It’s Feature Friday! On Fridays, I’ll be featuring one room in my house in its current condition even if there are some things I’d like to change about it. If I do happen to improve something later, I can always revisit it when the time comes. Plus, I’d kinda feel dishonest if I only focused on “finished” rooms in my house. And if what they (the professionals) say is true, a room is never really finished anyways…you’re always tweaking it. Concentrating on just one room weekly should give me some time to tidy it up a bit, too. At least, I can throw all the toys into another room! So, without further ado, let’s tour my family room.
Last week, you saw my living room. It’s at the front of our home and you walk through it to get to the back of our house. At the back of our house is the main living area. It’s where we spend most of our time and it includes a family room, sunroom, dining area, pantry, kitchen, mini-mudroom and powder room. This week we’re gonna tour my family room but, not to worry, you’ll see the other rooms soon enough in future Feature Fridays. Let’s get started…
View of the family room walking in from the living room
As you walk back further, our family photo wall is to your right. (The white door leads to our unfinished basement.)
The view into our family room while standing at the family photo wall…again, as in my living room, I’d love to rip up all that carpet and put down hardwoods. The IKEA console behind the sectional holds my kiddos crap, ahem, I mean playthings.
Here’s a closer shot of the glass front cabinet that you saw in the first image
An image to give you the “lay” of the room
The fireplace wall has 2 windows that let the light pour in. I hung a round mirror above the mantle to soften the square and rectangular shapes in the room. The fireplace surround is actually painted marble (gasp!). The marble was too 80’s looking and had pink stains in it. I sanded, primed and painted it a shade darker than the wall color. The IKEA curtains are extra long (they still need hemmed) and hung high to emphasize the 9′ ceilings.
We have a TV and aren’t afraid to show it. I painted subtle horizontal stripes along the TV wall to give it some dimension. The stripes are fairly wide and mimic the size of the large room. (The larger the room, the wider the stripe.) I added artwork and slipcovered ottomans to either side of the flatscreen. Above the TV is a monogram decal. The console was a scratch-and-dent floor sample purchase from La-Z-Boy.
The wall opposite the fireplace has a trio of mirrors on it to bounce light around from the windows. I’ve always wondered what they would look like painted white. Hmmm…
To me, nothing says “family room” more than a sectional chock full of pillows and blankets. On movie nights, we push the ottoman right up to the couch and it feels like one big bed.
A few “for fun” shots because you’ve made it this far!
And finally the view back towards the living room from where we were last week. See what I mean about the hardwood hallway, a.k.a. The Landing Strip?
So ends my family room tour. Next week’s Feature Friday forecast is looking quite sunny, if you catch my drift.
budget decor, kid-friendly