house tour/livingroom

today i invite you on a tour in our living room

i love this room!

it's cheerful, calming, cozy and so, so liveable!

it's a place where one can put their feet up and throw a 'cozy' around their shoulders.

- the only 'before' picture i have -

today, the room looks like this...

a glimpse of the dinning room on the left -

and the 'other' front door on the right.

the wall was blank until we put up the fireplace mantel.

the cabinet on the right belonged to a kitchen and was a garage sale find -

i gave it my favorite treatment.

as you step inside the 'other' front door you see this...

and this...our game table, new placement since christmas.

before we did a facelift, there was a wall where the couch is

with a l-o-n-g hallway.

removing that l-o-n-g hallway really opened the room,

turning it into a light-filled room.

there is hardwood flooring (really banged-up hardwood) under the carpet...

we both preferred the carpeting.

a view from the bedroom door...

the game table corner where there's a glimpse of the dinning room

and a short hallway into the kitchen.

the chandelier light came from tuesday morning...

it was a REALLY ugly gold w/gold shades -

i gave it my usual touch.

the couch and chair came from a garage sale and looks like this in it's

'before coming to this house.'

i created a pattern out of newspaper, did a mock-up,

then used matelassé coverlets for the real thing.

it is holding up very well, takes a lot of useage and washes like a dream.

on the wall between dinning room /office doorway

(i'm thinking of painting the sconces black)

dishes above the two doorways from GW.

family record, a gift from our children and crafted by a local amish woman.

a table below the used-to-be clock that was purchased at GW without-a-face, now a curio cabinet.

i hope you enjoyed stepping into our house!

...blessedness!

ox

ps. the office is next and oh, my, my...!