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Our Living Room Reveal

Here we go, here we go, here we GOOOOOOOOO. This room has been a long freaking time coming. I have been dreaming of this space for years on end, but really was low priority while we did other projects.

Let’s start from the very beginning (a very good place to start). This is what the room looked like when we first moved in, almost seven years ago. The carpet and upholstered walls were soaked with cat urine, the layers of flooring over the original pine were disgusting, but protected the original floors well.

I cannot even believe we bought this house in this condition. I hardly can even remember what poor condition it was in!

The first months we owned the house were a mad dash to get it livable. We cleaned everything out of here, drywalled, refinished the floors, and painted everything white. I didn’t have time to make decisions, we just rushed to get it to a baseline living condition. Once we were in that baseline living condition, we had various projects we had to get done in a very specific order.

This white room was really on the backburner for the longest time. It was FINE, but completely uninspiring. We did have rugs and some other furniture in here, but I took these photos mid-prep, so they are slightly more bare than what we’d been living in these past few years.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes, because this living room is FINALLY finished!

The biggest undertaking was planning a whole wall of built in shelves. We’d never done anything like this before, but I’m delusional enough to believe we could pull it off, and thankfully Ethan went along with it. With a whole lot of Youtube and a lot of trial and error, we (mostly Ethan) built this whole wall that’s now the focal point of the room.

All of the furniture was existing in the room, but it looks completely transformed in the space. It was mostly thrifted over time, a mixture of antique and modern pieces. Previously things looked like a random collection of pieces, now it truly feels cohesive, like it all fits together.

I knew moment I saw it I wanted this light fixture. No other light fixture compared. It was a little out of my budget, but I stalked sales until I finally found it at a price I was comfortable with and I went for it. And I was absolutely not wrong, it is my favorite light fixture we own, and totally makes the space.

One thing I really wanted to plan strategically was how the living room flowed into the smaller passthrough space adjacent to it. Because our home has a back addition that was added about 60 years after it was first built, there are some areas where the floors and cased openings give clues that it did not used to be one space. This particular space next to our living room is wider than a hallway, and feels like it’s part of the living room, but feels separate at the same time. The ceiling height is different, and it had some pretty textured wallpaper I wasn’t interested in taking down. A friend of mine said to treat the two spaces as sisters and not twins, which really stuck with me. I used a grasscloth wallpaper on the ceiling of the main living room, and carried it through on the walls in the secondary space. Sisters, not twins. The wall color in the main living room is Sherwin Williams Debonair, and all of the trim is Sherwin Williams Stargazer.

The sconces on the bookshelf wall were a last minute addition. I had intended to use some antique sconces we had in our garage when we moved in, but they ended up being smaller than a modern standard size, and we had already had electrical run, so we purchased these instead. I dressed up the shades with some velvet ribbon to add an extra oomph, but I’m super happy with them.

After envisioning what this room could be for so long, it feels surreal to actually be living in it. Home takes time, and although we are a little slower than most, I’m so pleased to finally be living in a space that feels like a reflection of our family and our taste.

Although most of the items in our space were collected secondhand over time, below are the sources for items still available. Anything not linked is custom, or vintage.

coffee table | curtains (these are customizable, ours are the green color) | Frame TV (ours is the 55″, the perfect not too bug size, in my opinion) | throw pillow covers (ours are the powder blue color)

Thank you, for those that have followed along with this project over on Instagram, as I’ve been sharing things. Your excitement has meant the world. That’s all for today, friends. Have a fabulous day!

April 9, 2025 by
Room Tours

Shared Girl’s Room Reveal

When you have multiple little kids in a home with fewer bedrooms than kids, those first few years entail a lot of room shuffling as babies need cribs, babies grow out of cribs, toddlers go from having their own room to sharing with a sibling, etc. Amidst our most recent and final round of room shuffling, we turned our no longer needed nursery into a room for both our girls. The brief from my four year old was pink, and green, and stripes.

Now, I cannot pretend to tell you there’s any reason for this insane overexposed photo that I took in 2020, but that was the last time this room underwent a “makeover,” when we finished the nursery. Babies don’t keep, because just four short years and two baby girls later, this nursery is no longer needed.

As wildly bright as that photo is, it does serve as a good before photo to this dreamier, shared big girl space. Hard to believe this is the same angle.

I kept the curtains the same and refinished the dresser that had previously been painted (by me – we all make mistakes! When we know better, we do better!).

I handpainted the stripes on the walls using painter’s tape which was truly terrible and I would not recommend. Next time, I would just use wallpaper. The only upside is that I was able to choose exactly what colors I wanted. The walls are Behr Pink Quartz and Clare Timeless, and the trim is Behr Equestrian Green.

The linens are various vintage finds that I saved over time, the quilted pillows were made from a damaged quilt. The artwork above the beds was also all thrifted over time.

The vintage peacock headboards were found separately and were two different colors, so I painted them to match (Behr Mirror Lake), and I find the similar but different vibes of them to be endearing.

The room is pretty tight, and the only bed arrangement blocks all of the windows, but this room with windows on three sides already feels like a cozy little treehouse, and so the beds overlooking the trees feels fitting.

We previously had a ceiling fan in this room that actually got frequent use, due to the warmth of the room in the summer (see: windows on three separate sides, making it an all day sunshine spot). I hate the look of ceiling fans, but they are sometimes necessary, so we put in this “fandelier,” and have been very happy with it these past few months. And, if I can influence you to do anything in your home, let it be to paint your ceiling. You won’t regret it.

This was a really fun project to work on because it was dreamed up by my girls, and I was able to execute it in a way we all love. They proclaimed it to be “a real princess room now.” and I kind of agree. Hopefully these stripes last a long while, because I’m good on makeovers in this space for a good while.

October 23, 2024 by
House Progress, Room Tours

Shared Toddler Room Reveal! – Spring One Room Challenge Week Eight

I cannot believe this room is finished! It’s been eight weeks of super intense working on making over my son’s room for my son and daughter to share. Their gender neutral, English country inspired room is just what I envisioned and I can’t believe it’s come to life! Or that I did 90% of it by myself! As a quick reminder before we dive into it, let’s just take a look back just eight short weeks ago:

Boring and basic, the floors had been refinished when we first moved in, and the walls painted white, but that was about it. The room itself didn’t have a “design.” Now, hold on to your hats people, because I cannot believe this is the same room.

We added the beadboard, chair rail, and picture rail ourselves, and I used a stencil that was generously gifted by Stencil Revolution to give the upper portion of the wall a faux wallpaper look. The green is Equestrian Green, the tan upper portion is called Windswept Leaves, and the stenciled color is called Split Rail, all by Behr. The walls alone really make the space and give it the antique, English, equestrian vibe I was going for. The white was necessary for a quick move in timeline, but it’s time it got some character.

The beds were my launching off point for the rest of the design. I found them on Facebook Marketplace almost a year ago, and I’ve been storing them in my garage until now. I bought them from a sweet retired couple who used them when their children were small. They had bought them at an antique store in the 1980’s, but they believed they were from the turn of the century. It was meant to be because so is our house!


Most of the art and decor was found secondhand at estate sales and thrift stores. I reused but reworked the curtains by adding blackout liners and drapery pins. The dresser is also the same dresser that was in here before, but it looks much more fitting now. More on the dresser in this post.

Dresser Before

The pillow shams were from a basic set, but I had them embroidered locally. I had a hard time finding someone who could do exactly what I was looking for, but the ladies at The Perfect Pair were so helpful and worked with me to get exactly the look I was hoping for. I think the monogrammed pillows give it a touch of class (as classy as two beds made up for toddlers can be).

The light fixture was a $50 Amazon find (I know!) which worked well to replace the old shadeless ceiling fan that was there with something that looked like a cute vintage light but came with the ease of modern wiring and installation.

Because most of my items were found secondhand, they aren’t linkable, but what I did purchase new is linked below.

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out the kids new space. This is a room that I’m really proud of, and is something that I truly feel is a reflection of our home style. I worked on this solely during naptimes and after bedtimes for the last two months, and every time my oldest woke up, he would immediately go to “the new room” and check on the progress. Both of the kids love the space, and they can’t wait to spend their first night in the newly made over space. I wanted to make the room feel sophisticated but also fun and whimsy, and I’m so pleased with how it all came together.

Now, remember this? This was the original moodboard for the design. I am so thrilled to see it in the flesh. It’s honestly the nicest room in our house now.

And last but not least, just one more for the road. I truly cannot believe this is the same room.

I would love to hear your thoughts! And after you’ve let me know what you think, be sure to go see some of the other great reveals happening today. That’s all for today, friends! Have a fabulous day!

May 25, 2022 by