Moving from an 1100 sq/ft apartment to a 2500 sq/ft house presents a small complication....FURNITURE!! If you are anything like me, and I know some of you are, it was absolutely imperative that the house be fully furnished when we moved in. I accepted the challenge as my personal mission (Rob didn't really put up a fight). Fortunately, I knew we were blessed with friends and family who stockpiled furniture for us in anticipation that we would some day actually go through with this crazy idea. With my mother-in-law (decorating partner in crime) down to help, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work. Here are a few shots.
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| Living Room |
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| My TV...when Rob's watching hours and hours of soccer :-) |
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| Winged console behind couch, this gives you extra light without having to put your couch right up against the wall. |
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| Love the lamps we found at the local consignment shop. |
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| Every home should have a reading area :-) |
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| Dining Room |
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| Finally have a place to listen to our records. Fun to put on something old at dinner time and have a cocktail or two :-) |
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| Rob's humidor |
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| My mother in law found this at a consignment shop in Wisconsin, 19th century German hutch with ivory detail...BEAUTIFUL!! |
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| Den/Family Room |
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| Built ins on both sides of fireplace. |
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| We ran cords through the attic to mount the TV...it gave us so much free space. You should have seen how long this took the boys to figure out...haha. |
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| Guest Room |
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| Old oil paintings and pictures give this room an old time feel. We also decided to angle the bed to give the room more depth. |
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| Guest room. |
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| I love mixing patterns in bedding. And the cute little red lamps really add character. |
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| Rob's music room is upstairs but we hung some of his guitars in this room. I love the look. |
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| The old library card catalog is one of my favorite pieces of furniture in the house. |
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| I promised Rob that I would find him a "manly" bed...and thanks to our local consignment shop I delivered on the promise. |
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| You can never have too many pillows. |
At the end of the week we had so much left over we could furnish another room or two. Which is great because I can switch stuff throughout the year. Everyone needs a hobby :-)
You and your mother-in-law could make a great pair of decorators. You both completed the job like professional interior decorators. My favorite part of your house is the master's bedroom. The carpet gave the room calm and warm feeling, and the huge headboard sure adds a little drama too. You also picked the right area for the family room. Just right amount of natural light is able to pass the walls to brighten the room. Thanks for sharing this post!
ReplyDeleteCalvin Mordarski
Calvin, thank you so much for the compliment. If I were ever courageous enough I would explore decorating as a full time job....I do love it! The bed in the master was such a find, a local consignment shop had it listed for just $399...a king!! Though the pictures may seem like we had a larger budget almost all of our furniture is consigned or "handed down"...I love being able to fit mixed pieces together and make them look like they belong!
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