Finishing touches: Living Room
One of the many reasons as to why my to-do list has been never ending these last couple of weeks is that all of the rooms in my house are in there finishing touches spaces in anticipation for the big photo shoot to get my portfolio started.
Of course right when I think I’m done with a room I decide to change something! Gotta tell ya all that Jon is loving this about me. Poor man is being driven crazy by his decorator wife.
This weekend I got one step closer to finishing the living room. I would love to show a before picture, but a couple of weeks ago my laptop with all of my images and my life decided it wanted to work as a paperweight instead so I don’t have one available!
Here is what I now get to enjoy in my living room:
Different angle shot:
Close up of frames:
I originally had one main piece of art on this wall. It was one of my first real art purchases that I still love and enjoy, but every time I saw it on the wall I felt like something was different. I really loved my pops of orange in my toss pillows, but orange was lacking in the rest of the room. These new prints helped me incorporate more orange and some shades of blues that were already in the room.
This was a super easy project that helped me add more color into the room and laying out the prints in the grid that I made helped make the walls seem higher. Always a plus!
Here are the supplies neccessary:
Since this was an extra last minute project I didn’t want to spend a whole lot on it. With a quick trip to A.C. MOORE I picked up 9 frames (11”x 14”) at $5 each! I then picked up some mats for $3.39 each! I still needed a background for the French notebooks so I searched my fabric closet and found some neutral burlap that fit the bill. I already had some of the French notebooks in a different part of the room so I just needed to purchase a couple more here.
I then had to cut the burlap to size:
Once the burlap was cut to size I put it to the side and centered my notebook on the frame. I then used a glue stick so that my burlap would have something to adhere to.
Once the glue is on the notebook I simply placed the burlap on top and then glued the edges to the mat as well.
Last step was just to secure the backing on and voila all finished!
I then did the steps 8 more times! When it came time to getting them on the wall I had Jon come to the rescue. Due to the swinging sconces we could only do 3 across, which enabled us to go 3 rows up. Also to have it be pleasing to the eye Jon made sure that all of the frames were equally spaced from all sides.
I’m off to work on another project for the living room that I’m hoping to share tomorrow! Fingers crossed all goes as planned.
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
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I couldn't tell they each had a burlap background, what a great touch!
Just amazing. This looks like it's straight out of a magazine.
it looks so awesome. i love the sconces. love em! and the art. ok, everything!
looks so great!! LOVE
It looks wonderful! The contrast between the frames and the dark walls is awesome, and I love the color you've added throughout the space.
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Love art hung in a grid. I love when art is taken from what is thought of as ordinary.
I am about to hang 6 bushel basket lids on the wall at my beach house.I love "found art".
How many times did your husband have to put a coin in the "swear jar"? My husband has done this for me in the past and the jar can get mighty full.
Fantastic! Always full of good ideas! I love how the sofa fits perfectly on that wall! Great color combos!
Wow! That looks amazing. Bravo — what a fun project!
VERY beautiful! I love the colors of the wall and the artwork..just goes perfectly!
This looks beautiful! Can't wait to see more. And I love the sconces!
i love the orange pillows on the couch. I'm always searching for items in those colors – where are they from?
Oh I really like it! It really ties in the pillows. The wall color is delish also!
I agree…i also enjoy it hung in a grid…beautiful living room…love the brown walls!!!
Really nice! I love the pops of orange.
Very nice. I love the dark walls!
beautiful room! so cozy and fresh. the pictures make it!
These look great against your chocolate brown walls! I actually had a very similar idea in mind for above my couch, but was wavering between another idea. This is helping me decide!
fantastic! love everything about it, the colors, the throw pillows, the swing arm sconces, and the artwork! nice work!
Camila, this looks so great!! I LOVE what you did with the frames! And the pillows on the couch are just stunning, what a beautiful family room you have. We need more photos now 🙂
Notebooks?!?! Wow, what a great idea, I love it! I'll be linking.
Love the frames- great idea! 🙂
Love those! Can't wait to see the rest!
Love it!!!!!
These look great! It's always so nice to change up your space. I just want to sit in it and be content. Have a great day honey. Kori xoxo
I love the use of the chocolate brown on the walls. The art really pops against it.
nice, I also love when frames are kissing so that they look like one large work, or "kissing cousins"
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I am in love with this! I think I really need your help to infuse some style in my apartment. I am pretty hopeless!
I love it! The prints look great against the dark wall. I love everything French – those notebooks are quite a find!
Hi again! Loving the mocha broken up by splashes of colour so chic!!! Sharon xxoo
I just love grouped frames. It makes it look like one large piece. It's such a fun trick that I also love to use!!
Lovely – lucky you have such a patient man 😉
Stunning! Love the dark brown walls — so cozy. I want to live there.
Ooh..wondey! Love the colors in the notebooks, the lights and pillows. Great job.
FAbulous job! I love the way it came out. That paint color is so rich and pretty!
What a great idea and so colorful!
Lovely!! Those swing arm lamps are very cool too! 🙂
Love it! Im not usually an orange person but you have used it so beautifully in here, you have converted me. Timeless with a twist!
Wow! Looks great! I agree with you – I love how the colors in the pictures pull out the oranges and blues in your pillows.
Well done!
Super cute!!
love love love. i really do.
LOVE IT!!! What a great idea for that wall.
Love the choc brown walls … and what a creative idea framing the notebooks. Nice!! thanks for sharing, -s
love the dark wall and colorful prints.
i'm doing the same as you right now… finishing up my house to start a photo shoot 🙂
Love love love the chocolate walls and I am such a fan of prints framed just like this over a sofa. So elegant and chic !
Ooooh Gorgeous! And french notebooks…intriguing…what are they of??
The pillows are like the cherry on top of the chocolate sundae!! Slurp!
Looks great! Super job!
Looks beautiful 🙂 Great job!!!
ahhh! looks fabulous. love the rich brown walls. and the burlap idea is brilliant. I am redoing my sons room and I bought some notecards from moomah but they are too small for a standard mat. this will save me tons of money, thanks.
Just FAB!
Beautiful! I love the chocolate brown wall with the photos – the colors really pop.
You rocked it! looks incredible! i love your wall color too!!!
Lovity love love LOVE this. I hope I got my point across …
Ah, tres magnifique! I love it! I so wish I had a large wall in which to do that. I love your throw pillow arrangement, too–color balance but much more interesting with the different fabric patterns. Brilliant!
Looks great! I love grouping a number of smaller art together — it creates such a big impact for way less than most larger pieces go for.
Looks brilliant! And great project. You are in the right industry:)
Camila Pavone: Fabulous comes standard.
it looks awesome!!! love the white against the brown!!! you know it!! 😉 DYING TO SEE IT ALL!!!! 🙂
xoxoxo
Your living room looks fantastic! Especially love the unique placement of the swing-arm lamps (in lieu of a bedroom)
Dontcha love hubsters who take care of the precise-measurement heavy lifting?
Congrats on a lovely space!
It looks so great!! Thanks for the step-by-step instructions! I so appreciate a decorator with budget in mind!!
Looks great! I love how you framed the art!