DIY Our 1970's House Makeover Part 8: The Living Room Updates

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Hey ya'll.
I'm drawing a blank.
So, I'm going to create total upwards this piddling infinite side past times side to the tiny moving-picture demo amongst non-important words hence that nosotros tin rapidly larn to the meat of the post too beak similar normal people.

Because sometimes I conduct keep a 1 thou m things to tell you, but my encephalon jams upwards when faced amongst an introductory paragraph.

New rule: Virginia is occasionally excused from introductory paragraphs too tin instead only quote Lionel Richie lyrics or conduct keep a moving-picture demo of her hand. I'll salve those options for later.

Let's movement on to the meat.
So, I disappeared for a week. Sometimes I only demand to conduct keep a piddling pause too larn on vacation, which is precisely what I did lastly week. For the past times 10 years Jesse has taken me on a piddling opor-garai for my birthday (which is on June 13th, hence nosotros celebrated a piddling belatedly this year), too each twelvemonth nosotros essay to larn somewhere new. This twelvemonth nosotros ended upwards inward Hilton Head, South Carolina, which rapidly became 1 of my favorite places.
And I had hence much fun that I got totally lost inward the minute too came habitation amongst some 1 blurry opor-garai picture.
Note to self: I think I enjoyed myself agency to a greater extent than because of said photo-negligence.
Awkward truth.

So, anyways, nosotros only got dorsum on Sunday, too I've spent the lastly few days trying to photograph the living room.

And basically, all attempts were futile...and there's a truthful cat inward every unmarried picture.

So, my apologies for the feline intrusion. I tried to withdraw them from their natural habitat, but at that spot are withal no doors anywhere inward the house, too my attempts proved impossible.

So, this is the progress study on the living room. It's withal non finished, but this is the most functionable it's been since February, hence I figured I would part the progress amongst you.

Estimated completion is withal laid for May 2032.

I'll start past times reminding y'all where nosotros began.

This is the living room when nosotros initiative off moved in, consummate amongst dark woods trim, wall to wall carpet, too those põrnikas catcher lights that conduct keep taunted me since twenty-four hr menstruum one.

And of course, a living room post wouldn't live consummate without paying tribute to this picture.

The living room too hence went through almost 10 other questionable transitions, all coming to an halt when nosotros ripped upwards the carpet dorsum inward February.

That kicked off a 5 calendar month torture-fest that ended upwards pedagogy me several valuable life lessons, similar how to successfully loiter at Panera when your solid looks similar this:

As y'all know, my days at Panera eventually came to an end. The floors were finally installed (after some major hiccups back inward April), too eventually nosotros started moving some slice of furniture dorsum in. I sold most of our materials at the get-go of the renovation inward an travail to start anew, hence basically all nosotros had to movement dorsum inward was our 2 sofas.

My promise is to eventually supersede those large ol' fellas amongst something a piddling less tan microfiber, too perchance something a piddling smaller (to allow for dissimilar room configurations) but for now, I'm only grateful to conduct keep anything inward at that spot at all. I didn't ain a couch until I was almost 26, hence whatsoever couch is a fabulous couch if y'all enquire me. :)

Next on my living room to-do listing was replacing the lite fixtures. That ended upwards being kinda tricky because at that spot are a total of 5 lite fixtures inward this 1 large space. There are 2 inward the living room, 1 inward the entryway, 1 inward the dining room, too 1 inward the kitchen (which I shared lastly week).

Since they tin all live seen at the same time, I didn't desire to utilization v of the same fixture, but I did desire to create some sort of cohesiveness amid all of them. I ended upwards finding a nifty fixture at Lowe's for a decent price, too brought habitation 3 of them...2 for the living room too 1 for the dining room.

And I must non conduct keep been the alone 1 who liked them, equally I had to larn to several dissimilar Lowes to uncovering all three.

And too hence Jesse did what I ~~can't~~ prefer non to do...he climbed a giant ladder too hung the lights.

I conduct keep my limits: that 2nd ladder rung.

So, only to remind you, here's what this infinite looked similar when nosotros initiative off moved in: wall to wall carpet, orangish wood, too assorted boob lights.

And hither is what this infinite looks similar today amongst novel floors, a novel stair rail, newly painted walls too trim, too updated lite fixtures.

It seriously makes me blob upwards a piddling bit. I only can't believe it's finally all coming together. There's withal hence much piece of occupation left to live done, similar finishing the trim, replacing the doors, replacing windows, gutting the entire lower level, too doing a piddling piece of occupation on the bathrooms, but I'm allowing myself a piddling downward fourth dimension this summertime to only relax too bask a few truthful cat cuddles.

Commence feline invasion.

So, after the lights were installed, I moved on to finding a rug. I had my pump absolutely onslaught getting a moroccan shag rug, because I dear them, too after a lot of searching locally too online, I finally ordered this one from Rugs USA (on sale for 50% off at the fourth dimension when I ordered it).

And within 24 hours of ordering that rug, something crazy happened: Rugs USA contacted me to offering us a carpet for our living room.

So, naturally, I asked them almost the 1 I had only ordered, hoping that perchance I could furnish it too conduct keep them shipping me a bigger size (since my piddling budget had maxed out somewhere nigh the tiny version). Well, it ended upwards that they were currently out of stock inward the bigger size that I was hoping for.

So, instead, they offered to shipping me my dream rug, the existent wool version, which has ended upwards beingness the softest matter on the planet.

And that's when I basically fainted.

I'll allow Tootie too Cheese to reenact it for you.

How I larn anything done about here, I don't know.

So, anyways, I ended upwards amongst 2 rugs. The smaller 1 that I purchased (which I decided to kicking the bucket on too utilization inward the office), too the giant 1 that they sent me (which equally y'all tin see, ended upwards getting lots of dear inward living room).

And I'm pretty certain Cheese called dibs, because she's rolling about on it, having the fourth dimension of her life 24/7, too pitiful Tootie sits on the sofa similar a rolypoly.

So, anyways, that's the carpet story. Plain too simple.

Tootie says non to experience also bad for her. She sneaks inward some naps when Cheese gets distracted past times her ball.

So, here's what the living room looks similar from the opposite angle, looking into the dining room too kitchen. Jesse has been working on trimming out the walls nosotros knocked down, which y'all tin meet a piddling flake of inward this picture. Turns out, trimming out a wall is kinda tricky, hence nosotros are moving turtle-speed on the cut work.

I've brought inward a few pillows from my pillow hoarding closet. I don't dear them, but I don't loathe them.

So, for now, eh, they'll do.

I also decided to move out the stone wall lonely for now.

I withal don't dear it, but I loathe it less, so....eh.

I added a piddling abstract ikon to the mantel.

And too hence added a large woven handbasket side past times side to the stacked logs. It's currently housing the heap of magazines my mom brought me on her lastly 'Here are the magazines I've been hoarding for you.' visit.

I actually await forwards to those visits.

I took roughly xl magazines out of that handbasket for that photo.

I also decided to hang that reclaimed mirror that I got for $20 over the couch. Ever since nosotros spackled almost 400 wall holes too spent a week painting, I've been avoiding the walls.

It's a approving too a curse.

Blessing: Feeling actually peaceful similar some weird minimalist.

Curse: Fighting intense urge to create xl slice gallery walls. Developing twitch.

So, for now, I'm only hanging a few large things too stepping away from the hammer.

Anyways, I also replaced our onetime thrift store TV stand upwards amongst a novel thrift store TV stand upwards that I scored for $50.

If y'all missed the lastly DIY disaster post, here's what it looked similar earlier I painted it.

And here's what it looks similar straight off after some pigment too updated hardware.

Pardon the tiny TV. We moved the large 1 that's unremarkably out hither dorsum to the sleeping room during the renovation too I conduct keep yet to haul it dorsum out here. You powerfulness think the Dirty Dancing photograph constitute at the halt of this post that sort of explains it.

I fifty-fifty painted the insides of the drawers to arrive experience similar novel (or at to the lowest degree non odour similar thrift store).

I withal demand to uncovering a few halt tables and/or a java table, but a daughter tin alone practise hence much at once, hence for straight off I'll only appreciate having a house to sit down too relax other than our bedroom.

And I desperately desire to tell y'all that Tootie appreciates it too,

but I fearfulness I've striking my truthful cat quota.

As for the residual of the head area, nosotros hung the chandelier inward the dining room too had to swag it over because it was almost a human foot off-center. And straight off my search begins for dining room tables. I'm to a greater extent than excited almost this component subdivision of the procedure than almost whatsoever other, equally I've been without a dining room tabular array for almost 2 years.

Before nosotros knocked downward the wall, our dining room was hence tiny too non fifty-fifty the smallest circular tabular array lucifer well. So, straight off that the wall is gone betwixt the dining room too kitchen, I conduct keep hence much to a greater extent than infinite for a dining room.

There's a whole long story almost the dining room tabular array situation, too it's a funny one, but I'll salve that for some other post, perchance when I uncovering the table. Or some chairs.

Anyways, that's pretty much all for today, ya'll. Thanks for caring almost what goes on inward my piddling world. I'll live dorsum shortly when I conduct keep something else interesting to share.

In the meantime, I'll in all likelihood live on the couch similar a squealer inward a blanket
and Cheese volition live acting un-lady-like on the rug.