Continuing on the house update tour we find ourselves in the Living room. Starting off with our very first picture of the Living room with me standing there in shock. I was trying to figure out why the previous homeowner had put in small 6x6 Inch white tile with dark, almost black grout. This tile was in the entire living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway and both bathrooms. The rest of the rooms are also in tile just another size and/or color...... Awesome I always wanted 18 million different colored tiles in my entire house making sure none of it matched and all the grout is almost black... Okay enough of the rant on with the show.
In this first picture you can clearly see the lovely tile.
In this picture you can see our pretty paint job in the fantastic sun light. Grey trim with one green accent wall. That big
purple "Eggplant" couch was given to us by Geoff's aunt and uncle. We didn't have furniture so it was nice as a starter. This couch lasted about 3 months in the house when we received a new set of couches from Geoff's grandma.
Here you can see we have new couches and a few other things. Also you can see how different the green wall looks at night. It was so dark and really made the room feel smaller. Amazing how that works, so I changed it again. :)
This is our living room currently. Geoff and I got to live in the house for 3 months straight (YAY!) and I couldn't take how dark and gloomy the room felt with the green wall. We still have almost 5 gallons left of the white/grey tan color so I painted over the green. I think it really makes the room feel more open. I find it amazing how paint can make such a huge change. As you may notice in this picture we also changed the layout of the room. The couch to your left is completely blocking out the fireplace. We never use it! Also a new couch and TV stand.
This TV stand is Tiffany's It looks great! Thanks Tiff!
What has really helped this room out a lot is adding a bunch of decor to the room. Paintings, pictures, and fun decorative items have really made this room feel more like a home.
As I stated in the Dining Room post we still are not even close to being done but we are slowly getting there. Like the dining room we are going to take out all of that horrible tile and replace it with hardwood. It's a huge task that will probably take us days maybe even a few weeks to finish but I cannot wait to get started. That white tile is driving me crazy trying to keep it clean. Another change that will be coming to this room is replacing the "back" door with French doors. I think it will look fantastic to be able to open both doors and walk out onto an inviting patio. At least that is what I have envisioned. The only other project for this room is the fireplace. We are not 100% sure what we want to do with it yet but we know we dont like what it currently is. We both feel that it is way too big for the room so maybe it will be as simple as removing the wood mantle. I guess we will see.
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Maybe Something like this. Of course probably change out the tile surround to be more our style but you get the idea :)
After the seat back was finished I started on the second chair. Here they are in front of the newly repainted fireplace. The house is going through a small transformation. I have slowly been painting all the trim, doors and fireplace white. It has really helped the house feel more open, your eye is no longer stopping on all the grey and brown. 
