Living Room Renovation Sneak Peek

The man came today to install the Graber plantation shutters, so I decided it's time for a living room renovation blog update.  A blue toile valance will go above the shutters to coordinate with the wallpaper.   I'm lovin' the shutters!

Not sure of the exact furniture placement yet until the three wall units are built.  Hubby has all the materials, but his shop is in the garage and with Michigan's frigid temperatures it's too cold to work in there even with a heater.

Blue toile wallpaper on the entryway wall.

Love the wainscoting my hubby added to the lower half of the wall.

Column and shortened wall with decorative wood trim.

The wall below is where the three wall units will go. The middle unit will enclose the piano. Since the project isn't finished, I haven't unpacked accessories or hung anything on the walls.  Those will be the finishing touches. 

Below is a drawing of the wall units. They'll be painted white, and I can hardly wait to fill them with beautiful blue and white tea things!

The next living room post will be when the room is completely finished. Hopefully that's not too far away.

Living Room Renovation is Underway!

Out with the old!

Below is what my living room has looked like for several years - this was its second renovation after moving into the house in 1978.   Now it's time for another change.

The sheer draperies will come down and white plantation shutters will go up with a blue toile valance.

The Thomas Kinkade ceiling border will come down.

The couch wall [pictured below] will undergo a major renovation as you can see in my husband's drawing for the wall units he's building.  None of the wall accessories will go back up.

The piano will fit into the middle unit.  All the wall units will be painted white, and blue and white china will be displayed on the shelves.  I'm hoping the new renovation will look less busy/cluttered.

The couch will go where the piano is, and I'm not sure what other pieces of furniture or accessories will still fit.  We'll figure that out when the renovation is done.

The wallpaper pictured below will be coming down...

And York blue toile wallpaper [Country Life pattern] will be going up.  I picked it up from the wallpaper store last Saturday.

The paint [light blue again] has been selected.  I removed everything from the walls, and packed up all the accessories, and now the room is ready for Jerry to work his magic.  

Below are some "before" pictures, and there'll be "after" pictures when the project is completed. 

The piano is waiting for our son to come over and help move it out of the room.  The half wall [pictured in the lower left] will be cut back slightly from the edge of the tile floor, and a white floor to ceiling column will be added.  No wallpaper will be in the back hallway.

And now the work begins!  The house is topsy-turvy, but it'll be worth the mess and inconvenience when the living room is all done.