Living Room Makeover

Awhile back I exchanged the furniture between my front room and my back room.  I had always intended that to be the first step towards a living room makeover.  This past month, I finally was able to complete the makeover – including getting a new couch, loveseat and chair set.

Here are the BEFORE photos which were the AFTER photos from the post above (I only had iphone before photos so the quality is rather poor).  As you can see my walls were mauve/pink as were my blinds and the couches (that were not purchased for this room) were a nice green.  What a perfect match! lol!

So as part of the makeover, we picked up new couches and new drapes (couldn’t wait to get rid of the venetian blinds).  I also refinished the tables and the coat/shoe racks.

This was the end result. What a difference a coat of paint makes.. 😉

We have a beautiful bay window that we never saw with the other drapes.  They were just so cumbersome to open that we always left them closed.  With the new drapes, I can open them and see those wonderful windows and all that light. Love it! 🙂

I always wanted a big clock for the front room.  Picked this one up at Kohl’s during their clock sale last week.  The photos in the frame are 8 x 10 to give you an idea of the size of the clock.  Nice!  (also that door is actually in the hall… looks like a door to this room in this photo)

All the couches and the chair have recliners in them which the kids LOVE!

You can see in the before photo above how light the wood was for our corner storage units.  I sanded both of them and stained.  I also added non-slip runners to the storage seat top and the inside bottom where we keep shoes.  (After the dog ate the pillow top last year, I just kept the top for boots)  So during the winter when the kids put their boots on top the runners should work better to protect the unit.  I wish we had a real foyer but we do not so we have to make due.  The stain doesn’t look this dark in person but if I could do these over, I’d go a bit lighter on the stain.  Overall I’m happy with how they came out.

I should have taken a good before photo of the tables, but I didn’t.  All I have is some poorer quality photos.  The first one shows the quality of the table finish and on the second one, you can see the light corners where the dog chewed – she got all 4 corners when she was a puppy.  It was very nice of her.

So I sawed off the overhang edges thinking the top was completely wood.  But I had a nice surprise to find out that the top was actually cork filler with a wood veneer instead.  sigh… Lovely.  So I did the best I could and still sanded and stained the table along with the cork sides.  The tables actually look 100% better than they did.  But the project only came out on my scale at about 70% of what it could have had the tables been 100% wood like the storage units were.

I actually like how the smaller table came out.  It was in worse shape.  The camera flash and room lighting makes the tables look really different but they match rather well in person.

Overall I’m rather happy with how the room turned out.  I wish I was a better photographer though….