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Neutral French Country Living Room Reveal

How we tranformed our outdated space with a Neutral French Country Living Room design on a budget.

Walking through our front door the last 8 months has been a bittersweet feeling. The “home sweet home” feeling leaves you instantly when the first room you see is empty and a not so put together living room. With the very jumbled decor and lack of furniture, it is hard to see what our home represents. I am not a show-off type of person, but I do like my house to have a very homey welcoming feeling, and I guess it’s just the designer and perfectionist in me that can’t handle if something is not finished. So with a small budget and lots of imagination we created a cozy Neutral French Country Living Room.

My design plans kept changing day by day mainly due to projects not working out the way I had planned and with our very tight budget. Since our budget was very restricted I had to think outside of the box for furniture and this, of course, is the reason for turning our previous kitchen table into our DIY Clock Table (Click Here to view that post) and our Ikea Hack TV Stand (Click Here to view that project). This room also displays our Knock off Pottery Barn Window Seat and Roman Shades,

I would never call any room in my house “done”, but for now since we are ready to work on the outside and work on our bedroom…I am content with saying I am happily putting this on hold for a while.

So Let’s take a look at what this living room looked like way back before we moved in…

 

 

So crazy to look back at these and think that this is my house right now. The one thing that is the same from these photos is the floor. We love the hardwoods but are not so big on the color or finish. This will be changed sooner than later. Yes, the hubby is aware he will be doing this project most likely this fall. (UPDATE: or 4 years later).

Here’s what the living room looks like now!
Living Room before after collage
UPDATE: First photo is more recent 8/2015 and the last few photos are more recent. Had to keep some from the original post since it reminds me of how I started out in blogging.
Living room
Here’ some photos I’ve taken of the living room the last couple of weeks.
My Little Gemma Wanted to be my little model.

 

Grosgrain DIY Roman Shades

 

The Kids LOVE this Window Seat

 

French Linen ASCP
Craigslist Bookcase painted with ASCP

 

Horse Bookend
Decorating our Bookcase

 

Accessorizing a Bookcase
More Decor from our Bookcase

 

 

These shutters are no longer here. Table, TV stand, and Accessorizing the Room.

 

 

Metal Art
Decorating the Wall Behind the TV

 

Accessorizing the living room
IKEA TV Stand Hack

 

Plank Wall and Window Seat

 

Decorating with Grey

 

Grosgrain Roman Shades
PB Knock off Roman Shades

 

 

All About the details

 

Entryway Summer

Shuter and Shelf

 

Get the Look

 

Shopping List

Roman Shades: Lowes (black grosgrain added by me)
Striped Pillows: Target
Button Pillows: Christmas Tree Store
Area Rug: JcPenney
Couch: Wayfair
Branches: Michaels
Pitcher: Target
Pitcher in Bookcase: Michaels
Horse Bookend: Home Goods
Bird Cage: Christmas Tree Store (3 yrs ago)
Baskets: Ikea (I painted the one grey)
Won’t be there for long
Key Frame: Michaels
Metal Art: Home Goods
Here’s What this room looks like in 2017

 


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15 Responses

  1. The living room looks great! It looks bright & cozy, The table is so neat, great job!!

    1. Hi Janice! Thank you so much! I have my post here that explains how I updated the tv stand. I hope that helps…let me know if you have any other questions…and thanks for stopping by!

  2. Hello, I am just finding your blog and I’m so glad I did! I love your ideas and decorating skills! Dour you remember the name of your rug? I really like the detail on it. Also bonus is its from Jc Penny, I love that place!

    1. Hi Tiarra,

      Thank you so much! I am not quite sure the name of it, I purchased it probably about 3 years ago. I do know Birch Lane sold the same rug, you can give them a try you probably would have more luck there knowing they are probably more consistent with their home decor products.

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