When I bought my house, I knew I was going to enjoy decorating for a long while. Unfortunately, I didn't realize how long. It's a lot more work to furnish a house with two extra bedrooms, an extra bath, and a formal living room. Luckily, I had a ton of furniture in storage in my Dad's basement leftover from my first home that helped me get started.
I'm following up on my own personal tour of home posts, and this time it's the family room, which was the biggest decor project I've ever taken on. I know I've posted about it before, but I wanted to give everyone a look at what I started with and where I finished.
I think I've finally gotten to a point where I'm happy with every part of the room and am ready to focus on another space.
So here's a look at what the room looked like before I bought the house. Keep in mind, the sellers had already moved most of their stuff out.
I thought I was going to use a grey theme through out the house, until I painted this room grey. One problem was that I painted it the wrong shade of grey. Because the room was so big, it totally washed the whole space out.
I also forgot that I am not a neutral wall person. I love color. And if you had ever seen my first home, you would understand what I mean. My master bath was such a bright color of pink that it glowed on the side of the house next door when the light was on. I loved it!!!
Anyway, back to the family room. I had planned on incorporating navy and kelly green into the grey room, but the pops of decor weren't doing it. Plus, a navy couch and a very blonde hairy dog were not going to mesh either. So I conquered my fear and bought 18 samples of navy paint.
I'm not even kidding. It took 18 shades of navy for me to decide on one that was perfect. There is so much light in the family room that the color changed depending on the time of day.
Here's what it looks like now.
Ugh. Grainy iPhone photos.
I also did some major rearranging of the shelves. I found a pin for some help, and I feel much better about the whole space now. I also recovered numerous pieces of furniture, bought a new couch, a ton of throw pillows, and added some new pops of color.
So here's the final product. Notice the handsome blonde dog in almost all of the pictures. He did not come with the house.
Seriously bad iPhone photos.
Okay, so that stupid built in shelf isn't completely finished with knick knacks, but I'm not worried about it. Or maybe I'll just get some more movies. Just not that awful one on in the background. So dumb.
Bar area and green themed shelf. See what I mean about the wall looking different in various lights? I swear it's not that royal blue. I blame the camera.
Dining area and back wall. And yes, I do set the table for impromptu dinner parties. And the linens change every so often when I get bored.
Blue shelf.
I'm still slightly torn about the two different couch colors, but I'm not changing them anytime soon. Let's see how long that light beige couch stays clean. Ha.
Anyway, I'm glad to be finished with this room. At least for a long while.
What do you guys think?
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