I figured I would finally blog and let you see some of the inside.
I'm pretty happy about it.
My cats also love it.
I'm still not quite finished with everything, but the parts I have finished look pretty awesome.
I figured I would let you see my living room today. The cats kept wanting to be models in the pictures, but I had to make them move because they couldn't stay still enough. Now they are all sleeping and couldn't care less.
That's pretty much our entire living room.
It might have taken a while, but it was worth it, I'd say.
Chris was able to make the cabinet I got at an antique store work as a tv stand. I was really happy about that. At first he wasn't thrilled about it, especially since the tv didn't actually fit on top op the stand. BUT - after about 6 trips to wal-mart and an entire Sunday afternoon, he was able to mount the tv and cut holes for the wires to run through. He gets the "Best Husband Ever" award for that. Also, I started decorating for Fall/Halloween earlier, so there is a pumpkin on the tv stand (that is not always there, if you were wondering).
The couches took me quite a while to find because I wanted them to be perfect. I was trying to find some vintage couches at antique stores, but getting two or three pieces that looked good together proved to be an impossible task, AND my cats would have torn them to shreds. I like these couches better anyways, and the fabric is cat-proof, which is great for those moments when they get the couches confused with their scratching posts.
I got my coffee table at an antique store, and I refinished it to make it white. I really love it. And the frames are all collected from different antique stores as well, minus the big one in the middle that came from Hobby Lobby. I painted the frames white if they weren't already white, and I added lace and burlap to some of them.
The doors are also from antique stores, and I absolutely love them. Same with the different suitcases.
Really, you could pretty much assume that about 90% of the living room came from different antique shops across Texas. Apparently Chris doesn't share my fascination with these things because all he just says, "I don't understand why everything has to look so.....old."
Oh, well.
I definitely think it has grown on him, though.
