Jacob and I decided that instead of getting each other Christmas presents this year, we would buy ourselves two (much-needed!) chairs for our living room.
Our living room is the first room you enter when you come in our front door. It's got super high vaulted ceilings and is is connected to our dining room, so it's a pretty big space.
A pretty big space that is really boring and lacks decent furniture.
I'm a little bit embarrassed to invite people into our house because their first impression of our decor would be pretty sad.
So I spent a few hours giving our room a virtual makeover in Photoshop to see how our living room could potentially look AND to help us decide what kind of chairs to buy.
Here is the BEFORE (what our living room looks like now)
and virtual AFTER.
I think it's all pretty do-able.
Buy the chairs.
Paint the walls.
Build the bookcases and trim work above the mantle.
Slipcover the sofa.
Fix up the coffee table.
Buy a rug.
It just might take us a year to complete though :)
Linking up to:
Ooh la la. Looking pretty snazzy. Can't wait to see you pull it off. You go girl! Hubs and I always buy furniture, tvs, whatever for holidays, birthdays.
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome - all of it. Am wondering where you found that table lamp with the brown shade. We need a table lamp and would like to find one sooner rather than later.
ReplyDeleteThat looks beautiful. After I read this post and studied your pictures, I went downstairs and realized how dark my house is. I might need to brighten it up a bit.
ReplyDeleteOh Erin!! I absolutely love it! Definitely do-able.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see your living room finished. It is going to be fab-u-lous! :)
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Beth.
Judy - the lamp is from Pottery Barn. It's the Briana Glass Table Lamp Base and the shade is the Burlap Tapered Drum Lamp Shade. If you are looking for something cheaper though, Lamps Plus, Target, and Lowe's have some good alternatives!
ReplyDeleteThe room looks beautiful! I love the built in bookcases and the detail trim above the fireplace. I recently found you and love your style!! I am excited to see you transform this room :)
ReplyDeleteI love that you did this on photo shop. It's a great way to see what your room could look like and also to keep you inspired as it does take time and money to get there. Best wishes on this.
ReplyDeleteThis should totally make Layla proud! Fabulous job!
ReplyDeleteThis IS just like Layla's! Beyond exquisite and who cares how long it takes...I am a S L O W home decorator too. No worries b/c in the end...it will all be breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteNow I just want you to teach me photoshop. :)
Cheers~
e
I love the changes you're planning. Can't wait to see the final product. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2011.
ReplyDeleteThis is remarkable. I love your vision for the room so clean and fresh. I have Photoshop and would love to know how to do this. Is it hard? Is there a book on how to create a virtual room?
ReplyDeleteThanks for leaving me the nice comment - I am loving your posts and am glad you left me the comment or I might not have found you. I will link up a project and put your party on my list.
I also love your header. I want to be viewing my bare tootsies with the water view. Looks perfect.
My best- Diane