Some of you may recognise a teeny section of this living room already.
Well, that was my parent's light revamp and this is their living room makeover - which is now finally complete!
Here's the space before:
Before
The above pics (complete with my brother and sister posing for their Debutante balls!) are from a few years back now (okay, so maybe more like a decade) though show the furniture as it was prior to the beginning of the makeover.
The below pics (complete with random dogs and Mum sipping wine) were taken last year just after purchasing a new lounge suite - read on for details about that bargain buy! You can see that Mum had painted the north wall and changed some of the artwork a few years prior.
Before
Before
The above pics (complete with my brother and sister posing for their Debutante balls!) are from a few years back now (okay, so maybe more like a decade) though show the furniture as it was prior to the beginning of the makeover.
The below pics (complete with random dogs and Mum sipping wine) were taken last year just after purchasing a new lounge suite - read on for details about that bargain buy! You can see that Mum had painted the north wall and changed some of the artwork a few years prior.
Before
Somehow I failed to get a recent 'before' shot of the whole room complete with floral lounge suite and end tables so sorry about that though if you use your imagination to put the two era's together you'll get the general idea.
Anyways, this room was crying out 'HELP!' for years though the real catalyst for change came when some irresponsible pet owner (who's name may begin with K and rhyme with pristine) left their puppy unsupervised on the clearly very tasty looking floral sofa!
Well, with the hunt on for a new lounge suite (Mum wanted a matching set) why not update the entire space? So that's just what we did.
Mum wanted a sophisticated, semi-formal yet comfortable feel on a MEGA budget (I know it may be hard to believe though she's even tighter than me when it comes to spending cash on decorating!). She has more traditional and less eclectic taste than me and prefers consistency so while the final result is a little too matchy-matchy for me it's a vast improvement and Mum just loves it so that's the main thing.
And here's how the 'for zero dollars' thing works; after a long search I finally found an appropriate pre-loved lounge suite (as seen above in the latter set of 'befores') to form the basis for the 'new' room on eBay for just $100....and the kicker - it came complete with a coffee and side table we didn't need so we on-sold them both for double the price we paid for the whole set to begin with - crazy! Hence we managed to makeover the entire room for FREE using just the profit from the sale of the tables. In fact, we actually came out waaaay in front cause we were still super stingy!
After
The lounge suite could easily have been overlooked for being too 'Nanna-ish' though I saw potential for a Soho feel in the regency lines and geometric upholstery so we teamed it with ice-blue, apricot and silver highlights to pull it more towards contemporary.
Aside from the new lounge suite the other big changes came from a coat of paint (to one wall only) and ripping up the ugly old carpet.
Mum polished-up the rustic hardwood floorboards herself while Dad gave the north wall a fresh presence by painting subtle wide stripes.
The coffee table (which I failed to get a before shot of - sorry!) and two end tables (as can be seen in the first set of 'befores') had been in the room for years. Rather than replace them we simply attached some resin mouldings and painted the bases black to add some depth to the space.
Dad also added bun feet and shelves to the base of each end table to give them some extra height and another area to display decor.
We retained the neutral curtains. I simply removed the tie-backs to streamline them a bit.
Mum made all of the cushions herself from inexpensive fabric we found at Spotlight Manchester Store.
You may recognise the framed pictures above the sofa - I have the same ones in my living room. They are vintage style postcards I received as a gift. The pack came with double-ups so I gave some to Mum. She cut the matte boards herself and transformed some cheap black plastic frames with nickel spray paint.
The gallery wall is currently a bit of a mish-mash (and note, whilst there is a nice grown-up photo of both my brother and sister there's only me as a baby - middle child syndrome or what? :-) though with more grandchildren on the way (have I mentioned my sister is pregnant too?) more photographs will need to be added so it will be re-done soon anyway.
And here's how the 'for zero dollars' thing works; after a long search I finally found an appropriate pre-loved lounge suite (as seen above in the latter set of 'befores') to form the basis for the 'new' room on eBay for just $100....and the kicker - it came complete with a coffee and side table we didn't need so we on-sold them both for double the price we paid for the whole set to begin with - crazy! Hence we managed to makeover the entire room for FREE using just the profit from the sale of the tables. In fact, we actually came out waaaay in front cause we were still super stingy!
After
Aside from the new lounge suite the other big changes came from a coat of paint (to one wall only) and ripping up the ugly old carpet.
Mum polished-up the rustic hardwood floorboards herself while Dad gave the north wall a fresh presence by painting subtle wide stripes.
The coffee table (which I failed to get a before shot of - sorry!) and two end tables (as can be seen in the first set of 'befores') had been in the room for years. Rather than replace them we simply attached some resin mouldings and painted the bases black to add some depth to the space.
Dad also added bun feet and shelves to the base of each end table to give them some extra height and another area to display decor.
We retained the neutral curtains. I simply removed the tie-backs to streamline them a bit.
Mum made all of the cushions herself from inexpensive fabric we found at Spotlight Manchester Store.
You may recognise the framed pictures above the sofa - I have the same ones in my living room. They are vintage style postcards I received as a gift. The pack came with double-ups so I gave some to Mum. She cut the matte boards herself and transformed some cheap black plastic frames with nickel spray paint.
The gallery wall is currently a bit of a mish-mash (and note, whilst there is a nice grown-up photo of both my brother and sister there's only me as a baby - middle child syndrome or what? :-) though with more grandchildren on the way (have I mentioned my sister is pregnant too?) more photographs will need to be added so it will be re-done soon anyway.
Pretty much all the decor was sourced when we 'shopped the house'. The only exceptions being the lamps, which Mum bought ages ago on sale from Target, and the larger of the two cases beside the armchair which was purchased from a discount store (The Reject Shop I think) for just $20.
Now, just because I haven't already totally overloaded you with photos, here's some side-by-side before and afters just for comparisons sake:
Before
After
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After
This makeover was a pretty long, slow process though achieving the result we did on the budget we used was challenging, rewarding and fun so who can complain, right?
Linking this project with some of these parties.
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