Living Room Progress

Things are looking better. But there is still so much to do.

Here is the completed desk area.

I had these cork boards hanging up before the makeover. One covered the awful hole that I have now hid with my handy-dandy mail holder. I decided to cut the cork in half and hang them back up.

It's nice to have this to pin things up instead of putting them on the fridge. I can put appointment cards up there too.

I've been struggling to find a light to replace that wretched fluorescent light.

I moved the bright yellow table out of this space so that the emptiness will scream at me everyday to get to work. I want an electric fireplace here.
I need to get going on a fireplace soon so I can still enjoy it this year. Not sure if it will happen or not. But I'm hoping.
I'm thinking I will take out the center shelf where my ironstone pitchers are. I want the fireplace to flow all the way up. What do you think?

I moved most of the cords out of the way. I still have one left to move.

I went down to the basement and drilled new holes for where our router and the cable cord can come up. Now it comes up through the cabinet under the TV.

I also moved all the Wii stuff and the DVD player into the cabinet so that it would keep it more organized.

Yes, I made the ugly shelf inside the cabinet but some day I will have doors put up and it will hide the grotesque sight. (Do you notice any blemishes staring in your face^^^^^?)

I also drilled through my new wood top to connect everything together.

(ooooh. How 'bout a closeup of these blemishes^^?)

Sorry. It bugs me.

Anywho.
This is the cable cord I still have left to move.

Now I need to work on de-cluttering the shelves and make some nice arrangements. That is where Pinterest will help me out a lot.

Ha! The one side has all our library books and a shelf that collects everything when we come in the door. The other side has....not much, really.

I need to get going on a fireplace soon so I can still enjoy it this year. Not sure if it will happen or not. But I'm hoping.
I'm thinking I will take out the center shelf where my ironstone pitchers are. I want the fireplace to flow all the way up. What do you think?

Oh, and I did find some curtains. We don't have a neighbor behind us, so they aren't really for privacy. More for filtering the sunshine. They are pretty see-through. I got them at Tuesday Morning. They were $15 for two panels which I thought was pretty good.

I got the rods at Tuesday Morning too. I think they were $10 for the small and $12 for the wider one. I'm kind of in love with that store.

There still is quite a lot left to do. Different furniture, artwork, shelf decorating, trim work and tons more.
But at least I'm having fun!