We have reached the point in our series to FINALLY show you some before and after pictures of our new house. This is the third post in our New Year/New House Series. First, I shared Moving Tips and then House Hunting Tips. Today I have our Living Room Reveal: Before and After. We did a lot of work to the living room and I love how it turned out.
First, let me show you what we started out with in this house. Looking at the before and after pictures it’s hard to believe we were sold on this house but when we walked in we knew it was home. It was the first house that felt like home and where I saw the potential for some serious remodeling.
The first big project we knew we wanted to do was to get rid of that long wall. When we started house hunting I knew I wanted an open concept kitchen/living room area. That was proving really hard to find until we found this house with the potential to remove a wall and create our own open concept. I was really feeling like I was on an episode from HGTV.
Would you believe I didn’t realize this carpet was blue at first. Blue carpet, it was ugly and really showed it’s age once the previous owner moved out. We knew we wanted hardwood floors and we wanted dark ones. So we proceeded to rip up the carpet, the entry way floors and the kitchen laminate tile and lay down hardwoods ourselves (that’s another post coming to you soon).
The taupe walls were pretty and looked good with the floors, until we got our new couches into the house. The beige couches with the taupe walls was so ugly. I really wanted to brighten up the room so I took a risk and went with this color which is Stratton Blue from Benjamin Moore, however we took the paint chip to Sherwin Williams and had them match it in their cashmere flat paint.
The couches and pillows are from Ashley Furniture. The coffee table really completed the room. It was my grandparents and when they downsized my brother claimed it, for the future I guess because it was sitting in my parents basement. When my dad suggested we take it home we jumped on that idea. Unfortunately we forgot to cover it with a sheet when my brother came for Christmas so he knows it’s here. We will enjoy it while we can.
I am in love with the fireplace. I was really worried the mantle would look bad with the dark floors but they actually complement each other really well. I was so excited to get a fireplace in our new house and it’s a gorgeous one!
It’s pretty sparsely decorated since all of the Christmas decorations went back into storage but we will slowly continue working on adding to the decor. The hardest part to me is that everything in the stores I like is turquoise. But since I painted my walls a turquoise color that rules out all of those decorations. What would be your suggestions for some accent colors?
I hope you all enjoyed the tour of our new and improved living room. Have you remodeled recently? We still have a couple rooms that need some love and I am looking forward to coming up with ideas for them!
You did a beautiful job! I love the wall color with the new floors! And the fireplace are is gorgeous! I need to spruce up my living room!
Thank you Karen! We love how it turned out!
Emily
I am loving what yall did! My husband and I cannot wait to buy a house and make it our own. This is something right out of Property Brothers or House Hunters! I love the turquoise you chose- I might try hints of grey and yellow to compliment the color!
XOXO
Chelsea
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Thank you Chelsea! We love how it turned out. I love those shows so I really appreciate the comparison :). Having your own house to make your own is so fun! Those are great compliment colors, thank you for the tip!
Emily
I think the blue looks so much better!
Thank you! I was very pleased with it!
Emily
You did a wonderful job! I love the floors and what an amazing wall color!
Thank you! We are loving it.
Emily
You did an amazing job! I love the color on your walls. I would say definitely use white accents or greens but I have an obsession with blue and green together but you should check out The House of Turquoise Blog she posts houses everyday that have turquoise accents and she always has gorgeous posts!!!!
Thank you!! I will check it out. Love the suggestions!
Emily
I’m in love with that color on your walls!
Thank you Kimberly! We love it too!
Emily
Wow! What a beautiful job – I love change you made the staircase! What a “small” change that has a huge impact! And the floors and wall color are gorgeous 🙂
Thank you! We love how it turned out!
Emily
Your floors are gorgeous! Well done, overall. You and your family will enjoy that space for years to come!
Thank you Beth!!
Emily
I adore your floors! The room is coming along very nicely! I think pops of mustard yellow would look fantastic!
Thank you!! We love it too!
Emily
Everything looks awesome! So jealous of your fireplace. You should try looking for some coral pieces to go with the turquoise, or even something like a soft peach-ey pink. Adding decor is always a work in progress.
Thank you!! Great color suggestion! Yes adding decor is such a work in progress. My mom is working on curtains right now which I am excited about!
Emily
Great job! I love the gorgeous paint color:)
Thank you! I love it too!
Emily
Oh! What a lovely color!
Cosy and warm 🙂
Thank you!!
Emily
I love the walls and all you have done. My thoughts are striped drapes or curtains .
They have curtains out there that are the turquoise and brown striped with the beige or taupe. Then follow thru with natural accents. Maybe some roped accents or burlap,jute twine bring natural earthy things in.It’s totally your own taste .Happy decorating and keep posting.♥
Thank you! My mom is in the process of making us some curtains right now!
Emily
That color is gorgeous (though it IS Benjamin Moore, so of course :P) and I love your coffee table!
Thank you Chelsey! We love it!
Emily
I love the color of your walls and that table– it really looks calm and relaxing
Thank you! I love it too!
Emily
Stopping by from the Wine’d Down Wednesday blog hop 🙂
Your reveal looks great! And I LOVE the color!
Thank you Mary!
Emily
What a great job! I love all of the colors you incorporated. Very pretty.
Thank you Jennifer!
Emily
Emily,
I love, love, love your paint choice. Such a beautiful color, and love how it gives off a warm vibe while being a cool color! Everything looks beautiful and you did a fabulous job! Love the fire place, it’s a must in our next house too!
Stopping by from SITS today!
Rebecca
Thank you Rebecca. We love having the fire place!
Emily
Beautifully done Emily! Love the wall color! Isn’t having a new home to play with so much fun?? We just moved into our new home the first of September and I am slowly making it “our” home 🙂 Stopping by from the SITS group. Have an awesome day!
Thank you! It is so much fun, I’m loving it. I can’t wait to tackle another room.
Emily
Stopping by from SITS. I LOVE what you did with everything!! Gorgeous floors, beautiful paint color, and I’m drooling over the fireplace. Awesome job!!
Thank you Sarah! We love how it turned out!
Emily
I love it! Our house was an insane fixer so we painted the whole house a similar shade of brown that is in your before pictures. You know, just to cover up the BRIGHT red, deep purples and blues, bright yellow, etc. that the previous owner had painted. Now I’m starting to paint the rooms different colors. I’m usually pretty scared of color on walls and stick to neutrals, but I’m loving the blue!
Thank you! We are loving it. I was scared to go with a color but it turned out so pretty.
Emily
You guys did such a great job on this makeover! I LOVE the dark hardwood floors–they are gorgeous! The blue paint color is calm and inviting. I’m a sucker for blues!
Thank you! We are loving it! Most of our downstairs is blue.
Emily
I love this color! And the use of space!!
Thank you!!
Emily
Hi I am Trish. I am from thedecoratoraholic.com. And I am new to blogging scene. Your living room looks great. I have been on this blue kick for a few years now. I think the color is somewhat serene. The hardwood floors are beautiful.
Thank you Trish! We love it!
Emily
What a beautiful transformation – that wall color is just gorgeous!
xxx
Thank you! We love it!
Emily
Oh I LOVE this! Wosh I had the guts to add more color to my living room. That is gorgeous!!!!
Thank you!!
Emily
I meant “wish”! haha!
Hi Emily! Stopping by from the Pin It Monday hop. I love the wall color with the dark floors, they look great together. Maybe coral accents would work or even an orange, maybe? And that coffee table is beautiful, maybe you guys could make a new one and give that to your brother so you could keep the old one, it looks so perfect in this space. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week 🙂
That’s a great idea Meg! Thank you for stopping by and commenting!
Emily
Love that wall color, you’ve done a great job. Moving in and decorating is so much fun! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!! We are loving it!
Emily
Looking good! Thank you so much for sharing at Whatever Wednesday on Thank You Honey!
Thank you!
Emily
Your living room looks great! Love the wall color and couches!
Thank you! We love it!
Emily
Great job! We are purchasing our first home right now, so I am obsessed with makeover posts – love the wall paint! 🙂
It’s so fun buying your first home! Good luck with it and have fun! Thanks!
Emily
Thanks again for linking this up to Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop. I’ll be featuring this at our next party on Sunday night!
Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing it and linking up again!
Emily
Super pretty! I love it!
Thank you Heather!
Emily
It looks beautiful! I love the wall color and the new flooring!
Thank you Mindi! We love how it turned out!
Emily
You did a great job on the makeover! The wall color is so pretty and calming and the floors look amazing! I hope you enjoy many wonderful years there!
Thank you! We love how it turned out.
Emily
Stopping by from your kitchen reveal post! I love how you’ve merged these spaces – it looks so open! I really like the nailhead trim on your couches!!
Thank you! We loved that about the couches!
Emily
Your living room looks so calm. I like your wall paint color. As well your flooring.
Thank you! We love it.
Emily