When we first spied this house, the living room looked like this.
It's probably my least favorite room in the house. I kind of like it in the winter, at night, when the only thing I can see are the flames in the fireplace. Otherwise, I steer clear.
Here it is with our stuff in it. Not much better, maybe even a little worse...
In an attempt to get it a little closer to this dream state, we embarked on painting the walls white about a week and a half ago. We'll have guests the weekend of March 14 and 21 so our goal is to get the painting done before then.
Additional "wish list" items (I'm not sure we'll ever actually get to them, so they're not quite "to do" items...) once the walls are painted:
Here it is with our stuff in it. Not much better, maybe even a little worse...
I dream of it looking more like a combination of these rooms:
In an attempt to get it a little closer to this dream state, we embarked on painting the walls white about a week and a half ago. We'll have guests the weekend of March 14 and 21 so our goal is to get the painting done before then.
Additional "wish list" items (I'm not sure we'll ever actually get to them, so they're not quite "to do" items...) once the walls are painted:
- painting the ceiling a navy or dark teal-ish color
- paint/white wash the brick fireplace, maybe something like this
- upgrade the fireplace mantel
- mount the TV above the fireplace
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