Home Decor | Our (UPDATED!) Living Room Tour
I was sitting in our living room the other day and I suddenly realized… Man, I haven’t shared an updated “Living Room” decor post! WAY over a year ago I shared a little mini-living room tour to show the progress we were making in our new house. And now we’ve been in this house almost two years! Crazy! And, in that time, we’ve slowly but surely been making progress on turning this house into a home.
While we liked the way we had the living room somewhat situated / decorated, it was still lacking a lot of seating and it just felt a little “cold” and something was missing. So over the last year we’ve been adding little bits and pieces here and there and now I’d say the living room is really complete!
I still would love to paint the wall where the TV is, but that’s a project for another day and time. In any event, the living room has really become one of my favorite places in our house. We LOVE to have people over and having more seating and having the room FEEL much cozier has made a world of difference!
I hope you guys like the updated living room tour! Check out my previous living room tour to REALLY see the difference!
And… here are a couple before and afters to show the difference, too…
I started a cross wall and it’s already coming together! I DIYed the palette in the middle of the wall using this same method I used here, and I’m just gradually collecting and adding crosses to the wall as we go. I can’t wait to really fill it up! The lyrics on the palette are from my favorite worship song “Man of Sorrows” by Hillsong. 
That pieces of “furniture” to the left of the couch is actually a DOG CRATE. It’s awesome! That’s where we put the dogs when we are out of the house. They love it.
Also, does anyone have a suggestion of a better way to hide the cords in the back right corner? I honestly haven’t even messed with it and can’t think of a better way to hide them…
The fabric flower in this vase was handmade by my friend Linda with fabric I brought back from Kenya! It’s so special to me. And the leaves are in the shape of Africa!
Pups relaxing on the “dog” couch. 
Details:
- Rug: Target
- Sectional Couch: HH Gregg
- Lamps: Target
- Canvas Prints: Various
- Curtains and Pillow Covers: Etsy
- Vase: Target
- Coffee Table: World Market (Similar)
- Wooden End Table Dog Crate: Walmart
What do you think? Have you done any home decor projects recently? If we were to paint an accent wall, what color would YOU paint it?
I saw a pin on Pinterest today that reminded me of this post and thought I would share: http://pin.it/FMCnnqC
Looks great! 🙂 I love when people take the time to make their space lived in perfect for them, as opposed to just filling up a space! So cozy!
Wow I love the before and after. Great job.
Your living room looks similar to mine in layout. My decor isn’t as nice, though. lol 🙂 One of these days I’ll find my interior designer gene.
In the meantime, just wanted to mention, you asked about hiding cords? We had a lot of cords coming from our TV (also on the wall above our fireplace (which is basically identical to yours)) down to a small table where our media components live to the left of the fireplace. My husband did a little DIY project where he opened up the wall and installed a pipe of some kind (sorry if I’m a little vague – I wasn’t involved so much with this project) and strung all our cords and wires through that from behind the TV down to the table, so they’re hidden in the wall. We have hopes in the future of somehow building some bookshelves and cabinets on either side of the fireplace. I don’t know if your cords are that kind, or if they’re just like the lamp cord or something, but thought I’d bring that up in case you’re interested in putting any in the wall I can get more info for you on how my husband did it.
For regular cords and things like for lamps and around my computer desk, I tend to use lots of twist-ties to keep things neat. There’s rarely a way to keep them completely out of sight, but at least if they’re neat and “together,” I feel like they’re less unsightly. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your photos! You’ve given me some ideas for our living room!
I always love a good home tour! Thanks for posting!