First, here is an overall view of the renovation. Here is what our living room looked like before. You can see the old shag carpet in this picture. We ripped it up and put down hardwood floors. It was my first time laying wood floors, so that was an adventure!
Here is what it looks like after:
From another angle: Before:
After: This is a good angle that shows the gorgeous sectional that I found on Craigslist for 75% off.
One of the biggest transformations was to the bookshelves. They lacked symmetry and the flimsy shelves drove me crazy. My husband, Joseph, rebuilt the shelves on the left side with thicker shelves and got rid of the arched detail.
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After:
On the right side, we took out the cabinets and built bookshelves and storage underneath. We kept the floor to ceiling shelves on the far right.
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We added cabinets with metal screens, so that we could put our DVD player and cable box behind them. The screens blended in nicely with the gray cabinet color.
We replaced the old mantel with a beautiful cast stone mantel that I found on a Facebook resale group for about a quarter of full price. This was one of my favorite deals that I scored in our living room!
Fireplace Before:
Fireplace After:
There was a blank wall on the far left wall of the room, so I added some black and white photos and this gorgeous console from Wisteria to give the wall a bit more visual interest.
We also had our shutters redone. I love the floor to ceiling windows and all of the natural light that they let in.
Here are a couple more angles of the living room. We are so happy with how it turned out!
Some of my favorite details from around the room:
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