Here it is Before:
The seller painted all of the walls this very pale tan color that is just fine, but a little boring for me. Notice the wood baseboards. I'm sure they were the epitome of class in '79 when they went in, but they're a little worn and tired now, so it was time for an upgrade
This is what the room looks like now:
Hard to tell in this picture, but the walls have been updated to a grayish blue. I hung some fun curtains from my old house to frame the window. (They don't look that fun on here, but they have fun retro gold circles on them)
As I mentioned, one of my main decorating struggles is budget. Isn't it everyones? I LOVE this photo wall and I think one of the main reasons is because everything on this wall was given to me by someone I love. My brother is the artist of three of the pictures, and 5 pieces were given to me by my sister in law, and the little picture in the blue frame is a picture of Chewbaca which was a house warming gift from our friends Katie and Trevor.
I had these bookshelves in our old house, but our new house has a billion bookshelves built in. The shelf on the left was a light oak color and the shelf on the right was white. I took one of the doors of my entertainment center to home depot and they helped me pick a paint that would look nice with the wood. The shelves are not level, but eventually I will raise the shorter one a few inches and run a shelf across the top of the TV to hide those wires that aren't actually going to anything since we don't have a baller... um.... tv watching thing that makes the surround sound work... (?)
Storage boxes from when I was single and basically running a design office out of my bedroom closet (design school) make it easier to find video games and/or movies that we're looking for.
Yes, all of those books were gifts. I painted that vase a while ago with stained glass paint. I found the bark covered candle at the Goodwill for $1.20. And the candle sticks were a gift from my friend Jake's family.
I also painted these vases. These darling owls were also given to me by my sister-in-law. She's contributed several of the decorations around my house actually.
My peacock bookends are perhaps some of my most favorite things in my house, and one of the things that I spent the most money on in this room. I got them at Steinmart for $15. Please ignore that there are 2 copies of Treasure Island in this 1 picture... these are our most colorful/classy looking books.
