French Farmhouse Living Room Reveal

As promised I am ready to do a reveal. No, not the kitchen but I promise it is coming very soon. Today I am going to show y'all our living room transformation. If you follow me on FaceBook you know what a time I had taking pictures of the space. I had over 400 pics downloaded and the computer ate every last one of them and erased them from my camera so I had to hurry and take pics all over again before I lost my light. I guess that is how it goes in the life of a blogger!;)

This is what our living room transformed into over the last four years. We started with builder grade everything to include carpet. The walls were the first thing I changed after we moved in. They were Sherwin Williams Whole Wheat. It is a lovely color but it made the space very dark and I was ready to lighten and brighten.

Welcome to our new living room! 

Still adding to the gallery wall.

My mama bought me this lovely lady for my birthday back in the spring. FaceBook followers have seen her transformed from a mustard yellow to a lady of royalty. Her crown is made from a paper cupcake holder!:)

I still have to hang our smocked burlap curtains but since that involves cutting down metal rods and will take awhile I figured I can just share the curtains in another post. 

Wall Color- Classic Khaki Olympic One. This paint truly covered in just one coat!

Tufted Chair- Home Goods but you can also order off of Overstock.com

Ottoman- Made in Build Your Own Ottoman Class Metamorphosis Designs

Coffee Table- Overstock.com

Rug- Overstock.com

Mora Clock- from local shop Laurie's

Couch- Flexsteel purchased locally from Furniture Traditions

Fireplace- Painted four years ago with latex paint and glaze. Paint color I used was Rainwashed by Sherwin Williams. I do not remember what color glaze I used.

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The Elusive Art Niche

A lot of newer homes these days have elusive art niches. Our home is no exception. It is always so hard to figure out what to do with them. 

I had painted the living room and then painted the niche Sevlte Sage for contrast. It was the best I could come up with at the time and stayed this way for several years. I never liked it but it was never a top priority.

Back in the spring I found this piece at HomeGoods and thought how perfect! 

That all changed after my trip to Laurie's where I had a GC to spend. I ended up redoing the niche and painted over the Sevlte Sage.

I had to repaint because otherwise this beauty would not have stood out.

I have been wanting a Mora Clock for years now but never found one in my range. Then there was this reproduction one I had been eye balling at several different shops and online. I was super excited to see it at Laurie's when I went to spend my GC! I just love the chippy goodness it has.

I think it fits in perfectly. Now if I can only figure out what to put on the wall to the left of it!? 

I also had enough to purchase this gorgeous architectural piece. I have no idea where I am going to put it but I had to have it.

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