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| Living Room BEFORE |
After visiting good friends of ours (and eating at their AMAZING restaurant - please do yourself a favor if you ever find yourself in the Portland area and check out
St. Jacks in East Portland) i left so inspired by their house. my girlfriend has done such an amazing job decorating her house - so peaceful and filled with art and soft light and i came back to my den of a living room and knew that i needed a change!
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| Living Room AFTER |
These flowered curtains came with our house and i never changed them because...well...moving in always takes extra cash and changing out curtains was not in the budget...also i felt like i would need to spend a lot of money and so i put it out of my mind.
I dont know how you are with changing up your decorating - or making rooms "new" but i always think i have to go and redo everything...so i go big or dont do it basically. i am trying to re-train my brain into thinking about corners at a time and especially tackling things that i look at and hate or rub me the wrong way - whatever...these curtains were definitely that. i went to IKEA and found their cheapest canvas white curtains - and changed out all 8 panels for $80. I find that a bargain! i also found this fuzzy white throw pillow at Target for $20 - i normally dont buy throw pillows, but i loved the furry little thing. and that is all i spent - everything else i made or repurposed form elsewhere in my house - so i got a total room makeover for $100.
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| Reading Corner BEFORE |
they made the room so dark - they were a pain to open and close, plus the room was so cluttered that i didnt want a lot of light exposing it all...so i de-cluttered...i took away a lot of useless furniture and all those silly throw pillows and the result is understated in these pictures, but has been so amazing. i love this room now. i am at peace in this room now. sometimes the best way to tackle a room is to remove the unnecessary parts.
now i want to sit in that supremely uncomfortable knock-off Eames. I also want to keep the room clean...so i have vetoed all noise making toys and send them off to their own room if they so wish to pollute their ears.
I plan on changing up the mantle every so often. i already have an idea involving some antlers i found at a flea market...if my husband lets me...we'll see!
What do you think? Did you like it better with the tropical curtains?
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| Reading Nook AFTER |
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| Living Room AFTER |
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| Mantle AFTER |
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| Mantle |
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| Sweet Camping Print - thanks Jena! |
3 comments:
love it, carlee! it's so light and inviting. i especially like the garland on the mantel (and that rad camping print)...can't wait to see it in person next week!
It looks awesome Carl. I love it when one simple thing can change the whole feel of a room.
Jenna- You guys are coming down? For how long??
hey, paige! we're just going to be in so cal for two nights - my grandparents are flying us to down to newport so they can meet our little ezra. i wish it were going to be a longer trip so we could make a real vacation out of it, but we'll take what we can get...
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