As most of you know, I loooove decorating our home. One thing to note about our home is the fact that we are on a VERY limited budget and have generous friends and family. Another thing is the that our home is a work in progress...There are a lot of things about it that I don't love, but I make small changes, one at a time, rather than spending thousands of dollars to overhaul a room in one shot. Lastly, we live in an apartment and have no idea how long we'll be here. Hence the white walls, ugly light fixtures and blinds, etc. It just doesn't seem worth it to us to spend tons of time and money fixing up the place when we might be moving as soon as summer.
All that said, I DO really like our home. Especially the living room, which I think is great mixture of homey and fun.
See those pillows with the big dots? They kind of gave me the inspiration for the direction our living room would take. When we first got married, I started out thinking I would decorate in a very Mature and Sophisticated way, with earthy green and brown tones. But when I found those pillows at a random garage sale for $2 each, I decided to stop kidding myself and add some BRIGHT and FUN to the mix. That's when orange entered the scene. So here's what you see in this shot:
Sectional and coffee table: free gifts from DC church friends (Before that, we spent about 2 months in our first apartment with nothing in our living room except one chair!)
Orange pillows: T.J. Maxx
Dot pillows: garage sale
Brown button pillows and green throw: shower gifts from Nathan's mom
Coasters: World Market
Green rug: Crate & Barrel
Triple frame: Ten Thousand Villages (wedding gift)
Wall shelf/drawers: Target (wedding gift)
Wooden frame: market in Thailand
Green pot: IKEA
Fake orchid and green moss: Hobby Lobby
Framed L and framed fabric: see this post
Clock: Target (don't love this clock...something more like this would be fun, but bigger and with numbers)
What's on the coffee table? Our wedding album and a small album w/ Silas' newborn pics)
Plant stand: inherited from Great-Grandma Louise, painted white (will distress someday)
Plant and pot: gifts from Lisa, Nathan's sister- she calls it a spider plant
Lamp stand: also inherited from Grandma Louise...debating what color to paint this. Mustard? Any ideas?
Frame: Target (wedding gift)
Lamp: Target (wedding gift)
Magazine Rack: Crate & Barrel (gift)
Bookshelves: Crate & Barrel (gift)
Embroidered frames: Urban Outfitters
Green bamboo candle holder: World Market
White bud vase & paper flowers: Crate & Barrel (wedding gifts)
Yarn: my knitting stash :)
Green candle holder: gift from Nathan when we were dating...hehe
Yellow vase: Hobby Lobby
Meh, this is dark. Sorry.
Curtains: Urban Outfitters
Bistro Set: Target (Christmas gift)
Jumparoo: sidewalk in DC (Yep, some mother of twins was throwing it out! Lucky Silas!)
Mirror: Eastern Market in DC (gift from the hubs)
Bucket & Balls: Michael's (shower gift from my mom)
Lamp: Target
Bookshelf: $10 from church furniture sale. Painted green, then orange, tried to crackle with so-so effects. Love the warmth it brings to the room, though!
Globe: World Market
Box: Wedding gift
Frame: Wedding gift- We put in an old picture of Nathan's grandparents
Desk thingy: AN ALLEY. Can you believe it??? Didn't even have to paint it; it was already perfect. Just changed the hardware. Let's take a look at this beauty again, shall we?
Love. It.
So there you have it, friends. A thorough breakdown of our living room. Questions? Comments? Where do you love to buy furniture? How about home decor? What color should I paint that lamp stand? Got any ideas for a new clock?
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