So, it's been a while since I've done a little home tour, but we've had some changes in our living room since we moved in a year ago. This was one space, I wanted to update, but it took some time to get exactly what we wanted.
When we first moved in, we brought our green sofa with us and we used a rug that we had in our dining room, but the rug was too small for the space.
This is looking from our kitchen in to the dining room.
Anyway, I just didn't really love what we had, and then at the end of summer, we were able to purchase a new sofa, curtains, and a larger rug.
And this is how our living room looks today. We brightened up the space at the end of last summer with our new sofa, rug, and curtains. And then we left it at that, until a few weeks ago. We purchased a new leather chair and a new cocktail table. I shifted the layout of the furniture around a bit to make sure that DJ's leather chair had plenty of room to recline.
#priorities
In the back of our living room, I've set up the girls play kitchen and table & chairs. They spend hours playing in their kitchen and doing arts and crafts at their little table. The tall set of drawers contains all of their play food.
And looking out from our kitchen in to the living room.
When we originally purchased our sofa we were leaning toward leather, but I also wanted something light because our floors were so dark. I also didn't want a sectional, and I knew I wanted nail-head trim. This sofa was perfect. The navy throw pillows came from Pottery Barn.
I had the hardest time picking out our cocktail table. I had no idea what I wanted, other than I knew I wanted it to have a shelf underneath for baskets to hold the girls toys. Which, I haven't found the perfect baskets yet. I'm holding out for when DJ and I go to Waco in a few weeks. Our salesman ended up showing us this table, and we had looked at it in another store, and I just wasn't sold, but DJ was. Once we put it in our home, I fell in love. I love that the wood matches our hardwood floors and I love the mixed media of metal. It gives a little rustic vibe, and I really like mixing old and new. This one is similar.
We had originally planned on getting rid of the end table, but it ended up fitting next to the sofa. However, this is a piece that needs a major upgrade, and I'm leaning between a few options.
Part of me still wants to get rid of it altogether, and replace it with a floor lamp.
I have also looked at buying a gold end table, but I can't convince my mom that it's the modern touch we need. And yes, I realize it's my house and I'm a grown woman, but I really value my mom's decorating advice. Here are a few options that I've looked at:
On this one, I like how the 'x' mimics what's on our cocktail table.
I like this Ashley option.
And I've considered a solid option.
This chair belonged to my grandmother. It was originally covered in a green satin, and she had it recovered for us when we got married. It's a perfect little chair to sit in and cozy up with a good book, and I picked up the pillow last week at Target.
And here's another view of our living room from our master bedroom.
DJ and I purchased the blue console table from an online yardsale group and before we moved in, I painted it blue and spray painted the brass handles. It's quiet possibly my favorite piece in the room.
A lot of furniture is a mix and match, and I've pieced it together over the years. Each piece has a story and I love them together.
