Living Room

Since we have been living in this house, I think I have moved around just about every room! I am a chronic room rearranger and because we have small kids, I find myself looking for better rooms or layouts that suit our family for the moment we are in.

What was once the living room, is now our master bedroom...

Original

Newly painted "living room"

What once was the kids play room, is now the living room...

The kids play room has been relocated to the "back room" area and both of their bedrooms are now upstairs and swapped out { Jude is in Isabelle's old room and Isabelle is in our old room} The 3rd bedroom {which was converted into a kitchenette for renters} serves as a huge walk in closet for the kids and storage. There is also a full bath on the second floor. Are you confused yet?

Back to the living room. So, once we were "living" in this room more, I had had enough of the sun yellow and grass green.  Here are the befores...

                                        Play room befores

                                          Living Room Befores

 The first step was picking out a color. Since the kitchen is a green/gray color and open to the living room, I had to choose something that would flow from one room to another. I picked Behers Rainforest Dew and had it mixed up at Sherwin Williams. I filled HUNDREDS of tiny tack holes and some larger ones. I then primed ALL the woodwork and fireplace. then started in with my tinted primer on the walls.

The color of the tinted primer had me nervous. It was supposed to have a light green undertone, but wound up looking like butter. So, back to SW we went and had them play with it until we came up with the final color, that I LOVE...

 

This July was my hubby and I's 5th wedding anniversary. We always buy each other the traditional year gift as a tradition. This year was wood and this is my gift...

 

 

Love it!!

 

I have plans to paint out the mirror in a fun color {ideas?}

Add some backing to the shelf for support and a pop of color

Wanting more throw pillows with fun colors and patterns and have an idea for a huge gallery wall behind the couch...

 

Here you can see the transition into the kitchen...

It was A LOT of work. The walls required primer and 2 coats of paint. The woodwork needed sanded, a coat of primer, and 4 coats of paint. The fireplace was primed twice, painted with 2 coats, and had all the grates removed and painted.

Still to do:

Flooring
Window treatments
TV stand
Paint Mirror
Reinforce book case
Add decorative touches

Next on the list? The upstairs. I don't think I have posted a single picture of our second floor. So, if I am not boring you to tears, you should come back to check it out!

Lamp Love and Spray Paint Mania

I recently posted about some changes I made in the living room. I did a little revamping on a hand me down lamp {thanks Alan and Anna Lou} and a Goodwill bargain lamp. Both were brass, ick and reeked of the 80's.

I chose my favorite method for quick face lifts, spray paint! I usually wind up spray painting most things I own {you can see some past projects here, and here} so these lamps were no exception. I went with a nickel finish Krylon brand spray paint.



I scuffed them up a tad and then gave them a solid coat, then left them to dry over night.

I took them outside the next day and gave them another coat and found a few other things to paint while I was at it.

I found this urnish vase in my moms garage.

And this mail sorter in the leftovers of the daycare.

Your going to have to come back if you want to see how those turned out, but for now...here are my lamps!

I found these simple shades for both of them {although I may have to add a little something to them :)} The table lamp will stay in the livingroom for now, but we are lamp poor at the moment so I doubt this baby will last long in its current home.