Family Room Updates

On Black Friday Rugs USA had a 75% off sale. Seeing as how we need to buy about a million (okay maybe not a million) area rugs for our house I took advantage of the savings. We need a fairly large rug for our family room and I figured this was the perfect time to snatch one up. I had my eye on the Inspire rug in navy for awhile. It worked with our color scheme and I loved the pattern. It was a win win.

Before the Area Rug:


After:


Such a difference. It helps visually anchor the couch and it makes the space so cozy.  Plus the ottoman doesn't slide around when you put your feet up. Who wants a slidey Ottoman? Not me.

Remember our weird looking fireplace on the ugly white wall? Yeah, that silver box is a fireplace. We didn't bother to get the painters to paint it beacuse the plan was that we were going to put either stone or tile on that wall around the fireplace. We now realize that we are at least a year away (if not longer) from putting stone around the fireplace. It just isn't high on our priority list right now. The painters thought the plan was to tile it so they didn't paint the edges very neatly and the random whiteness was bothering the Husband and I.

So we decided to paint it.

 We went with Benjamin Moore Mellow Yellow. We had used that color on one of the chairs at the back of the room so we still had some extra paint kicing around. That means this update was free! We love the results. It ties in with the fun, colorful vibe we are going for in this room and it looks so much better than the ugly white wall.

So that's what our Family Room looks like now. We still have a lot of work to do in this room, like the handrail on the stairs, the TV Stand, whatever we end up doing in the back corner, and we need to hang something on the back wall. It's starting to come together though!