{Living Room} The Reveal
Hopefully my post title didn't make you think you'd see more pictures of the new house today! Surely you know by now there's no way I'd have a room reveal after only a week!? More like a year and a week. #snailspace
Well actually, we worked at such a feverish pace to prepare the old house for sale and a photoshoot, that some of the spaces were transformed in only a few weeks. And even though I'm anxious to show you more of the new house (yes, there is more than just the Kitchen), I have quite a few projects left to share from this one. That way I can wrap up the Home Tour for our memory banks, too.
The Living Room makeover happened slowly and over a few years, but that allowed us to be selective and add layers as we discovered them. The last big thing on the To Do List was to paint the pale yellow walls...which normally I wouldn't have done considering we were about to move (and there was nothing technically wrong with the old color, besides the fact that I didn't like it).
But since I'd been experimenting with so many paint swatches for the last six months, the walls looked like checkerboards...hence the room got painted! I still couldn't decide on a color, so we went with white. Straight out of the can, Sherwin Williams white.
Being the color-lover I am, I thought I'd never have white walls. But actually, they act as the perfect canvas to showcase all the color in the room. It was immediately brighter and happier...and so was I! I can't even believe it's the same room from a few years ago (see Befores here). We did a little final zhushing, and the room was ready for the Open House. (Read our tips on prepping your house for a fast sell here.)
The wall color change was so drastic and such an immediate improvement, that it was just another example of, 'Why did we wait so long to do this?!?!' Do you have a few of those projects sitting around?
The rooms in the new house are very different in size and dimension, but this space has transferred over pretty seamlessly. And I loved the wall color so much, I duplicated it there! I was pretty sad to leave the dragonfly paper behind though.
Click the links to read all the projects in the room's makeover:
The Befores
The Plans
Replace the Rug Paint Armoire Paint Brick Fireplace New Mirror & Mantel Styling Paint/Fabric Bookcases Re-Style Bookcases Paint (Replace) Table Tiles Paint Hall Chest Paint/Wallpaper Nook Walls Style Nook Area Paint Nook Chest New Covers for Barrel Chair Cushions Customize Lamps These are the Real and Final Lamps Determine Fate of Side Table Close the Hole, Baby! Update Clearance Mirror
And some additional projects seen in the room:
Pom Pom Throw Pom Pom Pillow Brass Horsehead How to Style a Coffee Table (6 Ways) Dipped Bottles Elephant Bookends
Faux Birch Logs
{Source List}
Teal Velvet Pillows // World Market
Floral Pillow // Tonic Living
Black & White Lumbar Pillow // Ikea
Blue Batik Pillow // House of Jade
Blue Happy Jars // Home Goods
Monkey Dish // Furbish
Lamps // Home Goods
Pink Taper Candles // Ikea
Black & White Stripe Taper Candles // Target
Driftwood Ball // West Elm
Moroccan Shag Rug // Rugs USA
Gold Wing Dish // Nate Berkus for Target
Gold Leaf Bowl // Nate Berkus for Target
Gold Urchin // Furbish
Driftwood Branch // West Elm
Pink Heels // Nordstrom
Wall Color: Sherwin Williams white, no tint
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