I haven't cared for our "formal" living room since we moved in. We really didn't have enough furniture after we moved from our one bedroom apartment to our house & we ended up buying things more quickly than we probably should have. Now I wish I had taken some time to think about what I really wanted & what would go together well. Obviously we're not going to buy all new furniture again, so I'm trying to think of ways to makeover the room. The biggest obstacle to decorating that room has been the chairs that we bought from IKEA. Although I really like the shape of the chair, the color palette and pattern of the chairs are a challenge.
Enter Bemz, a company out of Stockholm that creates slipcovers for IKEA furniture. Now we have all these choices for our chairs. I just need to figure out what color palette I'm hoping to achieve in that room before I make more impulse purchases.
Our house is so shaded by trees that the front living room doesn't get tons of light. Couple the lack of light with dark wood tones and a dark brick fireplace and the effect isn't as light & bright as I'd like. But I've heard that painting original brick is not the best move for resale. I just can't handle how traditional this room feels.
On a sidenote, Laila is supposedly done with teething and yet she is still intent on chewing us out of house & home. With all the chewing and digging she's been doing lately, it's a good thing she's so darn cute!
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