FunCycled’s Repurposed Idea House – Living Room Makeover

Hi Friends!!

As you may already know, we bought this old, beautiful home in December of 2018.

Every. single. room needs lots and lots of work. Some call us crazy, some call us brilliant, and to be honest, some days I feel a little bit of both. I adore making this beauty our own, but with a busy, thriving business, coming home to more work feels daunting some days. I can’t tell you how many days I’ve cried to John and said, I just need one room done, just one room. For those of you who have never remodeled a home, the tricky part is that no matter how hard you try, it’s always a complete mess. Dust in the air, wood everywhere, tools everywhere. It hard to have that everywhere and feel like inviting friends over or relaxing and watching a movie. It feels embarrassing to have people over because even though you’re working as hard as you can, it still looks like you’re not. John is very good at setting boundaries on when we won’t work on the house or reading the pulse of the family mood and deciding that it’s time for dinner out and movie. He works so incredibly hard and loves us even harder. I tend to be the one saying, just one more thing and then….

That being said, after 7 months, we have a room done in our house and I’m so excited to have our home be a Tuesday’s Treasures! Yay! I would say that despite the tears and the lack of relaxing this year, I would do it again now that I have one room done. It feels better than I can even explain to have a space to sit with friends that’s comfy and cute. It’s not always about having the best things, but I do believe having a relaxing space that’s inviting – however that looks to you – is so important in a home. Now we do, we do!! One room is done and more will be soon! I can’t wait to share this transformative journey room by beautiful room with all of you. Thanks for following along! I love reading your comments and getting your input! It makes the journey even sweeter.

Here’s the living room before:

Everything that’s going to be beautiful in the end gets really ugly to start. We had to rip out almost all the lath and plaster in this room. Either from water damage in the roof or to install new electric and insulation. There were very few outlets in this room so we wanted to add more and an overhead light switch.

The kitchen in our house has picture rail at the top to hang pictures from so we wanted to keep that look in this room as well.

My design has changed a lot over the years. Even though I loved my last house so much, I’m leaning toward a more midcentury farmhouse look now. I’m not sure if that’s even technically the name of a design style, but I think it best describes the look I’m going for. A little bit of farmhouse charm mix with clean lines and mid-century furniture.

Ready for the afters??

Here’s a list to answer some of the questions I thought you might ask.

Walls: 8″ shiplap painted Benjamin Moore’s Simply White
Joybird Couch in Lucky Turquoise Fabric
Gray Mid Century Love Seat

Next month, I’ll be sharing the before and afters of the tiny little corner bathroom in the living room area. Sign up for our weekly newsletter so you don’t miss out by adding your email in the little box below my picture. 

Happy FunCycling Friends,
Sarah ;)

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