House to home #2: living room (part 2)

If you need to catch up with the big changes to the living room, please read Part 1 that I posted on Friday, where I show you the rug, the new chairs, the lamp redo, etc.

I added colorful throw pillows (these and these) and throws to the couches (this throw and this blanket).  They are way more comfy now and we love snuggle time on the weekends even more.  If only they didn’t still smell like cat pee.

To brighten up some fun artwork and to help it gel more with the other wall art, I repainted these frames:

For our end tables, I’m trying to place feel-good things there.  Little touches like these irises make a big difference to me.

A huge project was lightening up the wood bookshelves.  I really wanted these when we were building our house and am very glad we have them, but they were rather dark.  Here you can see how they were originally, then the unfortunate choice of backing them with textured contact paper, and finally with a mirror.  That is one large rectangular mirror, cut exactly to the space.  By putting the shelves back in place, the mirror is secure.

The room looks so much bigger because your eye is tricked into thinking that you are looking through the bookshelves (impossible because the pantry and ovens are on the other sides of them), when you are truly seeing a reflection of the living room and french doors.  

I had to move these frames because I needed their wall space for one of the paintings I made in my Bloom True class.So that’s the living room.  If you haven’t seen the rest of the room, please read Part 1.  You may enjoy the dining room update too.  Part 3 of our “house to home” series will be the window updates, and then Part 4, the kitchen.  I’m excited to hear what you’ll think of the changes there.