Browsing Tag: living room

Fireplace Built-Ins Revamp

One of the things I’ve always wanted in a house is built-ins, preferably around a fireplace. Lucky for me, the house we purchased 2.5 years ago came with exactly that! Except it was nowhere near what I had envisioned. The fireplace and built-ins in our family room were original from when the house was built […]

Living Room Updates

If there’s one room in the house that has seen the most number of changes throughout the years it’s our living room. Between rugs, furniture, the TV moving, decor…the living room has been ever-evolving. It’s taken me a while to really nail down my style, but I think I’ve finally figured it out. It’s modern, but […]

DIY Fireplace Mantel

When we moved into our house, the fireplace was ugly–dingy brick, black grout and a terrible insert. It didn’t take long before we removed the insert, but it sat with the ugly brick for several months before I finally painted it white with a black high-heat paint for the inside. And that’s how the fireplace has looked for […]

We finally have end tables!!

The never ending “job” of changing and updating the living room to get it to how we want it still seems…never ending. But we came a step closer after the end tables that we had ordered were delivered and assembled. Which also means we were able to bring out our new lamps and get rid […]

Living Room Additions & Wish List

Now that sailing and wedding season is about over [we have our last wedding to attend of the year this Saturday], we [really meaning myself] can get back to concentrating on the house and getting caught up on projects. The basement hasn’t been touched since September, I’m dying to get stuff done with the guest […]

A Gallon of Paint Does Wonders

Okay, so one and a half gallons of paint is what it took to complete this project. I painted the three main/common rooms in our upstairs a month ago, but because of my schedule it has taken me this long to get a post up about it. I’m splitting this into two posts, but this […]