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Living Room Reveal – 75%

I spent most of this weekend working on the living room and I’m so excited to show you all what I’ve got so far! I would say this room is about 75% done! All it’s missing are a few details, some which just aren’t in the budget right now and will have to wait. Enough blabber, you guys came for pictures!Living room sectionalThere she is, in all her sectional beauty! I am in love with this sofa already! It is super comfortable and it looks fabulous! Jesse has taken several naps on it in the past two weeks and I love sitting in the corner with a cup of coffee and my computer to do my blog reading and post writing. Or watching Frozen on repeat. I’m beyond thrilled with this sectional and I highly recommend it to anyone out there looking for one! It’s the Amalfi sectional in Charcoal from Haverty’s, you can read more about our love for Haverty’s in this post. If you’re local, ask for Jason! πŸ˜‰ The only change I made was recovering the pillows that originally came with it for a little splash of color.Living room pillowsThe red flowered fabric is actually a cloth napkin. I found four of them on clearance at Target and the were the perfect size for the pillows. They even have zippers! (More on those later this week). The grey circle and swirl fabric is part of the HGTV fabric line at Jo-Ann Fabric and Crafts, it’s called Circling. The black pillows were on our old couch and I will probably move them upstairs to the guest room in exchange for a more fun solid color pillow. Maybe teal?Living room Europe picturesAbove the sectional are a few of our favorite photos from our trip to Europe this past fall in black and white. They aren’t really in any particular order, but Glasgow, Sycamore Gap, London and Paris are all represented. I’ve been working really hard to finish our photo book from that trip because you can get a free book on Shutterfly right now using the code STORYTIME.Β Living room sectional cornerAlong the wall behind the sectional is our very rough, unfinished sofa table. When I gave Jesse the measurements I forget to take the overhang of the curtains into account, so it needs to be cut another 5 inches length wise. We also want it to be a little taller since the cushions come up so high. I’d like to be able to set up a little vignette between the two lamps (from IKEA), but as of now you wouldn’t be able to see it. Once the table is done I plan on staining it the same dark walnut as our farmhouse kitchen table andΒ nightstands.Living room cornerI know I originally said that I wanted curtains with a red pattern, but after looking for several weeks I wasn’t really seeing anything that I really liked. Last week we were randomly at Target and I saw these beauties, and they were on sale for $20, so I snatched them up. Funny thing, they also had them in red, but for some reason the blue spoke to me more. Go figure! For windows this large you really can’t beat $80 total for curtains. The rods are from IKEA and I got them last weekend when I went up to Baltimore with my BFF. I was super excited that IKEA had adjustable corner rod pieces too!Β Living room painted chairDown the line I’d love to invest in a fun armchair, or two, for this space, but the extra $300 isn’t in our current budget. For now I brought down the armchair that I painted a few years ago from the upstairs hall, and it’s working really well. The blue from the chair really pulls out the blue in the curtains. I love this chair but I don’t think it quite fits with the room for the long run, plus old school wingback chairs aren’t the most comfortable thing in the world for watching tv.Living room fiddle leaf figAnd last, but certainly not least, I bought a fiddle leaf fig tree at Home Depot! This little guys was $25, though I’ve heard rumors of them being marked down to $15 sometimes. He is my first ever houseplant, so fingers crossed I can keep him alive. This spot in the house is pretty sunny, so I hope he does well. It’s so nice to have something green and alive in the house. Makes it feel more homey for some reason. πŸ™‚

I can’t show you the other side of the room because it’s a mess, but as soon as the weather warms up again I’ve got a 6 ft. long tv stand to paint. We picked it up on Saturday for $60 and I’ve already sanded it and put a coat of primer on most of it. But then the temperature dropped to the 40s yesterday so it was too cold to finish priming.Β TV stand - beforeI’m so excited to be crossing things off my living room to-do list, which looks like this now:

  • Curtains for the windows so they aren’t naked anymore. I’d prefer something with a red pattern that I can buy, but I’m open to making them if I have to.
  • Finish the sofa table we started this weekend. It needs to be about 5 inches shorter (length wise) and to be stained.
  • Finish sewing the pillows for the couch. It’s been a work in progress for weeks and I just need to get them done.
  • Hang art over the couch to fill in the space and make things more homey.
  • Find a new, longer, tv stand. Now that we moved some things around the living room is seriously lacking storage for DVDs and game system accessories, so I’d like a bigger tv stand. If you’re local, I’m looking for something 72β€³ wide and no more than 26β€³ tall. Now I have to redo the one I bought!
  • Get a chair, or two, a side table and a plant to fill the corner of the room opposite the couch.
  • Paint our mantel white, maybe add some molding to it, and secure it to the brick so it is more sturdy. I’d also really like to add a large mirror to the mantel to give the room the allusion of being deeper, something it lost with the large sectional being added to the room.
  • Replace the carpet. It needs it. I’d settle for a rug or two in the meantime though!

Woohoo for being 75% done with a room that has been a thorn in my side since we moved in! We spend so much time in the living room and it’s so nice now. Sometimes I think about sleeping down there.

What room is, or was, begging for a makeover? What do you think of ours so far? Any advice for taking care of a fiddle leaf fig tree?

Linking up with Savvy Southern Style, House on the Way, DIY By Design, The Turquoise Home, Remodelaholic, Serenity Now

49 Comments

  1. nothing feels better than crossing stuff off a list! it’s coming along very nicely! can’t wait to see what you do to that entertainment center! hope it starts warming up soon!

  2. That room is really coming together now! & nice tv stand find! I like the detail on the drawers.

    • Thanks Melanie! Unfortunately the detail is painted on, so I’m painting over it. Haven’t decided if I’m going to do a different stencil to replace it or not though!

  3. Such a beautiful room! Even though you said it’s only 75% done, you could have fooled me! It all looks so put together! Let me know if you’re ever in MI, you can come to our apartment and give us some advice, lol!

    Congrats!

  4. The room looks amazing! I love the curtains you ended up choosing and that couch is gorgeous!! Can’t wait to see the tv stand!

  5. Looks great! I love the new couch. I’m having issues deciding what to do with our living room. A new couch is definitely on our list too!

  6. It’s really coming together…looking good!

  7. Looking great! I love those curtains!

  8. The room is looking REALLY GREAT! I just love that sofa and the pillows you covered!

  9. It looks so good! And cozy. I’m loving those curtains!

  10. This looks awesome! I love love love the curtains. They are perfect for your room. And your sofa looks so comfy.

  11. Emily @ go haus go

    The curtains are my favorite! The room looks beautiful

  12. How exciting!!! It’s looking awesome πŸ™‚

  13. Kelly @ Corner of Main

    So pretty! I love it all. It really has come out great!

  14. It looks amazing! I love the couch, the curtains, pillows, everything! Can’t wait to see the tv stand when you are finished too. I need to get some larger curtain rods, so maybe I will put them on my Ikea list πŸ™‚

  15. It looks awesome! I’m insanely jealous of your sectional. We plan on getting one but getting us both in the mood to go out shopping for one? It’s not happening, haha.

    • The sectional is seriously awesome! But I’m really glad that we found it the first, and only, day we went shopping. I would not have been motivated to shop for furniture for more than one day.

  16. IT’S SO PRETTY!!! It totally makes me want to sit down and stay for a while. (and drink wine with you)

  17. Those curtains are perfect!!! And the colors from the pillows add a nice pop

  18. Sectional corners = perfection. There is no better spot than a sectional corner. It looks great πŸ™‚
    Since you back up to two walls, did you build a ledge behind for drinks on one or both sides? We added a ledge on one side of our sectional and it’s ah-mazing.

    • We built a sofa table to go behind the couch, but it’s not finished so I didn’t really show it πŸ˜‰ I wanted to do one behind both sides, but there isn’t enough space to do one behind the side part because of where our tv is in the room. I’ll show off the table when we get it finished for sure!

  19. everything is looking so good! and good find on the tv stand…cant wait to see what you do with it. hope you get good weather this weekend!!

  20. Looking so good! You’ve inspired me to maybe think about adding a plant at some point….pretty sure I have a knack for killing them, but we’ll see! Also, our living room is being painted as we speak, and I’m so excited! Can’t wait to work towards the details of the room once everything is freshly painted. Yay for home progress!

    • Woohoo for painting! I can’t wait to see how it turns out! πŸ™‚

      I’ll let you know how the fiddle leaf fig goes, though I think they are poisonous to cats so I don’t think you could have one.

  21. Looks amazing! I LOVE sectionals lol – hopefully we can get one someday, but currently there are too many other things needing our financial resources πŸ˜›

  22. Looks great Ashley! And the tree is gorgeous! I’ve been thinking I need to add some greens to my decor but I’m afraid I’m just going to kill everything! Fingers crossed for you!

  23. Your living room looks beautiful. I will be featuring it tonight at my Swing into Spring party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks. http://diybydesign.blogspot.com

  24. So funny to see those napkins turned pillows! I just saw the matching tablecloth on another blog and I really like that print. It makes a great pillow!

  25. Looking great so far! I love those curtains!

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