Living Room Refresh on a Budget

The crisis has been averted.  You can all breathe a sigh of relief.  I know the worry was keeping some of you up at night ...

The book group did not have to sit on boxes during the meeting at my house last week.

Phew, right? 

Other than a few tweaks here and there, I was able to get the living room unpacked and finished.  I'm still working to get the rest of the house in order in time for the Dining for Women meeting on Saturday, but progress has been made!

One big obstacle I have is I still don't have my dining room table. Kind of a problem for a dining event, don't you think? When the packers moved the furniture out to refinish the floors, they broke the table.  They've had it for weeks, and I still don't have it back.  They also lost the pegs that hold the shelves in the china cabinet.  You guessed it--that means I have unpacked boxes of china in the dining room.

Supposedly it's fixed (I've heard that before), and will be delivered tomorrow (keeping my fingers crossed).  At that time they'll pick up the buffet table they broke, which I won't get back in time for Saturday ... 

Uh oh ... I'm starting to hyperventilate again ...

So I'll stop thinking about all of that and show you my "refreshed" living room.

Here's what it looked like before (well, the "before" when it had furniture in it).

And here's what it looks like now.

The only thing new is the sofa.  Which I told you about here. 

The coffee table is this $25 Craigslist find that I painted white. I kept some of the same pieces that were in the room before, but I moved them around.  

Everything else I had in other rooms.  I love shopping my own house--it's so economical!

I moved the rug in from the family room ... which of course necessitates a family room refresh!  I have a couple of big projects planned for that, so that reveal will have to wait awhile.

The round table has a burlap cloth from Ballard Designs on it.  The table on the other side of the sofa is a Craigslist find from a couple of years ago. I did a Gustavian paint treatment on it.

The chair next to the round table is from Miss Mustard Seed.  I bought it at a Lucketts Market a few years ago.  I have a chair I've been planning on painting to go with it, but it keeps dropping to the bottom of my "to-do" list.

I added a glass decanter I found at Goodwill to the crystal one I already had on the sideboard I'm using as a bar, and polished up an old silver tray to hold some bottles. I'm keeping an eye out for one or two more decanters.

And of course, little vignettes here and there.  I usually switch them out seasonally ... or whenever I get bored!

I like the lighter look with the dark coffee table and side table gone--it brightens up the room. There are still some projects I want to do, but it looks much better than the last time I showed it to you!

And with everything mainly white or neutral, I can change out pillows, throws and accessories whenever the mood strikes.

Now on to the rest of the house!

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