Our new kitchen is a pretty big project that will be a little more intensive, so in the meantime I'm focusing on breathing new life into our living room. It's already changed a ton since the image below was taken (what it looked like when we moved in), mostly just because our furniture and artwork is in there now, but I really want to give it a fresh coat of white paint (especially on the dark, heavy fireplace), some pops of color and pattern, and lots of plants!
We've got a door with a window similar to the one second to last in this post, and I've already got yellow paint to brighten it up. I think the other walls will end up with white, but I might do a fun statement wall on one of the smaller walls. Since we don't live here permanently I can't do super crazy stuff, so I may end up using removable wallpaper from Walls Need Love like I did in our last house, which was a really great way to update without the pressure of committing to a crazy paint job (or committing to a crazy paint job that takes months to finish. Walls Need Love actually made that pattern into a wallpaper so you don't have to become a crazy person like me).
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Mostly I just want the space to feel inspiring, bright, and happy. I want lots more plants (I need a snake plant and super tall cactus, like, yesterday), and I have a couple of vintage chairs that my parents got at a garage sale that I really would love to reupholster to bring them into the vibes of the space I have envisioned. Luckily their upholstery is super simple (basically just 4 rectangular pads), so I think I can DIY that!
A super big project that will probably be down the line is putting built-in cabinets/shelving on either side of the fireplace. As you can see, that whole side of the room has a sort of weird step up that makes it virtually non-functional for furniture, so building in some shelving (much like Elsie's white shelving) would make that space much more useful and I would even love to put some upholstered pads in front of the shelving next to the fireplace for reading nook seating! Like I said, that's a huge project that probably won't happen in the next few months, but who knows, maybe I'll get a huge burst of nesting energy and go for it before the baby comes! Now to convince my dad to help me build this cabinetry...
