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you know... there comes a point in every young person's life where they say "this room is just a hodgepodge of misc. hand-me down furniture and stuff from ikea. i bet, with a little effort, i could at least make it look like a FRESH hodgepodge of misc. hand-me down furniture and stuff from ikea."
i didn't remember to take some good before pics until i was already tearing the room apart, but i mixed in a few misc. pics so you can get the gist of what it looked like before:
you'd think all the star wars stuff belongs to my hubby... well, it doesn't. it's mine. i'm a comic book artist/professional illustrator and i've done a lot of work for lucasflim. nerd is in my blood and star wars was the childhood love that started an obsession that grew into a career. but, since during this whole living room redo we also transformed the entire finished basement into my studio, we moved most of the nerdery downstairs.
well, that big swing lamp from crate and barrel was the thing that i bought that made me say "that's it, i'm redoing this room. within a week of buying it, i started tearing everything down and bought paint. i had an idea and a plan.
after a weekend of paint, framing some art that i've collected from comic conventions for the past few years and a lot of patience, it now looks like this:
(same angle with the lamp off)
my reading chair:
ikea table... now with vinyl robots decals:
(the hubby and i collect vintage robot toys and art. there's a WALL of it in the kitchen)
the lovely red ikea cabinet that everyone has is where we house all the rockband gear now. it's not leaning up against the wall any more... yay! (also, another crate and barrel lamp that i bought when i bought the big floor lamp. i saw this one on the way out to package pick-up, turned right back around to the counter and said "that one too")
the light switch by the door:
the mirror with the die-cut 'stache cracks me up every time. the decal is a modified Hu2 design.
view from the couch:
still not sure what to do to the left of the tv. probably nothing, as that usually house my crazy hoopnotica hula hoop.
a prop replica of the map from the movie "time bandits" is now hanging above the tv. this thing is massive and, since the day i bought it, i've had no idea what to do with it. i'm glad it's finally up on the wall.
the mirror:
this mirror is older than both my hubby and i combined. my parent's gave it to me when i bought my house
of... the cliche cat tree in the living roon...
well, it's not going anywhere. the cat says so.
and because she's so darn cute:
(this is my cat, ipod. the leader of my kitty trio)
indy likes it:
the only thing really left is the curtains on the bay window. i'm still pondering the best solution for them, as the windows are such unique sizes. i'm trying to find a great red and white funky fabric to make my own. the search continues. whenever i find it, i'll also make a bench cushion out of it for the long bench against that wall. we pull it out for extra seating now that we've moved that smaller couch downstairs to the studio.
i didn't remember to take some good before pics until i was already tearing the room apart, but i mixed in a few misc. pics so you can get the gist of what it looked like before:
you'd think all the star wars stuff belongs to my hubby... well, it doesn't. it's mine. i'm a comic book artist/professional illustrator and i've done a lot of work for lucasflim. nerd is in my blood and star wars was the childhood love that started an obsession that grew into a career. but, since during this whole living room redo we also transformed the entire finished basement into my studio, we moved most of the nerdery downstairs.
well, that big swing lamp from crate and barrel was the thing that i bought that made me say "that's it, i'm redoing this room. within a week of buying it, i started tearing everything down and bought paint. i had an idea and a plan.
after a weekend of paint, framing some art that i've collected from comic conventions for the past few years and a lot of patience, it now looks like this:
(same angle with the lamp off)
my reading chair:
ikea table... now with vinyl robots decals:
(the hubby and i collect vintage robot toys and art. there's a WALL of it in the kitchen)
the lovely red ikea cabinet that everyone has is where we house all the rockband gear now. it's not leaning up against the wall any more... yay! (also, another crate and barrel lamp that i bought when i bought the big floor lamp. i saw this one on the way out to package pick-up, turned right back around to the counter and said "that one too")
the light switch by the door:
the mirror with the die-cut 'stache cracks me up every time. the decal is a modified Hu2 design.
view from the couch:
still not sure what to do to the left of the tv. probably nothing, as that usually house my crazy hoopnotica hula hoop.
a prop replica of the map from the movie "time bandits" is now hanging above the tv. this thing is massive and, since the day i bought it, i've had no idea what to do with it. i'm glad it's finally up on the wall.
the mirror:
this mirror is older than both my hubby and i combined. my parent's gave it to me when i bought my house
of... the cliche cat tree in the living roon...
well, it's not going anywhere. the cat says so.
and because she's so darn cute:
(this is my cat, ipod. the leader of my kitty trio)
indy likes it:
the only thing really left is the curtains on the bay window. i'm still pondering the best solution for them, as the windows are such unique sizes. i'm trying to find a great red and white funky fabric to make my own. the search continues. whenever i find it, i'll also make a bench cushion out of it for the long bench against that wall. we pull it out for extra seating now that we've moved that smaller couch downstairs to the studio.