Before & After: Lounge Room!

Good evening my dears.. I trust everyone enjoyed their Easter (as well as the extra long weekend – which some of us had cut short by work, but nevermind that!). This weekend I found myself supervising the installation of floating shelves all over the house.. One such room I haven’t blogged yet, the loungeroom!

Let’s have a look shall we…

Here is the loungeroom before we moved in. It’s not particularly unpleasant if you like peach walls and faded green carpet (but personally, not a fan!).

First thing to go was the black pelmet!

Below is our loungeroom now, after a lick of paint, a spot of shelving, a smattering of Martha Stewart’s tissue poms and some slipcover magic!

Please excuse the faded green carpet, my blackbutt flooring is currently drying in a big kiln as we speak and will be in my hot little hands within a month. Can’t wait!!

Love them or hate them, there seems to be no middle ground on feature walls. I, for one, LOVE THEM. The photograph is one I took of the local beach one morning. I do all my own framing with frames from budget stores and fix them up with spray paint! Very affordable art!

To say I am having a love affair with tissue poms would be an understatement. We have decided to leave our respective families and forge a bold new life together. Not really, but they are amazing. You can make them too, go here to find out how! Piece of cake!

Below is another before, but this time from a different angle.

I decided a nice charcoal gray feature wall would really highlight the TV unit (Ikea, glad you asked!)

It definitely feels a lot more open and inviting now, I can’t wait until I can lay my floorboards though, it will take it all to the next level, as wood has the uncanny ability to do..