All About the Home: Living Room Addition

It’s important to me that my house feels like a home, especially because I live so far from my family.   I want a place that I love to come home too .  Phil did a great job of fixing up the house after he bought it, I’m really proud of him.  But since I moved in, it doesn’t feel like “ours.”  When Dragon went on her rampages we lost some furniture along the way and haven’t replaced it.  Mostly because we can’t make a decision about what we want but also because I don’t really have the extra cash laying around right now.  Shit's expensive!

Slowly, we have been adding a few things to the house, like a new rug, media cabinet and throw pillows.  And it’s those little touches that make a big difference.  I can't wait for us to see what we can do more with the house.  Right now furniture is getting put on the back burner so that we can do a few  other things first.  This summer we plan on knocking out the wall between the kitchen and living room to make room for an island/sitting area and to purchase a dishwasher.  Another project is to take out our 50's tile in the bathroom and replace it with something more in this decade and to replace the the bathroom faucets and refinish the tub.  

But for now I can dream of what I would do! A few weeks ago I put together a Living Room idea.  Looking at it now with some fresh eyes there might be some things I would change but overall I like the space.  Most of the items here can be found from my FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WHOLE WORLD, West Elm and also Fab, Gilt, and Target.  My favorite pieces in the room would have to be the couch, the sitting area, the Pit Bull Artwork, the round white coffeeish table/it just looks pretty thing and the glasses mirror.  And by the way I showed the boyfriend and he didn't like it.  Oh the joys of having different opinions! :)