I truly wish I had taken better before/after pictures of our living room before we built this amazing shelving unit. Last year, we were working hard to build this unit and get new furniture. Most of what we have had, has been around for a while. I wanted something new, that would last a long time and add some beauty to our living space. We have tons of artwork, books and pottery that I wanted to showcase with the fishtank on this wall. It's a tough room to style because there is some sort of doorway on every wall...and we have a fireplace, a 70 inch t.v. and a fish tank so where do you make the focal point? I feel like using the chairs here, allow the space to feel more open than our big, black love seat did so I was happy to get rid of it. The rest of the living room is almost done. We are going to build a new t.v. cabinet and I need to figure out what artwork to hang on the two main walls....and then, the entry way needs to be redone....Eventually, I will probably update the curtains. Please excuse this panorama. It has been quite dark and gloomy here and our living room is pretty dark as it is so it is hard to get a good image of the entire room. We re-did the fireplace mantle. We tried just stripping down the black paint but the pine underneath was ugly so we built a new casing to go over it that we could stain to match the shelving/floors. Here it is decorated for fall. Over the next few weeks, I am going to update the wall paper in the entry way area below, move the plants out, hang up a new coat rack system, and find a new amazing door mat for this area. I am also going to paint the door. This is the last area in the house, that has not been touched since we moved in. The wallpaper is looking warn, and dated. I'm so excited about the new wallpaper that I ordered!! Artemis from anthropology. It was expensive, but I've wanted it for 3 years and now that I'm not going on any vacations for a while, I justified the purchase. This has been a long, expensive project....and the last room we will probably touch for a while. We have talked about updating the kitchen with granite counters, and new cabinets but that will probably be a while before we do that.
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