Living room reveal

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I was trying to do a before and after, but our home server with our old pics is down, so we'll have to live with just the after (for now anyway).

Our living room has been constantly evolving over the last 4 1/2 years, but this is where we are now (for now).

After living w/icky cream carpet for awhile, we finally had bamboo floors installed in the whole house. Carpet in general is bad (for the environment, your lungs, etc...). New carpet is really bad and old carpet is just gross. Anywho, I digress.

We also had new energy efficient glass put in all the sliding doors.

We painted the walls (in Toasted Almond by Olympic) the vaulted ceilings go up to 19', but I wanted to make it feel cozier by only going halfway up w/color. Can't wait for the crown mouldings, tick tock.

We painted and had installed w/the flooring all new colonial white baseboards (bye bye ranch oak trim!), and painted the remaining ranch trim around the doors white.

DH installed new ceramic tile in the foyer area.


sources (a little home inventory): (see where I shop for store links)
Leather couch/love seat/chair/ottoman/throw: Marshall Fields (RIP)
silk damask pillows: Restoration Hardware outlet
wool area rug: Simon rug from Pottery Barn
coffee/end table: Target (Chinois and Katie(behind love seat and painted earl grey-Olympic))
end table surveyor lamp/shade: Target
on coffee table (besides way too many decor mags): faux python tray: Jayson H&G, wood bowl: Arhaus, globe balls: Crate & Barrel
seagrass/leather magazine holder: Crate & Barrel
greek key console table: Bombay Company (RIP)
console runner/coasters: Z Gallerie
seagrass baskets/Eiffel tower: Vintage Pine
bamboo leaning bookcase: Crate & Barrel
art: over chair: Ikea, over couch: yours truly w/a little help from DH (canvas/paint from Michael's). It look me two years to finally admit that I couldn't find anything I liked for over the sofa, then another two to put paint to the canvas I bought in '08. I guess it's inspired by "Starry Night".
Moroccan screen: World Market
linen curtain panels: West Elm (since properly hung, uppers on "door to nowhere" to come, and world's tallest vertical blinds to go).
candle holders: Arhaus, Z Gallerie (see here)
linen floor cushion: Costco
brass floor lamp: Wal-mart
floor globe: Target
ceramic garden stool (hidden, between couch and tree): Target
ficus tree: Plants Inc., Chicago (One of the very first things we bought for the house, from a shop across the street from where we got our wedding cake. I always wanted a tree, and now I don't have the heart to even trim it (she's got spunk!). I wouldn't recommend a ficus as they sap onto the floor. :( ) The ficus makes way for the Christmas tree every December.
lilacs: cut from our gardens :)