Living Room

Before:


As you can tell, along with every room in the house, the formal living room needed some work too. That wood paneling... gross, the nasty carpet... disgusting, and that COLOR! Don't even get me started.

My husband is a history major, so we decided to give the room a regal and historical theme. We wanted it to resemble the Green Room in the White House, but maybe not that extreme. So we picked a soft and soothing green, and we LOVE how it turned out.

Then we got the carpet ripped out. There were HUGE piles of dust because the previous owners weren't big on cleaning, so there was a LOT of dust in the air when I took the picture below.



After we got carpet in, we went and picked out a nice leather couch, and put some of our furniture in there. Mind you, it's still a work in progress and the room is still looking pretty empty, but I couldn't be happier with how it's looking.



You may notice that large bookcase on the right side of the picture above, and let me tell you, that thing weighs a TON. It took the two of us a good hour to move it from the garage to that spot right there, and in the process I broke all the blood vessels in my hand and I looked like I had a lobster hand for a week. That bookshelf now holds trinkets and treasures from our travels. Vases and mosaics from Africa, treasures from Italy, France, and Spain, and a stuffed turtle we fondly call Rowdy that belonged to his Great Aunt. The shelfs also hold books on American History and Presidents.

The room really is a lot of fun. Above the fireplace we want to hang a Betsy Ross flag, with pictures of our favorite presidents on each side. On the walls we are going to hang fun prints of historical documents, and different Americana paintings. I also want to get awesome red armchairs in there. I can't wait for it to be done!

And here's another angle.



I'm really happy with the paint and how happy and cheerful the house looks. It's a BIG difference from where we were living before, and I can't wait to show more pictures as we get more stuff up on the walls.