living room

what do you think of the new blog look?  i love it.
so another room i'm mulling over lately is our living room.  currently it looks like this:

please don't judge us.  i did finally take care of the laundry after i snapped these photos.  anyways, we are aware that it is horrible.  we are living {as usual} under construction so there are boxes of bathroom tile all over the house. 

back to the the living room.  see the problem {as i see it} is that the room is long {24 feet}, the woodwork is beautiful but it is dark and we will not paint it and the rugs have made the room dark.  {we had to put down two 9x12 rugs so the floors wouldn't get scratched up by dog and baby.}  throw in a dark brown leather couch and ...  do you see where i'm going with this? 

so i think we are going to paint it a light sage green color {i really want to do a sandy tan/cream in the dining and living room but chad wants more color}. 

so i am going to need to lighten up the space with the accents.  i am thinking of repainting our side table and coffee table in an ivory color.  and then throwing down a smaller rug. 

found on ebay

from ikea

i think either of these would lighten up the space.  and then i found a chair at a thriftstore that i want to buy and have reupholstered.

did you know at joann fabric's website you can design your own furniture and accessories.  now you need to have time and patience if you are going to check out it out because it keeps getting stuck.  but what do you think of one of these?

some throw pillows in some different colors and then something done with that desk area.  that's for a different post.  i need some cute storage too.  any ideas for the desk area or storage?

living room furniture

i'm in the middle of cleaning out one of our spare bedrooms. i had to take a break because chad and i are getting into squabbles about what to keep and what to pitch. why is it so difficult??

anyways, i'm sure i've mentioned this before but we still have the same furniture in our living room that i had in college. hand-me-down ikea tables and a 20 year-old couch from ethan allen. granted, these things work, but they are by no means permanent (or are they????)

for awhile i wanted an old trunk for the living room table but i can't seem to find a functioning antique one that isn't huge. the good thing about never actually buying anything is that you can change your mind - cost free! so now i think i want this table for our living room:

i like how it is glass and doesn't appear to take up much room. our living room isn't tiny but it isn't huge either. we already have a rug like the one in the picture.

we have an armoire for the tv and stuff right now but i'd like to replace that will a small console table and a flat screen tv.

and i LOVE this armoire for extra storage of movies and books.

why is my wish list always so long?!