It seems like every year around St. Patrick's Day, we are working on a big home remodeling project. We usually start it in the winter, but sometimes we do it all in one weekend like the time we pulled up the carpet in our bedroom and moved the furniture around.
Our living room is one of the few rooms in the house we did not repaint when we moved in. It has been the same dark maroon color for the 13 years we've lived in the house. This winter, I decided that we needed a fresh new look. We started with a light blue paint. I spent most of our snow days and a couple of weekends priming and painting the walls, filling holes and touching up the trim. The most annoying part of this process was moving around the furniture, including a big card table with a 2,000 piece puzzle. I had to move each item of furniture away from the wall, and adjust the puzzle table so that it was not disturbed while I painted and moved things. Talk about annoying. Finally, the walls were done. We went shopping for a new rug and some new items of furniture. Most of the pieces in our living room were from family rummage sales, we got them cheap, taking them off the hands of other family members. This time, I really wanted to decorate the entire room. We kept our white leather couch that we've had for about 6 years as it is still in good shape. We got rid of two end tables, the coffee table chest, and a black leather love seat. We plan to move a small green chair and a book case out of the living room once all of the furniture arrives. So far, an ink blue velvet chair, the rug, a new round marble coffee table and end table to match, another blue end table and a mirror are the only things we've replaced. On the way are two floor lamps, and two chairs to replace the love seat. I wanted a coffee table and chairs that were more open, instead of a wall, barricading off part of the room. The reason the living room is hard to decorate is because there are competing focal points. We have a 60" flat screen that needs to be front and center but we also have a big stone fireplace (my husband is dead set against having the flat screen above the fireplace), and a 100 gallon freshwater aquarium. The room has 4 doorways which cannot be blocked off. It is hard to arrange furniture in a way that is comfortable and functional. I had the idea to build a new, more slim fish tank cabinet and get rid of the cheap particle board one that we've had for 12 years. Around the fish tank, we could install shelves to make the space more functional. We also decided to take off our mantel and refinish it. Over spring break, we worked on installing part of the shelving, but it will probably be another month before the other shelves are ready to install. We are also waiting until our new chairs arrive mid-April. I'm excited about the updates as the entire room feels like a whole new space!
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