More Living Room:

This is facing to our front yard, we also took down the big tree on the right hand side to let in more light.

Now the sun shines freely!
I also added a couple of apple green pillow to add a bit of color.

Living room table - Walmart - $100
White ceramic bowl - Michaels - $20
 

The tv wall:  can you believe our tv was 13 inches??  We actually kept it like this for the first two years.  We love tv, I am not sure why we would let this go for long :)

I am trying to figure out what awesome thing to put on the tv wall.  Less is no longer more.

Entertainment stand - Walmart - $150

Any ideas for my tv wall??  Please leave a comment.

Kitchen Corner Reveal:

Behind me is the kitchen, but this is one little corner that probably would have had a small table to sit at.

The only thing that stayed the same was the floors:

The only safe place for plants in the house with kitty cats on top of the "two day put together hutch" - that was a lot of work!

Pine hutch - Jysk - gift from my husband
Drawer pulls - Home Depot - $3 each
Ceramic bunny collection - Superstore - $12 for set

I LOVE chocolate brown - I have painted our last three houses in this color.

Living Room Feature Wall Reveal:

We were immediately attracted to this house because of it's character.  The main living room features a 20 foot golden oak wall.  I am slowly getting rid of the oak, room by room. 

The day we got the keys to the house:

After:

Between Michaels, Homesense and Winners, I was able to decorate my shelves.  I still have big plans for this 20 foot feature wall which includes staining, glass, and wallpaper.

I will work my way down the shelves:
Left shelf -
Tall ceramic vase - Homesense - $19
Small ceramic jug - Homesense - $15
Two baskets - Superstore - free with points
Two frosted bird vases - Winners - $15 each
Tree ceramic pots with grass - Michaels - $5 each
Two tall glass vases - Homesense - $15 each
Right shelf -
Ceramic Buddha statue - Homesense - $50
Three ceramic bottles with flowers - Michaels - $7 each
Buddha ceramic - Home Outfitters - $15

Two tall ceramic vases with bamboo - Homesense - $25 each

Artwork
Large print above fireplace was made with a fabric shower curtain:
Shower curtain - Walmart - $20
Ridged insolation board - $12

Behind the Buddha statue:
Made by me - find my tutorial here.

Behind the small Buddha head:
Two small canvases painted by me - very simple and nothing fancy.


Fireplace

Before:

My husband bought me this beautiful fireplace grate.  I didn't want anything too fussy and he picked out just the right one!

I didn't much like the faux pink marble, so I took a bottle of spray paint and nearly choked us out of a home.  Tutorial to come later.

After:

Back Yard:

Another reason why we bought this house - the MASSIVE backyard full of trees. 

Just a bunch of quick before and after photos.

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before:

After, with my flower garden built with my own two hands:

Before - rotten deck boards that left paint chips every where you went:

After: