Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Small Home Adjustments

We've lived in our home for three years now, and just this year, I've finally made some small improvements... but what a large difference it seems to make! 

In the dining room, we finally changed out our nasty brown blinds and got plantation shutters installed. 

Before



After



And addded a bar cart...


In the den area, it looked so brown and had all of Michael's bachelor furniture still in there.  So, in order to lighten it up, I ordered some chairs through Sevier & White Interiors (highly recommend them!).  I think they look wonderful - I just have to keep Winston off of them so they stay that way. 



Also, we constantly struggle with having enough seats in the room - especially when people come over to watch football games.  So, I ordered two custom ottoman stools from Ballard Designs.  Even though they took 8 weeks to get here, I loved being able to pick out my own fabric and send it to Ballard.  Here's the end result:




And they're actually storage cubes too!  What a great place to throw blankets, Winston's toys, magazines, etc. when I want to get them out of the way!

Lastly, my new couch arrived about two weeks ago - I haven't taken pictures yet, so those will be on my next post.  This room finally feels like it's coming together.

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