even touched yet – another project for another time). Sorry about the blinding lamp on the left…took this picture at night. (Lalka can usually be found at the top of Mt. Kitty.)
Before – scraping painted wallpaper over plaster walls. Not fun!
After
What do you think? Now how about you? Head over to the View Along the Way to see Kelly’s beautiful living room and join us in sharing your living room in the Roomspiration party! Here’s the schedule for the rest of the linky parties. Hope to see you there!
I just love your house! We are thinking of getting a television for over the mantle, too because our armoire takes too much space, but where do you hide all the cable wires, etc.?
Lovely, Roeshel! Seeing your before & afters gives me inspiration! I so wish my living room was done to post. All I could do is tell about "what it will be like…" Next time! My goal now is to finish the bathroom so I can post on Friday. (yup, starting it a year ago!) Have a great day!
We may put the tv above the fireplace – great question Renee!
Thanks, ladies.
Because this is an old house and there is brick behind a plaster wall, for now, the cords are visible and run along the top of the mantel. The curtain on the left is close enough to hide the cords going down to the outlet. I have plans to build and paint a piece of wood to go in front of them to help hide them. I think the best thing is to have an outlet installed behind the tv but it's not an option for us so I have to do the best job I can at disguising/hiding them.
Beautiful changes! I especially love that gorgeous last vignette with the bookcases and the grid of art above it. Gorgeous! And those french doors are making me look around my house and try to find a place to "need" some french doors here too. 🙂
Thanks for linking up! 🙂
love your home, it looks like an older home – reminds me of a the style of houses in a neighborhood where I used to live. i adore the french doors and the pretty bookshelves. you've done a lot with the home to make it seem fresh and pretty. Thanks so much for sharing. Very inspiring!
Lol! I love you and your cat tree comment. 🙂 Those french doors are beautiful and I want some now, thanks! I like your room!
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Awww…don't tell my cats that your kitty gets a whole mountain to itself. Mine are forced to get their queen-of-the-world fix by climbing up high on less exciting things like doors and banisters.
Your room is so cozy and friendly–I can tell you guys put a lot of love into it to make it that way! (Stripping wallpaper? No thanks…) 🙂
These before & After photos are great, so inspiring.
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Hi Roeshel! The transformation in your living room is beyond amazing!! There are just so many wonderful details to the space and you brought out all of its charm and character. It is just gorgeous! 🙂
Vanessa
I love those before and after shots, you've done a really nice job with it – How did you choose the colours? And how old is your house because it's quite an unusual design?
Good blog!
So beautiful! You have done such a great job remodeling this area. I love all of the details. The bookshelf corner is just fabulous. Thanks for sharing your living room with us. 🙂
Heather
What a wonderful job and lovin’ the colors…Im a bit confused on the furniture placement in the LR, perhaps ‘cuz I dont know how the family uses this room……nonetheless, it looks well balanced and walking space is easy, thank you for sharing, its not always easy and takes many tries before feeling when it is right, and thats the fun part too (arranging & rearranging), Love & Blessings to your/yours..