Livingroom redo

Before



My house, like everyone's elses house, who isn't blessed with unlimited funds,  is a work in progress.  So here's the story of my living room redo.

 Two weeks before Christmas 2009, my husband announced that he's 'doin' this room before Christmas.  Needless to say, I freaked out...2 weeks before Christmas?  And  Christmas Eve is at my house!  I put up a good fight, but in the end I lost the argument.  As my daughter pointed out, I might as well just go with it, at least it would get done.  So now he starts moving everything out of this room, into my dining room, which means I can't decorate for the holidays anywhere!  Luckily I had the paint colors pretty much figured out.  You have to realize that this 're-do' wasn't just painting, it entailed crown molding, and changing all the trim and the baseboards!   I did have an idea of what I wanted the room to eventually look like, but hadn't really gotten everything to make it happen. I  found the two wing chairs at a tag sale in the fall for $40 each, and they're recliners to boot!  I bought a sofa cover, cheap.  The coffee table was a flea market find from years ago, that i had given to my daughter,but for lack of room, she gave it back and the armoire in the corner was a freebie.  I took down the ceiling fan, and found the chandelier on line, on sale, because the room was in desperate need of lighting.  I had decided on the curtains before hand, so I ran to the store only to find I had to order them, because of course, they weren't in stock.  So anyway, this is what my living room looked like at Christmas.