Virtual Touring
Ooooookay! So I have FINALLY uploaded the before and after pictures of my living room. I think I'd mentioned on a previous post that I did some work to my condo & that I would share the photos. True to style, I'm late. But better late than never!
I have a lot of stuff to post about and a lot of pictures to share, but those will have to wait for another day. Motivation & inspiration has been scarce lately, so my poor journal has been horribly neglected. Forgive me, journal. I value our 8 year relationship more than you could ever know. ♥
So, let me give you a little guide here. My condo's living room are is kind of shaped like a giant rectangle. Its one big room. You enter from the front door, obviously, and there's a short hallway. To the left, the hallway extends to Kat's room and the bathroom. To the right of the door is the kitchen & if you go forward, you hit the living room. From the living room, there's a door to our room and inside of our room is another bathroom. My biggest challenge has been breaking up the living room in functional little spaces. I'm not very good at that.
Without further adieu, here are the before pictures of my living room. And if you're wondering, yes, I am embarrassed over how ugly it was. It was also a little on the messy side because we were already boxing things up for painting.
A view of the couch & chair from the vantage point of the TV.
A view of the chair next to the couch (w/ a box on it). Behind are the dog crates and the DVD rack. You can see the door to my room & part of the hall to Kat's room. The end table pictured next to the chair would tilt if you even looked at it the wrong way. It was like 6 years old & I bought it for $25 on abcdistributing.com, so imagine what kind of shape it was in.
A view of the computer desks & part of the TV. In b/t the desks is my printer. My hamster cage is next to my desk. Please pay special attention to the carpet as it will be the first thing to go.
Picture of my computer desk, my TV, my old curtains & my hamsters. Jeff's gaming chair is tossed there in the middle of the living room. This is kind of from the vantage point of the couch, but not quite. Its more off to the side, by the DVD rack, I guess.
This is a more complete view of the couch, curtains, gaming chair, coffee table and TV.
Not pictured at all was a view from the living room to the kitchen, the bookshelf and the dining room table. As you can see, the place certainly could use a facelift.
It all started with an innocent trip to Target (doesn't it always?) where I happened to pass by a clearance shelf. Sitting there on the shelf were these pillows that I immediately fell in love with. The "color scheme" of the living room was orange/red/terra cotta/brown, etc & there were some pillows that matched that perfectly. I, however, opted to buy the exact same style but in blue/green/yellow/brown. which matched absolutely nothing in my living room.
Here is the pillow that started it all:
I can't resist a clearance item at Target.
So we went ahead and decided to paint the place. We settled in on a nice green hue.
Here is a shot of the TV which now sits where the couch/chair/end table used to be:
You can see the now-green walls and the new wall decor. The big pot & bamboo are new too.
And here's another view of the TV along w/ the artist formerly known as the terra cotta arm chair. Slapped a slip cover on that bad boy and scooted it into the corner.
Right across from the TV is the couch and the !!!new pillows!!! Behind the couch is a desk holding the surround sound which will soon be replaced by a couch table. Behind that is the DVD rack, the bookshelf, the hamsters and a new side table & lamp. The coffee table was replaced with 3 little ottomans which are a lot more comfy and practical.
An almost full view of the room, including my big blue chair which I'm posting from right now. I don't know how I lived 26 years without this chair. I think I'm in love. Also featured in the picture are the dogs, the new floor, the new area rug, new curtains & new lamp.
Allow me to feature my glorious blue chair one more time:
Here's a view of what you see if you stand by my sliding glass doors:
There is a port hole from the living/dining room to the kitchen and we now use that counter place instead of the dining room table.
Happily, the turtles were given a new home in the process of revamping the house. They have their own table now instead of taking up half of our kitchen counter:
I picked up some place mats that matched our color scheme for the counter top:
And those stools are new too.
The devil's in the details:
And this is the wall which used to house the DVD rack:
We bought one of these nifty cubby pieces which allowed for a lot more storage options, which we were severely lacking. The empty wall is still missing a piece of art and possible cubby addition. Not sure yet.
And we got new computer desks courtesy of IKEA. We needed something smaller than our old set up, so we settled on these sensible little tables and the cute little blue chairs. IKEA sells these boxes where you can store all your wires & I took full advantage of those clever little ideas.
And so there you have it, our living room. Its not perfect, but I think its a lot more comfortable now than it used to be. You've gotta be comfy in your home, right?
Larger versions of all the pictures are available at my flickr account (www.flickr.com/photos/pluckita/sets) in the Virtual Tour folder. I'd love to know what you guys think, so feel free to leave feedback :)
This post has officially taken 2 and a half hours to compose. I'm off to bed.
G'night! ♥
I have a lot of stuff to post about and a lot of pictures to share, but those will have to wait for another day. Motivation & inspiration has been scarce lately, so my poor journal has been horribly neglected. Forgive me, journal. I value our 8 year relationship more than you could ever know. ♥
So, let me give you a little guide here. My condo's living room are is kind of shaped like a giant rectangle. Its one big room. You enter from the front door, obviously, and there's a short hallway. To the left, the hallway extends to Kat's room and the bathroom. To the right of the door is the kitchen & if you go forward, you hit the living room. From the living room, there's a door to our room and inside of our room is another bathroom. My biggest challenge has been breaking up the living room in functional little spaces. I'm not very good at that.
Without further adieu, here are the before pictures of my living room. And if you're wondering, yes, I am embarrassed over how ugly it was. It was also a little on the messy side because we were already boxing things up for painting.
A view of the couch & chair from the vantage point of the TV.
A view of the chair next to the couch (w/ a box on it). Behind are the dog crates and the DVD rack. You can see the door to my room & part of the hall to Kat's room. The end table pictured next to the chair would tilt if you even looked at it the wrong way. It was like 6 years old & I bought it for $25 on abcdistributing.com, so imagine what kind of shape it was in.
A view of the computer desks & part of the TV. In b/t the desks is my printer. My hamster cage is next to my desk. Please pay special attention to the carpet as it will be the first thing to go.
Picture of my computer desk, my TV, my old curtains & my hamsters. Jeff's gaming chair is tossed there in the middle of the living room. This is kind of from the vantage point of the couch, but not quite. Its more off to the side, by the DVD rack, I guess.
This is a more complete view of the couch, curtains, gaming chair, coffee table and TV.
Not pictured at all was a view from the living room to the kitchen, the bookshelf and the dining room table. As you can see, the place certainly could use a facelift.
It all started with an innocent trip to Target (doesn't it always?) where I happened to pass by a clearance shelf. Sitting there on the shelf were these pillows that I immediately fell in love with. The "color scheme" of the living room was orange/red/terra cotta/brown, etc & there were some pillows that matched that perfectly. I, however, opted to buy the exact same style but in blue/green/yellow/brown. which matched absolutely nothing in my living room.
Here is the pillow that started it all:
I can't resist a clearance item at Target.
So we went ahead and decided to paint the place. We settled in on a nice green hue.
Here is a shot of the TV which now sits where the couch/chair/end table used to be:
You can see the now-green walls and the new wall decor. The big pot & bamboo are new too.
And here's another view of the TV along w/ the artist formerly known as the terra cotta arm chair. Slapped a slip cover on that bad boy and scooted it into the corner.
Right across from the TV is the couch and the !!!new pillows!!! Behind the couch is a desk holding the surround sound which will soon be replaced by a couch table. Behind that is the DVD rack, the bookshelf, the hamsters and a new side table & lamp. The coffee table was replaced with 3 little ottomans which are a lot more comfy and practical.
An almost full view of the room, including my big blue chair which I'm posting from right now. I don't know how I lived 26 years without this chair. I think I'm in love. Also featured in the picture are the dogs, the new floor, the new area rug, new curtains & new lamp.
Allow me to feature my glorious blue chair one more time:
Here's a view of what you see if you stand by my sliding glass doors:
There is a port hole from the living/dining room to the kitchen and we now use that counter place instead of the dining room table.
Happily, the turtles were given a new home in the process of revamping the house. They have their own table now instead of taking up half of our kitchen counter:
I picked up some place mats that matched our color scheme for the counter top:
And those stools are new too.
The devil's in the details:
And this is the wall which used to house the DVD rack:
We bought one of these nifty cubby pieces which allowed for a lot more storage options, which we were severely lacking. The empty wall is still missing a piece of art and possible cubby addition. Not sure yet.
And we got new computer desks courtesy of IKEA. We needed something smaller than our old set up, so we settled on these sensible little tables and the cute little blue chairs. IKEA sells these boxes where you can store all your wires & I took full advantage of those clever little ideas.
And so there you have it, our living room. Its not perfect, but I think its a lot more comfortable now than it used to be. You've gotta be comfy in your home, right?
Larger versions of all the pictures are available at my flickr account (www.flickr.com/photos/pluckita/sets) in the Virtual Tour folder. I'd love to know what you guys think, so feel free to leave feedback :)
This post has officially taken 2 and a half hours to compose. I'm off to bed.
G'night! ♥