Home Tour part 5 ~ The Family Room

Again, sorry for the delay, but life is SO busy lately!!  A lot of things going on with the kids and just overall life!!  So anyway, on with the tour!


This is our Family Room!  This is pretty much the hang out (besides the kitchen) in our house to watch tv  and just be together.   We keep the kids computer in here so we know what they are doing.   Probably not wonderful for decorating purposes but hey, other things are more important!   I dragged my feet a little with this post because the window panels were just installed!  Took almost a year to pick something out. But I finally did!    Lighting was not ideal again, but I really didn't want to wait any longer!

Here is the room as you see it walking in from the foyer

Believe it or not, I took this one in LESS light (just after dusk) and it came out better.... go figure!

The family room looking in from the dining room

TV wall.  I got this "tv stand" off Craig's list probably 5 or 6 years ago and it waited in my parents barn until we moved in!

This is the sofa from my old house, just had it recovered in a gold chenille.  Love the comfy down cushions. 

I LOVE this french market basket!  I had been looking for one for YEARS.  I had never seen one on ebay go lower than $300.   My cousin found this for me on her local Craig's list for $45 a steal for sure!  It has little red wheels (my FAVORITE color!) I should have taken a close up of them.... next time!

This was my parents croquet set.  I stole it from their basement, sssshhhhhhh ;)

My mom found this big round table at a garage sale for $5 I think.  We found the glass at another sale and had it cut to fit this table.  My friend Kathleen made my skirt and all the pillows.  Do you remember this lamp?  It got a coat of black spray paint and a clearance drum shade from PB. 

I had to show you the back with the cute cord cover I found on ebay!

I got these two Thomasville recliners off Craig's list. Another steal!  I got both for less than what ONE cost.

I got this chair for $5 at Salvation army probably 8 years ago. I loved the lines and never knew what I would do with it (in my old house) then once I knew we were moving the ideas started swirling!  I got 6 yards of this check upholstery fabric on clearance for $35.   

Close up of one of my favorite pillows!

Got this french looking basket at Sally's Boutique! ( my pet name for Salvation army)

Shot of the mantle with some of my goodies.

If you are standing in front of the mantle this is what upstairs looks like.

Hallway to kitchen, foyer and power room.

Another shot of the couch.

Sally's lamp(s) , remember them?  And a table from Craig's list, Ethan Allen french country collection!

Another one of my mother's cast off's!  I gladly took this pretty table!

A few close up's of the sofa pillows.  Just a mish mash of fabrics I love!

A view from upstairs...

And looking down.

This was a canvas print I found at Hobby Lobby and bought the frame there too.

This is a mish mash of things I had been collecting in my basement.  The urn is from Homegood's.  The floral is an oil I found at Salvation Army for $8  and then found the frame at Goodwill for $4.  And the oval frame bird print was cream but I painted it black and highlighted with good ole rub n buff!

I loved this when I saw it on clearance at Pottery Barn!

I got this little sofa table from a garage sale and used to have it in my kitchen.  Love it in here.  It's narrow which I needed.  The lamp was $9 from Salvation army, I have seen the same ones go for hundreds.  I love my bargains!

Another shot of the room from the mantle.

And one last shot looking down!

I hope you enjoyed this tour!  It has taken me forever to add the pics.  Blogger is being a pain tonight! 

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XOXO