✔ Formal Living Room Makeover...For Cipher Dollars!
Some of y'all may recognise a teeny section of this living room already.
Well, that was my parent's lite revamp and this is their living room makeover - which is now finally complete!
Here's the infinite before:
Before
The to a higher house pics (complete amongst my blood brother together with sis posing for their Debutante balls!) are from a few years back now (okay, together with then perchance to a greater extent than similar a decade) though demo the slice of furniture every bit it was prior to the get-go of the makeover.
The below pics (complete amongst random dogs together with Mum sipping wine) were taken lastly twelvemonth exactly afterwards purchasing a new lounge suite - read on for details close that create out buy! You tin forcefulness out meet that Mum had painted the northward wall together with changed or together with then of the artwork a few years prior.
Before
Before
The to a higher house pics (complete amongst my blood brother together with sis posing for their Debutante balls!) are from a few years back now (okay, together with then perchance to a greater extent than similar a decade) though demo the slice of furniture every bit it was prior to the get-go of the makeover.
Before
Somehow I failed to larn a recent 'before' shot of the whole room complete amongst floral lounge suite and end tables together with then poor close that though if you use your imagination to set the two era's together you'll larn the full general idea.
Anyways, this room was crying out 'HELP!' for years though the existent catalyst for alter came when or together with then irresponsible pet owner (who's name may begin with K together with rhyme amongst pristine) left their puppy unsupervised on the clearly really tasty looking floral sofa!
Well, amongst the hunt on for a novel lounge suite (Mum wanted a matching set) why non update the entire space? So that's exactly what nosotros did.
Mum wanted a sophisticated, semi-formal yet comfortable experience on a MEGA budget (I know it may live difficult to believe though she's fifty-fifty tighter than me when it comes to spending cash on decorating!). She has to a greater extent than traditional and less eclectic sense of savor than me together with prefers consistency together with then piece the concluding effect is a lilliputian every bit good matchy-matchy for me it's a vast improvement together with Mum exactly loves it together with then that's the principal thing.
And here's how the 'for cipher dollars' affair works; afterwards a long search I finally flora an appropriate pre-loved lounge suite (as seen to a higher house inwards the latter laid of 'befores') to shape the solid soil for the 'new' room on eBay for exactly $100....and the kicker - it came consummate amongst a java together with side tabular array nosotros didn't take together with then nosotros on-sold them both for double the cost nosotros paid for the whole laid to laid about amongst - crazy! Hence nosotros managed to makeover the entire room for FREE using exactly the profits from the sale of the tables. In fact, nosotros genuinely came out waaaay inwards front end drive nosotros were withal super stingy!
After
The lounge suite could easily have been overlooked for beingness every bit good 'Nanna-ish' though I saw potential for a Soho experience inwards the regency lines together with geometric upholstery together with then nosotros teamed it amongst ice-blue, apricot together with silvery highlights to line it to a greater extent than towards contemporary.
Aside from the novel lounge suite the other large changes came from a coat of pigment (to 1 wall only) and ripping upwards the ugly old carpet.
Mum polished-up the rustic hardwood floorboards herself piece Dad gave the northward wall a fresh presence yesteryear painting subtle wide stripes.
The java tabular array (which I failed to larn a earlier shot of - sorry!) together with two end tables (as tin forcefulness out live seen inwards the initiative of all laid of 'befores') had been inwards the room for years. Rather than supercede them nosotros simply attached or together with then resin mouldings together with painted the bases dark to add together or together with then depth to the space.
Dad also added bun feet and shelves to the base of operations of each end tabular array to hand them or together with then extra summit together with or together with then other expanse to display decor.
We retained the neutral curtains. I exactly removed the tie-backs to streamline them a bit.
Mum made all of the cushions herself from inexpensive cloth nosotros flora at Spotlight Manchester Store.
You may recognise the framed pictures to a higher house the sofa - I have got the same ones inwards my living room. They are vintage fashion postcards I received every bit a gift. The pack came amongst double-ups together with then I gave or together with then to Mum. She cutting the matte boards herself and transformed or together with then inexpensive dark plastic frames with nickel spray paint.
The gallery wall is currently a fleck of a mish-mash (and note, whilst in that place is a squeamish grown-up photo of both my blood brother together with sister there's alone me every bit a babe - middle kid syndrome or what? :-) though with to a greater extent than grandchildren on the means (have I mentioned my sis is important too?) more photographs will need to live added together with then it volition live re-done presently anyway.
And here's how the 'for cipher dollars' affair works; afterwards a long search I finally flora an appropriate pre-loved lounge suite (as seen to a higher house inwards the latter laid of 'befores') to shape the solid soil for the 'new' room on eBay for exactly $100....and the kicker - it came consummate amongst a java together with side tabular array nosotros didn't take together with then nosotros on-sold them both for double the cost nosotros paid for the whole laid to laid about amongst - crazy! Hence nosotros managed to makeover the entire room for FREE using exactly the profits from the sale of the tables. In fact, nosotros genuinely came out waaaay inwards front end drive nosotros were withal super stingy!
After
Aside from the novel lounge suite the other large changes came from a coat of pigment (to 1 wall only) and ripping upwards the ugly old carpet.
Mum polished-up the rustic hardwood floorboards herself piece Dad gave the northward wall a fresh presence yesteryear painting subtle wide stripes.
The java tabular array (which I failed to larn a earlier shot of - sorry!) together with two end tables (as tin forcefulness out live seen inwards the initiative of all laid of 'befores') had been inwards the room for years. Rather than supercede them nosotros simply attached or together with then resin mouldings together with painted the bases dark to add together or together with then depth to the space.
Dad also added bun feet and shelves to the base of operations of each end tabular array to hand them or together with then extra summit together with or together with then other expanse to display decor.
We retained the neutral curtains. I exactly removed the tie-backs to streamline them a bit.
Mum made all of the cushions herself from inexpensive cloth nosotros flora at Spotlight Manchester Store.
You may recognise the framed pictures to a higher house the sofa - I have got the same ones inwards my living room. They are vintage fashion postcards I received every bit a gift. The pack came amongst double-ups together with then I gave or together with then to Mum. She cutting the matte boards herself and transformed or together with then inexpensive dark plastic frames with nickel spray paint.
The gallery wall is currently a fleck of a mish-mash (and note, whilst in that place is a squeamish grown-up photo of both my blood brother together with sister there's alone me every bit a babe - middle kid syndrome or what? :-) though with to a greater extent than grandchildren on the means (have I mentioned my sis is important too?) more photographs will need to live added together with then it volition live re-done presently anyway.
Pretty much all the decor was sourced when nosotros 'shopped the house'. The alone exceptions beingness the lamps, which Mum bought ages agone on sale from Target, together with the larger of the two cases beside the armchair which was purchased from a discount store (The Reject Shop I think) for exactly $20.
Now, just because I haven't already totally overloaded y'all amongst photos, here's or together with then side-by-side earlier together with afters exactly for comparisons sake:
Before
After
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After
Before
After
This makeover was a pretty long, ho-hum procedure though achieving the effect nosotros did on the budget nosotros used was challenging, rewarding together with fun so who tin forcefulness out complain, right?
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