First Home's Family Room

I have owned my house for nearly five months. I have lived here just over three months. I am finally done decorating my family room.

The prior owner decorated this with a country motif with a patriotic wallpaper border and a dark green paint on the walls. I think she spent most of her time in this room. It had a collection of "vintage" furniture, children play toys, a desk, a tv, and family keepsakes.

Here are the before photos:

The first thing to go was the wallpaper border. Next the walls were primed and painted grey. Then the white, frilly, cotton window treatments were taken down. Then I slowly started collecting hand-me down furniture for the room, since I rarely am in this room.

Here are pictures in the middle of redecorating:

I am using lavender, rose, and black accents in the room. I replaced the frilly, cotton window treatments with shear, white panels in the one window and two shear scarves in the other. I do keep my desk and home laptop in the room, although I rarely sit there.

The only furniture that was mine was the IKEA chair and the desk (which is from my childhood). The recliner and futon were given to me by my parents. I bought covers for both of them from Overstock.com. The black recliner slipcover came with four separate panels that I wrapped around the arms, back, and leg rest and seat. It is a textured velvet.

The slate grey futon cover is a microfiber one piece that zips over the entire futon mattress. The abstract silver pillows with flowers and black and silver stripped pillow I bought from Value City Furniture. The canvas wall art of the flowers I purchased at Marshall's.

I had an immediate need to finish this room, not because I ever go in it, but because it will serve as my guest room because 1) my second bedroom is my closet and 2) it has a half bath right off it. And guess what! Karena is coming to visit in two weeks! The only things that I would still like to change are the ceiling fan, the brass fireplace cover, and adding a door to the room. Currently, the family room opens to the kitchen, which then opens to the entire house. Since I do not spend much time in this room, I would prefer not to heat and cool it the temperature of the rest of the house.

Although, there is a fireplace in the room so maybe when it's winter I will sit by the fire reading a book and sipping hot chocolate.

Snowflake photo on the mantel was taken by my mom - Carol Posch Comstock.