Need DECORATING help! Living Room!!!

**kimlovescats** · 03-17-2007, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by critter crazy

Hey no probs, i do alot of online decorating research, cause I suck at it myself, and have pretty much my whole house to decorate, now that we have re-modeled! Arghhh....In a fit if rage,during re-modeling, I through away all of my living room furniture! so Now i have to start from scratch.

I am sure I will be posting a thread like this very shortly!

When you do, I will enjoy watching .... I love to decorate, especially when I am spending someone else's money!

**critter crazy** · 03-17-2007, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by kimlovescats

When you do, I will enjoy watching .... I love to decorate, especially when I am spending someone else's money!

ahhh...see thats the catch, we aint got no money!

**joycenalex** · 03-17-2007, 06:15 PM

love the tables! when you've 'finished' the room, pics please!!!!!

**Rachel** · 03-18-2007, 07:44 AM

This has been a fun thread to read through. Personally I thought your current sofa and tables went well with the formal style, but I guess what you are going for is a more eclectic feel, which is more of a challenge. I do like the glass wrought iron tables you chose. They are beautiful. Get out the glass cleaner. You will be using it often.

I agree with Catnapper's comments in her first post about the baskets, etc. Keep experimenting with what you put in there. You will find the right mix and all that really matters is that it pleases your eye.

**kimlovescats** · 03-18-2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by Rachel

This has been a fun thread to read through. Personally I thought your current sofa and tables went well with the formal style, but I guess what you are going for is a more eclectic feel, which is more of a challenge. I do like the glass wrought iron tables you chose. They are beautiful. Get out the glass cleaner. You will be using it often.

I agree with Catnapper's comments in her first post about the baskets, etc. Keep experimenting with what you put in there. You will find the right mix and all that really matters is that it pleases your eye.

Yes, there is no doubt my sofa and tables "matched" but I was just sick of them! LOL! The sofa went "bye bye" yesterday ... put it on Freecycle and someone who lives in my neighborhood came and got it!

I was reading HGTV articles last night on the new color trends for 2007. It seems that orange is the new "red".

Of course hubby just spent all day yesterday putting a nice fresh coat of paint on my red walls! No way I'm going to change them now. Even though he loves University of Tennessee Orange, I'm not going to have lots of it on my walls! In fact his office in our home is painted in UT orange ... just for HIM!

Anyway, the new trendy colors for 2007 are orange, shades of purple, pinks, limes ... all the brights. The "new" black is chocolate brown. It does say that you can put the new oranges with red, pink, and all the other colors as well. I am totally confused as to what to use in my L.R. now with my red walls. *sigh* I really hope to find a piece of art or rug to give me my inspiration.

This thread doesn't have to be all about my re-decorating my Living Room. Anyone else who wants to share pics of ideas is welcome to post!

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 03:13 PM

Well, you wouldn't believe the steps along the way since I first started this thread ... but it was a big 360 back to VICTORIAN style! I guess I am painfully traditional!

After hubby put a "nice fresh coat" of the red ... we still ended up changing to "Sagey". We both LOVE it! We had to put primer on first though so the red would cover!

Here is the final result. (Of course I am always looking to add, improve, and re-arrange) It's a neverending thing for me!

I'll post the pictures in the next post ..... have to upload them first.

Kim

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 03:41 PM

There are still some areas that I want to improve, but I can't buy everything at once! Plus, I have to really think about what I want.

I tried to include all angles of the room so you can see how it all fits together.

Thanks for looking.
Kim

**critter crazy** · 07-20-2007, 03:47 PM

WOW!!! Kim that looks fabulous!!! I love it!!! Job well done! Now you realy have to come and do my living room!!! I Finally actually did something yeaterday, I took all the wallpaper down, and resanded and Varnished my bay window. But so far that is all I have gotten done!!

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by critter crazy

WOW!!! Kim that looks fabulous!!! I love it!!! Job well done! Now you realy have to come and do my living room!!! I Finally actually did something yeaterday, I took all the wallpaper down, and resanded and Varnished my bay window. But so far that is all I have gotten done!!

Taking down wallpaper is a BIG JOB! That in itself is a huge accomplishment! Now you can move on to the more FUN jobs! Hope you will post some pictures of your work!

Kim

**critter crazy** · 07-20-2007, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by kimlovescats

Taking down wallpaper is a BIG JOB! That in itself is a huge accomplishment! Now you can move on to the more FUN jobs! Hope you will post some pictures of your work!

Kim

I hate Wallpaper!!! He he he he he!! This house was covered n wallpaper!! I only have a a little bit to get out of the Kitchen, and then it is all done! The kitchen has been my biggest nightmare, as the wallaper was placed right over the Drywall!!

Talk about frustrating!!

I have no Before pics, as one day I just went ballistic, and tore my whole house apart!! He he he he!! we were prepapring to get our wood floors put in, and I just went nuts!! I took every door out, all the door jambs, window frames, all trim, ripped off all the wallpaper, threw away all my living room furniture ect.... Hubby called that a Bad maggie day!!!

so Far I have repainted all rooms but my kitcen, and my Living room. My living room still has no furniture in it. Right now it is just a large kitty room!

So I have been working on this house since last June! I still have no trim up, no door frames, or window frames. Some doors donty even have any door knobs!! he he he he Obviously I have been taking my time!! I dont even have any doors on my closets!

I realy need to get going!! But with the weather so Nice, I have not wanted to be stuck inside working on the house, so everything has been put off for a while. But yesterday it was cold and rainy, so I actually did something!!

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 04:39 PM

A "bad Maggie day"! I like that!!!

WOW, you really have been into "demo"!

You don't start with one room, you take out the whole house! LOL!

It might be a bit late with this advice, but there is a great wallpaper removal product that we used to take down some borders! It's called DIF and they sell it at Home Depot. It's a gel so it doesn't pour all down your walls! You just scuff up the wallpaper a little so the solution can seep into the backing and glue. You spray it on, wait about 15 minutes then it just peels right off! I hope you had something like this when you were doing your BIG walls?

You better be careful, the kitties might sabotage your new furniture when you try to re-claim their kitty room!

**critter crazy** · 07-20-2007, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by kimlovescats

A "bad Maggie day"! I like that!!!

WOW, you really have been into "demo"!

You don't start with one room, you take out the whole house! LOL!

It might be a bit late with this advice, but there is a great wallpaper removal product that we used to take down some borders! It's called DIF and they sell it at Home Depot. It's a gel so it doesn't pour all down your walls! You just scuff up the wallpaper a little so the solution can seep into the backing and glue. You spray it on, wait about 15 minutes then it just peels right off! I hope you had something like this when you were doing your BIG walls?

You better be careful, the kitties might sabotage your new furniture when you try to re-claim their kitty room!

I just use Warm water and Vinegar. It works great for me. Yesterday, it just peeled off in sheets. I was so happy.

Not worried about kitties and furniture, I Do my best to buy Cat friendly furniture! The kitties come first!! he he he he!!

My biggest problem in life is that I do way too many things at once!! One would think I would learn my lesson eventually, but so far no such luck!

**cassiesmom** · 07-20-2007, 05:01 PM

Kim, tell me more about the painting above the fireplace, please ... I like it! (And it looks familiar, but I can't figure out why.)

I have wallpaper in 3 areas of my unit, none of which I put up. The bedroom is a floral print, and I can live with it. The kitchen is royal blue with a white pinstripe that is so securely attached to the wall I don't know what to do! It is dark enough that I'm afraid to paint right over it. The one I like best, sort of a creamy tone-on-tone in the entryway, is peeling off at the seams. I need to go to wherever they sell wallpaper over the weekend and find something similar. Whoever hung the paper in the entry did a bad job of preparing the walls, so I'll be doing the spackle thing. I wish I could just glue the seams back into place.

**kimlovescats** · 07-20-2007, 06:10 PM

Elyse .... If that kitchen paper is stuck really well, then you could paint a coat of primer first, and then a color over it. Is it a textured paper or just smooth?

Kim