The Living Room

As you may or may not know, my little family moved into a new house this fall.  It has taken a LONG time to get things even starting to look the way we want it.  This house is amazing but it needed a lot of work (which honestly was a prerequisite for me.  I love a project).  So, at the very end of October we moved everything from our condo into the basement of this house We also set up a bed for Adam and I and Amelia's crib in the basement and we each had one box that we basically lived out of for about a month and a half while construction was going on our upstairs.  We redid the floors (twice!  They installed the wrong floor the first time around), reacousticed the ceilings, all new light fixtures, all new appliances, new vents, and had the entire inside painted white.

As soon as we got the upstairs back in working order, a sewer pipe in our front yard burst causing our basement to flood (with a ton of our stuff still down there).  So yeah, it's slowly but surely coming together.  Today I thought I would give you a peek into our living room before and after.

This the living room before.  It was beige and carpeted. The room is huge and the owner before  had it laid out kind of weird.  He had a living room space and then in the back of the room he had an antique hoosier cabinet used as a bar of sorts.  We knew we wanted to use that extra back space as a dining room. Here is it so far:

So as you can see we wanted to have our whole house flow with the Mid-Century Modern feel that we both love so much.  The paint, flooring, and positioning of furniture really opened up this space and brightened it as well.  I am still working on some art to hang on that back blank wall by the dining room table and some more art behind the television but other than that, this room is pretty close to being perfect in my eyes.  Here are some closer up images:

I still have so many projects planned for our home and I am so excited to be able to share it all with you through the process.

Any art ideas for my blank walls?  I would love to hear them!!

xo

janel

Photo Canvas-Contrado Imaging.

One of my goals is start adding more photos of family and friends into my home.  Our walls are filled with original art and prints from Indi artists.  

That's just how we roll.

I take a million photos, billions even.  

I have albums, mini-books, and blog posts to prove it.

Recently, I have been wanting to incorporate some of these photos into our wall decor.

About a month after we brought Amelia home, we had an amazing photo shoot of our little family, so I immediately wanted to start with those.

This is where Contrado Imaging comes in.

I had the opportunity to put the services at Contrado Imaging to the test.  I got to design my very own canvas print! 

The had so many options for me to choose from and the website was so incredibly easy to understand and maneuver.

They even have a Banksy effect you can do!!!

Not to mention, how amazing and efficient the customer service was throughout the process.

I quickly uploaded one of my favorite family photos and made all of my design decisions.

I have dreamed of having these photos blown up BIG and in black and white, so this opportunity was perfect!!

The product shipped from the UK and literally took less than a week to get to me which was amazing.

The packaging was completed with such care to make sure that the canvas would be perfect when it arrived, which it was.

It's lovely.

This is definitely a piece of art we will treasure forever. AND, it has a lifetime guarantee so we literally can treasure it forever.

 It has livened up our living room and I am so excited to order more from Contrado Imaging in the future.

You should definitely check them out too!!

xo

janel