Living room (progress) tour & a plan

So far, on C.R.A.F.T. in the new Florida apartment, you’ve seen the most of the living room (vs the rest of the apt)… Here is Sunny with no furniture, Andy’s freebies, no paint stripes, new plan with the big wall, 360 gettin’ a makeover, and the wall tour. All of this happened within the fist month of living here, and for whatever reason, I haven’t touched the living room since (minus a few minor things). Even though this is where we spend the majority of our time. I’ve been busy making the kitchen livable and the craft closet safe for me to enter!

I’ve been making lists, checking them twice, and scratching things off like a mad women. (Andy doesn’t call me Luna (short for lunatic, sweet hubby I got!) for nothing.

• • Kitchen to do list
  • Master bathroom to-do list
  • Bedroom to do list
  • Balcony to do list

Here’s the evolving view of the living room… Nothingness… makes you want to do a cartwheel, huh? Or is that just me?

  Disaster struck… I moved in!

Getting the lay of the land…

Eeek… it always gets worse before it gets better!

Workin’ it… The blogging desk moved to the other corner… the glare was insane in the membrane.

360 got made over, file cabinet in place, laundry hanging on the dresser (cheers to keepin’ it real), frames piled on the floor waiting to be hung…

Tape and frames go up…

Tape comes down… more frames go up…

and here we are today…

The rug is too small. Don’t you think?

It’s not awful in here, it’s clean and simple. I just feel like it’s a hodge podge of old stuff… Well, I don’t feel like that… I know that! I’m waiting for that inspiration piece to fall into my lap and have the whole room come together! By fall, I mean find at Good Will for $20 bucks! Wouldn’t that be nice : )

What’s that on the ol’ computer screen I see…? Yes. yes. It’s Pinterest. It’s pretty much always an open tab on my computer. You too?

The other side of the room hasn’t changed at all from this post…

 

I have a saving up (it will happen one day) to do list and I have a for real (oh yea we’re poor) to-do list, ha!

• a new 8×10 (or bigger) rug… the 5×7 thing is not doing it for us anymore. That’s expensive and a big item commitment purchase… Those always scare me. I can’t just paint over, sand it, or recover it! It’s also hard in a rental because the rug I’d buy for plain white walls is drastically different than the rug I would buy if and when I can paint those suckers.
• a new couch… our cozy couch wouldn’t fit in the elevator and had to be put in a consignment store…Boo! We are now using the fancy futon from the Austin, TX guest bedroom as our everyday couch. It’s handy for overnight guests, but the no arm thing is getting old for watching DVR’d Parks and Rec, 60 minutes, and Seinfeld re runs, every night!

I like this one, it’s more neutral, less expensive… but, do I love it? I don’t know. It is also the kind that needs a rug mat. I’ve never had a rug like that… good? bad? It’s $299 from Crate and Barrel. The couch is dark grey and I could throw some bright, funky pillow all over it. Hmm…

I love this this one is hand tufted, but I’m not sure about the blue grey color with my couch. I wish it was the opposite combination… you know more white than blue/grey. It’s $397.00 +$2.95 shipping from overstock. Great price for an 8×10 rug. Not to mention 85 reviews with a 4.5 star average. Look how nice it looks in this room with a white couch.This rug might be winning…

• lamp shade redo… My mom got me the gorgeous lamp for my b-day last year, but we never loved the shade. I’m just trying to decide on a rug and couch.
• Recover the blogging chair. It’s old and super crusty. Andy got it for free from a neighbor.
• TV piece of furniture… the dresser makes the TV way to high. I feel like we can find something cheap and give it a makeover. I’m on the look out.
•  Recover the pillows on the couch to brighten it up and go with the NEW rug 🙂
• Continue adding to my wall of frames. I want the floor to ceiling look (see more here). It takes time to find cheap frames!
• Fix the black bar things Andy got for free. The magnetic doors are broken. It’s fairly annoying.
• Paint those 2 chairs next to the bar. Maybe a little dipped feet look 🙂
• Recover the dinning room chairs. Really, I want a new dining room top. I love the bottom, but glass is super not functional. It is always. dirty. Always. It’s yucky. I like the chairs, and I LOVED the fabric, but it’s time for an update.