Our New Living Room

I had been wanting to paint our downstairs, if not the entire house, for YEARS, but I never had time to figure out colors (I wanted more than one) and we couldn't really afford to hire painters. Doing it ourselves wasn't really going to work because we have one wall that spans two floors and we don't have a ladder that's tall enough.

I also wanted all new living room furniture and hardwood (or luxury vinyl) floors. We would have had to do everything a little at a time for budget reasons, but then my mom passed away in 2019 and we got a little inheritance, so we decided to get it all done at once. I've blogged about it a little but haven't gotten around to everything yet. So today I am finally going to post about our living room.

When we bought our home in 2007, it was new construction so we were able to choose all of the finishes. For budget reasons, we went with carpet vs. hardwood and we were planning on doing some accent walls so we went with plain white paint. Then, because the walls were already white, we went with an orange-y brown trim and doors. Blah. Here are some before pictures:

Big chair and cat tree switched

I ended up hiring a designer because I was really struggling with paint colors and furniture choices. This was back in 2020 in the height of the pandemic so she did everything through Facetime, email and phone calls. First, she helped us narrow down our flooring choices. Here is my post about our new floors. Then she put together a style board of suggested furniture and decor. I love it!

I didn't purchase everything on there, but quite a bit of it. Here is our living room now:

Kona looking out the window :) Those mirrors are huge and expensive, and I already broke one. I was experimenting with a different arrangement and accidentally bumped it and made it fall and now it's cracked. And the hook is now too loose to try and hang it anyway so we need to punch new holes in the wall. I think I'm just going to go with some artwork on either side instead and try to sell the intact mirror. Also, this photo makes the floors look way darker than they actually are.

That wall (with the mirrors) is Tradewind by Sherwin Williams. The other walls are Agreeable Gray

I LOVE this media cabinet! Probably my favorite of all the new things.

So much nicer!

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