Show Us Your Living Room

Today I'm linking up to Show Us Your Living Room at Kelly's Korner!

Welcome to our living room, the room where we spend most of our time!

We've been in our home about 2 1/2 years now.  This is what our living room looked like when we moved in.  We love this room, but it has definitely been a challenge to decorate.  The previous owners added it on.  If it had been me adding it on, I would have placed the doors differently and made the about 8 feet wider.

What the room looked like when we moved in...

And the view from where I sit on the couch:

Toys have taken over our house.  I'm sure in front of the fireplace is where everyone keeps their lawn mower, right?!  The monkey, football player, and Buzz Lightyear can usually be found relaxing in the wingback chair.

 An up-close shot of the mantle.  It changes frequently, but right now I'm going with the less is more look.

The view of the other side of the room.  The room is longer than it is wider, and blocking the french doors is what we've found to be the best placement of the couch.  I love, love, love my curtains.  I'm an amateur seamstress and sewed them myself.  I found a picture on Pinterest (where else?) and got busy.  It was much more geometry than anything else.

 The pink chair is from the reading center in my classroom.  I brought it home for the summer, and Eli loves to sit in it.  ... speaking of, notice the cute little boy watching Elmo!  : )

The view from the kitchen - looking to the left

The view from the kitchen - looking to the right

 My husband's ugly, albeit comfortable, papasan chair.  : )

The view coming in from the carport.

There's still several things I want to do to this room like add/change some of the things on the walls, possibly exchange the wingback chair for something a little bigger and with an ottoman.  For now though, I'm pleased with the progress we've made!

Thanks for stopping by!