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Living Room Before and striking After contributed by The Handmade Diaries Woo hoo! I’ve been focused on the living room since we moved a few weeks ago and wanted to get some pictures posted. I really love the way it’s shaping up so far and it’s a room I’ve really enjoyed spending time in since the rug, window treatments and the wall hangings arrived last week.There’s still much more to do, but just to give you a little taste, here’s a few before and afters!
Before:
And AFTER:The window treatments are bamboo roman shades flanked by grommeted canvas curtains from Ikea:
Here’s a shot of our armchair complete with a whimsy canvas and green stitched pillow:
Closeup of pillow and striping on chair fabric:
Our sunburst mirrors (I’m scared they’re hung a bit too high? Do I need to lower them?)
And those superfun patterned pillows that I absolutely adore on the couch:
Among the to-do’s for this room are to find lighting for the end tables (done in Nov 2009), accessorize the mantel and the nested end tables, find a new end table for the side of the couch by the windows, and OH YEAH…. finish off the media area which is currently in a state of quasi-disaster and looks like this.
Notice the exposed subfloor? Yeah. Nice huh? But, it used to look like this so we’re making progress at least:
