Living Room Makeover - REVEAL!

You guys, I have been working on my living room for like....ever. Literally, it's taken me YEARS to decide what I wanted to do in there. When we first bought our house, we came from an apartment, and didn't really have anything but a mish mash of random furniture. I decided I would tackle one room at a time, and make my way through the house. And in 3 years, I've completed only the living room and family room. Ha ha. But hey, I'm getting there.. slowly but surely! But things cost money, and take a lot of time.

I was on a budget with this room, so that's part of the reason why it took so long to finish. I was trying to make sure I could find what I was looking for, without spending a fortune.

So... here is what my living room looks like now! (before/after photo at the bottom of this post!)

Grey sofa's: Overstock.com

Blue accent chairs: Target

Coffee & end table's: Fred Meyer (4 years ago)

8x10' Rug: Rugs USA

White curtains: Ikea

White storage cabinet: Target

White floating shelves: Ikea

American flag: DIY

Antlers: Fred Meyer

Picture frames: Home Goods

Yarn wall hanging: Paige & Roy

Pillow covers: Jane.com

White, yellow & striped throw blankets: Target

Navy blue throw blanket: Home Goods

Sunburst mirror: Target

3 small decorative mirrors: Target

Lamp: Target

Paint color: The color is Chinchilla by Martha Stewart. However, Home Depot doesn't carry MS paints anymore, so they looked it up online and mixed the exact color for me in Behr paint. I love how it turned out! 

So the only things I kept from my previous living room decor, was the coffee and end table's. Truth is, I probably would have replaced those, too, but I was already over my budget by a little bit... so I had to make the sacrifice. I think they look okay in there for now. But my goal is to get a larger square coffee table sometime next year. We'll see, though! But for now, I'm happy with these I guess ;-)

 And here is the before & after!! Crazy what a difference it is, right?!? Looking at what the room looked like before, it was NOT my style whatsoever. So happy to have it much lighter, brighter and airier in there now!

I think the two things I did that made the biggest difference were 1) paint the walls, and 2) raise the curtain rods up a lot higher. Both of those things make the room look more spacious and inviting.