Showing posts with label My Home - Living Room. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Home - Living Room. Show all posts

5.31.2010

Like Mother, Like Daughter

My mother is a furniture mover; no, no...not what you are thinking!

She rearranges the furniture in her house A LOT!  I always marvel at how she can make a room look brand new just by moving things around.

I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, because I'm always moving things around too.  This weekend I rearranged the family room.  

The sectional used to sit square in the room and I put it on an angle.  I also took down the dark brown curtains.  I'm going to make some shades for the windows....someday!

I moved this console table in from the study.  See that dark niche with all the electronics in the background?

Here's what will go in that space soon....

My talented brother-in-law made this built-in for us.  He just has to stain it cherry to match our kitchen cabinets.


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5.07.2010

Summer Fireplace

Our fireplace has always been a thorn in my side.  

It's an ode to electronics, namely a Texas-sized plasma TV...

...and the sub woofer thingie that MUST sit on the mantle in the center for optimal sound quality (all this according to Mr. FYN)



*SIGH*

I've tried decorating around it, but anything I do always seems to compete with the "technology".  So what's a girl to do?


Decorate under it!  We can't have a fire anyway, because it might melt his baby (Mr. FYN and his plasma always reminds me of Lord of the Rings....Gollum....."the precious"! )

So, I just filled the firebox with some of my favorite things.  It's like my own little "cabinet of curiousities"!  

In the process, I uncluttered the lamp table.  Here's what it looked like BEFORE...

Lots of "stuff"!

And here it is AFTER...
Simple....it can "breathe"....

And I made these little cuties...

The one in the center holds part of my sea glass collection.  I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet.  For now, they're hanging out on one side of the mantle.

Happy Friday everyone and have a wonderful weekend.  Don't forget to link up to "Shop The House Sunday" tomorrow!
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1.18.2010

More coastal decorating at Finesse Your Nest!

I gave you a sneak peek Friday of my new coastal & white color scheme for my living room.  I completed a lot more of the transformation this weekend!

I challenged myself to buy as little as possible, so with a trip to the thrift store, shopping in my garage and around the house, and a few cans of white spray paint, I'm happy to say that I'm under $50 and I think it's coming together nicely!

Starring Drew Barrymore (we were watching the Golden Globes when I took these pics!)

Ignore the electronics eyesores.... They are a total "work-around" unfortunately!


The square mirrors were a thrift store find.  $4 for the whole set!  They were dark brown originally.

Most of the accessories I had already (score!)
 

Those little jars & the artichoke statue were GOLD!
 

I had some shell necklaces, so I tied one around the lamp!
 

My $7.99 Thrift Store Lamp, was brown and ugly!  The coral was a piece I had.  Red originally and I spray painted with gray primer!
 

I love shells...
 
 

More shell necklaces draped over the tall mirror in my foyer.
 

All my bookshelf treasures were things I had or thrift store finds.  I made the lighted wall hanging at Christmas, but I love it so much I think I'll leave it up all year.  I traded the Tiffany blue ribbon for gray satin.
 

Ginger Jar was a $3 thrift store find.  The branches were mine, and I spray painted them with my new friend, gray primer spray paint!
 

I have a "thing" for Buddhas.  This one was dark brown and from the Dollar Spot at Target!
 

Driftwood from Crystal Beach with some little pewter bowls my mom gave me.   I put white votive candles in each one.
 

White beach glass on a sterling silver tray.
 

I used white plates I had from a broken set.  The 2 candlesticks on each end need a little something, but haven't figured out what yet.
 

A lantern I picked up at Target end of summer for $10.  The "W" was $1.99 at HL and I spray painted with gray primer.
 

I did a little updating in the dining room as well...
 

I've had these shell canvases forever, and I never get tired of them!
 

The centerpieces I made last week with the jute balls!
 

Shell & coral art pieces need to come down just a smidge I think.  I have another Buddha in here and the lamp was originally in the living room, but I think it works just fine in here (it was a steal at Homegoods for $20 - shade was yellow and orange so I painted with fabric paint. Easy!)
 

Not new, but these are the dining room curtains I made...
 

And another existing piece, but I think this chandy is my most favorite thing!
 

Still haven't figured out pillows for the sofa yet or the window treatments, but working on it.

Does anyone know where to get woven shades (bamboo, etc) in custom cuts CHEAP?  I checked Smith & Noble, but they are outrageous!  Any ideas would be appreciated!

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1.15.2010

A sneak peek at my living room makeover

Last week, I showed all my mismatched accessories....



And what they looked like after I went crazy with white spray paint...




I'm off to a PTA meeting this morning, but I started placing things in the room and wanted to show you what I've done so far.



This was an ugly (and that's putting it mildly) brown lamp I found at Goodwill last week.  I think it looks nice now in my new coastal living room.  I spray painted my red coral GRAY.  See more on that here.

One side of the mantle...

And the other side...
 

Notice, I'm not showing you the whole mantle.  That is because there is an electronics eye-sore sitting in the middle.  You work with what you have I guess.

And here's just a little something I found last week...

It was on clearance at Target for $14.  Normally, I'm much more of a cheapskate, but I thought this bleached wood tray would be perfect in my new coastal space.

More to come on my living room makeover, including:  new window treatments, pillows and wall decor.

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