I LOVE not having a wall here! For big gatherings, we put the couch in the bay window and have lots of room to set up a second table or extra seating. The photo on the wall in the living room was from a Fossil display in an optical shop--they were throwing it out, so my hubby--knowing how much I love vintage artwork--brought it home for me.
Only my sofa is new (Room and Board). Everything else was either slipcovered or painted. My big tweed covered ottoman was once my coffee table--for $15 in fabric,$4.00 in silver upholstery tacks, and $40 in upholstery fees, I now have a place to put up your feet or enough room for 3-4 people to sit around. The hutch houses my computer and office supplies. My mom, who had passed away 8 months earlier, use to pull my boys around in the wagon on top of the hutch--it's a nice reminder of her each time I look at it.
The dining room brick got a sandblasted look--I really wanted a Manhattan loft look. I got the large table to seat eight for a steal at Cost Plus World Market--a floor model marked down to $200. The end chairs are "Oh" from Karim Rashid for Umbra, and the x-back chairs are from an unfinished wood warehouse ($50 each--I painted them white. The bench was free from my sister-in-law, also painted by me. Total cost for my dining room furniture $420). The Dick and Jane artwork is from a calendar I had. Aaron Brothers cut the mats for me, and then I bought the frames. Great practice for my little ones learning to read! My "prize find" in this room is the chandelir. Bombay Company wanted something like $499 for it, and I stalked it until it was on clearance for $75. I love to put leaves in it for fall and garland in it for Christmas.
View into the whole area. My kids love to chase eachother around the pillar--an added bonus to the fact it's still supporting my dropped kitchen ceiling.
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I need to know how you specifically did your brick. My sister wants to do it on her wall.
I don't know if Lowe's carries it any more,but it's just a brick veneer that comes in big sheets. If you're going to do it on a vaulted ceiling like we did, you'll need a good meiter saw.
Owens-Corning also sells a brick tile (like brick but thinner)that I wanted, but it's a little pricier. Cost for my brick walls: $160, brick tile walls: $1200
You did such a great job!!! Wow! This needs to be featured on a home-remodeling show! I love the red wagon and your choice of color too! What a great place to live! ;)
But how did you get the brick white and black?? That wall is so awesome!!!!
Autumn,
I wanted it to look like an old wall that had been painted, then had the paint sandblasted off---and that was my original plan (to actually sandblast the stuff off!)--and then I came to my senses.
Luckily, when I started rolling the white paint over the brick the uneven texture just naturally caught the paint in some places and not in others. I just kind of went along picking places to run my roller. Occasionaly, I would stop and take and old rag and just wipe a little off to give it a more mottled look. The grout was naturally black, but I made sure I painted some of it white too.
Hope that helped--let me know if you have any more questions!
Your design style is so um... what's the word, chic? modern? eclectic, fun, quirky yet classy, welcoming, family feeling, perfect! I need a dash of you in my house!
I love it. It's so fresh and springish... Clean and crisp. It makes me want to have a picnic. Good job.
Love that green armoire. Very nice changes.
I love your family room, it is so kid-friendly...such a smart design!!!
oh, you are amazing! you have got IT, and you're using IT, and thanks for flaunting IT, because it's completely inspiring!
Megan
The color theme are something I would of never thought would have gone together but you sure knew what you were doing.
Although I miss the purple!! ha ha Purple front room, that is a new one on me.
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