So I realize I haven’t shown any recent photos of our living room/dining room/kitchen ~
It’s taken a little while to be fairly happy with how it looks and I still have quite a bit to do
-want to put up a picture collage over the couch
-want to get a buffet (lacquered white one preferably) from a thrift store or west elm and put it against the wall in the dining room
-want to stencil the wall in the dining room
-need to paint the guest bathroom (right now its a really bright gold/yellow color)
-want an electrician to install a pendant over the kitchen sink (pendant dilemma here)
-maybe a rug under the dining room table?
-maybe use liming wax on the dining room chairs? or paint or neither?
-need to make shelves and put them up over the TV
-mount the TV?
-maybe make a console table for behind the couch?
-maybe new curtains
-something over the kitchen cabinets? (white plates?)
Here’s the before (from the previous owners):
Definitely not bad but also not my style so much
Here is the “In Progress”
i.e. a huge mess-
and here is the After 🙂
So the Chalkboard painted buffet (purchased from Craigslist) was actually pretty easy to do-
also other new purchases including thrift store purchases I and II(and a thrift store coffee table!)~
Rug layering (Moroccan from Ebay and jute from West Elm) was decided upon and a new chandelier installed (also reupholstered the dining room chairs which were purchased from craigslist for $20 bucks for all 4)
Faux deer head on sale at West Elm
And the brass etagere is from Craigslist as well (dining room table is on loan from my sister and from here)
So still have a ways to go but it is an improvement from the before!
Also trying to bring in some masculine elements (or just more modern elements) to help it be a little less girly/old ladyish 🙂