Dear Lillie: new family room

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Our New Fireplace Mantel and Full Before and After Shots of our Family Room and Breakfast Area

Our new mantel is finished and I am so excited to have this project done! When we first made an offer on this house back in October the first thing I did was have the woodworker who built the hood in our last house come over to look at this space to see if the ideas that I had for the mantle, coffee bar and window seat would work. Right away we were on the same page and I was so excited. The only drawback was that he was booked through the end of January so I knew I was going to have to be patient. I kept busy tackling a million other projects though which helped the time pass quite quickly and now this room is finished except for a few minor finishing details. Yay!!!!! He is so incredibly talented and I could not possibly be more pleased with how the mantel turned out!!!!! (I still need to add some photos or artwork to one wall, and I need to paint the mantel and window seat - right now they are just primed and there are a few other little minor details I want to finish up like switching out the hinges on the lower part of the bookshelves and the handles and pulls on the coffee bar area).

It kind of killed me to have to hang the TV above the fireplace and to have to cover the beautiful woodwork he had done above the mantel but functionally speaking this was the best place for the TV and so I had come to terms with that before we had even moved in - ha! And now that it is up there I have to say I am so happy with how it turned out and love it!

So, here are a bunch of before and after angles of this whole space and then below that are some more detailed type shots (and then as always, there is a detailed source list at the end).

I had planned on finding some different things for these shelves but when we moved in I ended up being able to use all things we already owned to fill them and now I've gotten so used to it that I'm not sure I'll bother switching it up. We keep our blurb books which contain all of my "real camera" pictures of the girls over on this side:

And then we keep our chatbooks collection which has all of my cell phone type photos here over on this side:

And here is a few looking from the kitchen. The kitchen had been remodeled right before the house was put on the market so even though there are a few things I wish I could change we will probably leave it as is for a while. I did do a few minor things like switch out the cabinet pulls to these pretty antique brass ones from Pottery Barn and the faucet (which we will share in another post in a couple of weeks).

This beautiful church painting by Deann goes so perfectly here!

And here are some wide angle shots:

Family Room Source List:

Wall Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Eggshell
Trim Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-Gloss
Door Color - Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-Gloss Finish

Lower Coffee Bar Cabinet Color - Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss (we will have a detailed source for the coffee bar in a future post with more closeup shots)

Mantel and Other Woodwork - custom by a local builder

Topiaries - Joss and Main

Rug - ESale Rugs Villa Rug in the 9 by 12 size
Round Basket - Birch Lane a few years ago
Sofa - Arhaus
Cable Knit Pillows - Soft Surrounding
Other Pillows - HomeGoods (similar one here)

White Lumbar Pillow - IKEA

Stuffed Animal on Sofa - HomeGoods
White Knit Throw - Birch Lane
Large Barn Painting - was a gift
Tufted Bench/Ottoman - I built it (you can read more about it here)
Throw on Ottoman - HomeGoods
Tray on Ottoman - HomeGoods
White Wingback Chairs - Birch Lane
Drapery Panels - Barn and Willow Belgian Flax in Mist Gray

Amazing Grace Sign - Dear Lillie

Side Table - Homegoods

Blue Jug with Eucalyptus - Decor Steals

Gold Mirror - vintage

Left bookshelves:

Candlesticks, books and pictures - family or vintage

Gold Orb - HomeGoods

Photo Albums - Blurb

Moose Bookends - Dear Lillie collection at Painted Fox

Right bookshelves:

Books and Pictures - from family or vintage

Burlap Boxes - Birch Lane

Dog Bookends - Birch Lane

Pineapple Bookends - Birch Lane

Kitchen and Breakfast Area Source List:

Cabinet Color - existing (I am pretty sure it is Lampblack by Benjamin Moore)
Kitchen Table - Joss and Main (right now the top is resting on this side table we already owned while we await the arrival of the base)
Round Back Chairs - World Market
Gold Lantern - Lighting Design (you call one of their showrooms to order)
Wood Bookcase with Glass Doors - Wayfair
Church Painting - Deann
Window Seat - Custom Built

Pillows on Window Seat - HomeGoods

Throw on Window Seat - HomeGoods

Faux Fur on Window Seat - Ikea

Metal Basket on Bar - Joss and Main
Blinds in Bay Window - Levolor from Lowes

Cabinet Pulls in Kitchen - Pottery Barn

Wood Tray - Heritage Lace

Polka Dot Bowls - HomeGoods

Marble Rolling Pin - Sur La Table

Bar Stools - HomeGoods

Basket/Side Table - Dear Lillie Painted Fox Collection

I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead!

Saturday, February 18, 2017

A Vintage Style Rug for Our Family Room

Today I wanted to show you the family room side of this space with our new rug that added the finishing touch. When I first saw this Villa Rug on our sponsor, ESaleRugs website, I thought it would be perfect for our master bedroom, however when it arrived I saw how it looked in our family room and realized I loved it even more in here! The 9 by 12 size was the perfect size for this space. I love the vintage look of it and the mix of blues, grays, beiges and creams. The vintage/worn patterned look is my favorite because I love the dimension it adds plus it helps hide stains which is great for a high traffic area. I also like having thin rugs in spaces like this so there's not really much of a change from the wood to the rug and it's easier for me to move myself. ESaleRugs also has lots of other beautiful options to choose from.

You can see a little peek of our coffee bar area over in the corner of this picture. We will have a post with more details of that in a couple of weeks.

I love the different patterns and colors in the rug:

And here are some wider angled shots:

Family Room:

Wall Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Eggshell
Trim Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-Gloss
Door Color - Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-Gloss Finish

Lower Coffee Bar Cabinet Color - Wrought Iron by Benjamin Moore in Semi-Gloss

(will have detailed source list for coffee bar area in a future post)

Rug - ESale Rugs Villa Rug in the 9 by 12 size
Sofa - Arhaus
Cable Knit Pillows - Soft Surrounding
Other Pillows - HomeGoods (similar one here)

White Lumbar Pillow - IKEA

Woodland Creature - HomeGoods
White Knit Throw - Birch Lane
Large Barn Painting - was a gift
Tufted Bench/Ottoman - I built it (you can read more about it here)
Throw on Ottoman - HomeGoods
Tray on Ottoman - HomeGoods
White Wingback Chairs - Birch Lane
Drapery Panels - Barn and Willow Belgian Flax in Mist Gray