Well, I did some minor improvements to our recently painted living room (it was wooden paneling I painted). Here is what we had at ground zero:
And then during Thanksgiving break I painted the paneling a nice cream/tan and blue:
I added a floating shelf where the old huge shelves were right outside the door to the garage (see in the picture below).
It has a few of my favorite things, a painting I got during a trip to New Orleans recently, a little ceramic bird from Goodwill, a glass chicken my husband bought me, a Silhouette I made for homemade Christmas presents, and a nice yellow bowl. Down below is a painting of birds I got during college at a craft fair. I still love those.
We have very few knick knacks, but for the ones we have, I do really like them.
I just recently bought this to go in this room, since the accent to the deep blue walls is a nice green, which is best seen in the large green flower below.
And that is all I've done so far. My list of to-dos? Here they are:
- Test out whether I can stand the TV being attached on the wall that is shared with the master bedroom, or not. I go to bed earlier than my husband which means I hope I cannot hear the TV when I'm in bed, or else we'll have to figure out another plan.
- Paint the ceiling white.
Hang the new light fixture I got (see below).Hang a new modern floating shelf as a place to catch keys and small tidbits when we walk in the door.Perhaps also a mail station on the wall would help with the in/out mail.- Figure out whether or not I can dye the curtain in this room. I priced fabric (21 yards worth) in the style I love and it was $375 just for fabric, and then I would be left to sew it myself. Whew, I really don't like sewing straight lines that much. I also priced buying pinched pleated drapes and sewing them together to make the length we need, but that was closer to $600. Too much money. I'm still hoping dying the fabric would work.
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