One of my personal rules to live by is:
You aren't allowed to complain about something if you're not doing anything to change it.
For example: you can't complain about the size of your rear if you don't get up off of it and work out. (the exception is things you can't change of course, but if you can't change something, you can change how you look at it and stop complaining anyway).
Hubby pointed out to me that Friday's post was a laundry list of complaints about the living room so I figured I should practice what I preach and put my $$ where my mouth is and whatever other cheesy cliche's apply.
So I did.
I've been far too ADD with design ideas lately, so I just need to focus on one room at a time. I'm putting jewelry organization/display and some other projects on hold and focus on the room that irks me the most: the living room.
2 notable changes were made over the weekend.
#1. Harry Potter's room has a new door! No, Harry Potter does NOT live with me, however we do have an awkward closet that spans the entire space under the stairs. We call this Harry Potter's room, or the hall closet, whichever you prefer. The bi-fold door to this space was the only non-white door in the entire house and was a very awkward orangey wood tone that was not finished well in the first place. Since the hall is wide open to the living room, I consider them 1 large space.
Pre-primed white doors with paneling similar to the other doors in the house were less than $50 at my friendly local Home Depot, so I was on the ground running. I'll spare you the enthralling progress shot of painting white primed doors white satin and I'll jump to the after.
As a finishing touch, I picked up a mercury-glass knob from Anthropologie and put up a mirror from HomeGoods to give the space more presence.
You like? So much better if I do say so myself!
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Weekend Project #2: New vignette/storage.
I've been hunting for some type of table to put against the stair wall, but am challenged by the narrow space. While looking at HomeGoods, I fell in love with a small asian style cabinet that was too deep. After re-measuring the area several times (hoping that somehow the space would multiply- no luck), I decided to bring it home anyway.
It worked as I was hoping next to the chair (which Hubby is all about replacing now, yay!). I took down the brown curtains (not the hardware yet though) and styled the new cabinet with a new "&" sign, Starry Night (removed from the opposite wall), a few tag-sale books, and Archimedes the owl.
I'm so pleased to see the living room finally start evolving!