Recently I decided I've become bored with my living room. This is typical of me. When I was younger and lived at home, I moved my furniture around every few months. Out of nowhere I'd become bored with the location of my bed and decide to de-clutter, throw away junk, and move my bed and dressers.
Now my living room is a little bit different. Living in a townhouse, the space isn't very big and we have a large sectional in this room, so rearranging furniture is.... well somewhat impossible. So when I get bored, I change colors! We've lived in this house for three years now and we've now had three different color themes for our living room. Now before you go on let me warn you that I AM NO DESIGNER. Don't get me wrong- I try. I'm an avid HGTV watcher...but unfortunately I have no knack for actually putting things together, especially accessories (so if you ever want to help, you input is more than welcome)!
We started with this....
Red was the theme. I bought the mirror from Pier 1 and red pillows to match. Please disregard the big flower thing in the back, that was decoration for Thanksgiving. And the red pillow with the eyes- that was not part of the design theme :-)
A year or so later, I got tired of red. And I wanted cool colors to match our blue walls. So I bought a new mirror and moved the old one to another room in the house. Looking through all my old pictures, I realize I have NONE of our living room at that stage... so to give you an idea of what it looked like...
The new mirror came from Pier 1 too. It sits horizontally above our (faux) fireplace. Our new theme became Bluish/Turquoise and Cream.
Here's a picture of our serious(ly handsome) little man sitting in our wicker chair, with the pillow that was my inspiration for that theme...
Unfortunately, Bluish/Turquoise didn't last long. I've changed my mind again and something made me want yellow. So, our new theme is Yellow/Gray. So far, I've only replaced the pillows and added the yellow throw and yellow candles on the fireplace. Here's how it looks so far....
I think I want to replace the curtains too. I also decided that there are too many random pictures on my surfaces and it's looking too crowded, so I have a few projects in mind for my spring break. My goals are primarily for the living room and kitchen... I want to
1. make a picture frame collage behind the couch on the wall
2. and we plan to put up a backsplash in the kitchen- which will be a major project because Brandon and I are in no way interior designers or contractors. So wish us luck. I'll post pictures if we actually get to it!
I love the new colors and I just read through your blog! Love it! I keep saying I want to create one and have not! Maybe spring break.... :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the yellow/gray color scheme. I think it's both inviting & relaxing. I wish I had even just a small bit of your motivation! Good luck!
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