Living Room makeover...

This has been a long time coming....the living room was one of the first rooms I painted when we found out the development company wasn't going to tear our house down.

And when I painted it then, I only did the walls. 

...that was about 5 years ago.

These are photos the real estate company took last spring when we put it up for sale...

 This time I chose a Valspar color called "Oxygen White" 

So here it is now--

Our house is small and older *translated* not alot of windows with natural light coming in.  I've learned that the darker, intense colors just seem to make it feel smaller....

When we redid the kiddos' room I tried hanging the curtains higher than the window frame to add some height to the room.  We have low ceilings.  And it worked...so I did it again here...

 Above are the office chairs we bought recently...I'm still on the hunt for a "cozy" chair for another corner...

 This would be Doodlebug's plane he just scored at the Easter Egg hunt he went to with Mamaw....

He kept telling me to turn the camera "sidewards" because he wanted the photo to be vertical...

 Finally we have replaced the shiny gold switch plates!!!!!  And knob on the closet door....that kind of stuff drives me nuts.  
I have no idea why I can't just let it go!!!!  Who really cares....seriously.  

 Some lovely lilacs that grow at our hedgerow...love the colors on the coffee can...

 A wedding photo of my paternal grandparents....
One of my favorites.

And Charles Lindberg postcards...Doodlebug is pretty fascinated by that whole story....

 Here's my mantel.

The map is of a canoe trip my husband took to Quetico, Canada and I wanted to keep the rest of it simple so.... 
some candles, and the candle "holders" are glasses from Target.

 Love the colors on these!  But I change things alot around here so I don't like to spend too much on this kind of thing....
But they're fun for summer and bring color to that wall...they also match our kitchen so I'm sure we'll end up using them for what they were intended for!!!

 ****sigh**** 

Matching bookcases...how lovely are these?!?!??!

I believe they deserve their very own little post!

I used 3 colors of ASCP 

Old White

French Linen

Arles (interior)

 (see me in the left door???)

These are just too good to let go.

 I actually distressed these with a wet rag.

Yup.  Worked like a charm....it's part of the reason they need their own post.

Really like the warm of the Arles color inside

The details are gorgeous...

Painted over everything but the detailing on the sides with Old White.

 Nice to have storage that Mighty can't get into.  There is one shelf behind the solid part of the door that now hides all of our DVDs.

 My curtains.

They're shower curtains.

Not kidding.  

And they work great.  They were on clearance for $10 apiece and EXACTLY the look I wanted.  Graphic with the black, white and gray...AND they 're wider than traditional curtains so they cover the large picture window behind our couch.

 Still in love with my leopard print sofa too! And thinking about adding fun little details as we go....