So with the whole living room swap we brought our basement couch upstairs to our main living area. It isn't the style of couch I would of necessarily bought for the space, but it has ended up working out perfect! My husband and I each get a rocking chair that reclines and the girls have room to sit also...and the darker brown is way better color to keep clean verses our white couch we used to have.
Our current set up in our living room
If you can't tell...I LOVE color! My husband helped me build those ledge shelves. They were Pinterest inspired.
She used different sized wood for her shelves. We used 1"x2" for the front lip, 1"x6" for the bottom, and 1"x3" for the back part. Mine are 9ft long. I stained them using Minwax Dark Walnut.We also did screw in the bottom just for extra support versus only using nails.
After about six months of them being empty or with random decor on them, I finally got them decorated.
We will start at the top left of the shelves with the vases and the circle print. I got those all free from co-hosting a Signature Home party. I usally am not a huge "circle" fan, but I love the colors in that print.
On the far right of the top shelf is my Gustad sign. Once again I got the idea from www.shanty-2-chic.com. I actually made a Family version originally like this one below.
Some friends and I get together about every 6ish weeks and we have Pinterest parties. We each host and pick a project and this was my project....it only took me forever to pre-fabricate all 7 signs, so all the ladies had to do was screw in the bolts! But it was fun and totally well worth all the effort! At the party one of the ladies said it would of been fun to have done our last names...and soooo I made another one and did our last name!
It adds a nice personal touch to our home. Next is the bottom shelf. On the left is just an old antique ceiling tin that I painted green and used magnets to attach a picture to it. I don't have a close up picture of that. Next is the round red wood shim mirror.
All the mirror is made out of is plywood cut in a circle...with large wood shims glued on top of the plywood, cut off the raw edges with a jig saw, painted it red and added a table mirror from Hobby Lobby.
I love how it turned out! This below piece is from Pier 1.
It is the perfect size and it pulls all the colors together. I also got the multicolored pillow on the couch from Pier 1.
Overall, I am pleased with how the whole space turned out. I am excited to post the other changes we have made throughout the house. At the end of the day, it is a happy space to relax in.
--Andrea
