Good morning!
Guess who slept until 8:30am?! Amazing! I guess my body needed it after my long run yesterday. I find I always feel a bit drained after long runs. The body needs lots of rest and apparently my body needed a solid 9.5 hours worth.
I was so excited for pumpkin pie this morning! I am so smitten by this latest vegan overnight oats concoction. I love, love, love having my veggies in the morning and since spinach in vegan overnight oats didn’t work out for me, I am quite excited that pumpkin did because pumpkin is super healthy and a great food to add to any diet.
I used the same recipe as yesterday! Click here for Creamy Pumpkin Pie Vegan Overnight Oats.
J’adore.
(See I’m working on my French!)
Magnifique.
CREAMY goodness! (Not sure what the French translation is for that!) ;)
Family Room, You Have Come A Long Way!
Now I would like to show you some BEFORE and AFTERS of our Family Room! Well, they are technically not ‘afters’ yet because we still have a lot of work to do (and furniture to buy), but they are more like ‘mid-way’ pictures if you will.
This is what our Family Room looked like when we moved in and set up our furniture back in December 2008!
Don’t you love the 70’s lamp shades rocking in there?
It was a tearful goodbye, but we chose to part ways.
Dark, dingy, and depressing!
I will note that the wall paper was GLUED on and took us 2 months to remove. The wall paper was also lined with wood! so it came off in wonderful 2 inch increments (even with steaming). Good times! ;)
Mid-Way pictures (What it looks like TODAY!)
Much warmer and brighter…
These chairs are on loan to us right now. We are storing a bunch of my brother-in-law’s furniture in the basement and they said we could try out their chairs to see how we like the set-up.
Giraffes fit perfectly on this wall:
We also put up chocolate curtains:
We are also going to put some kind of shag on top to cover the bar and blinds, but we’re not sure what would look good.
Originally, we put up white curtains and did not care for them! We took them back.
The white just looked too stark in our opinion…
Future plans for the family room include hardwood flooring, art/photography on walls, and furniture (coffee tables, chairs, corner unit for electronics). In due time!
Unfortunately today is a house work day for me- cleaning and laundry! Necessary evils.
Have a great day!
Oh my – I love how wonderful and light and bright it is now!~ Great job!
I LOVE what you’ve done with your living room! It looks so inviting and calming, especially compared to the “before”! Well done! :)
I am so glad you said that your long runs leave you feeling a little drained – anything over 6 miles has me feeling the same way and often i think I’m the only one! I actually took a nap after my run yesterday, but given that I have had a week of less sleep than usual due to family visiting and early morning texts from friends at home (my fault – forgot to switch to vibrate! They’re totally worth it though!! :)). It helped my mood immensely the rest of the day.
If you’re finished cleaning and washing, want to come and help with mine? :)
Beautiful! Completely unrecognizable! I love the the curtains!
That is an amazing makeover!!! The room is gorgeous!!! Can you come over and do my livi g room too? Hahaha!
I love what you did with the room! The colours are so fresh and springy!
The place looks gorgeous! The before and mid-ways are completely different but it’s lovely and I am excited to see how everything ends up. Love the giraffes!
love the transformation in the family room! amazing!
You have great style!!! I love it!
Angela your living room is beautiful, what a fabulous transformation! :) I really like the color tones (the greens and browns) that you’ve put together and I am especially obsessed with that awesomely adorbale giraffe picture! And I must say, that the old wallpaper guled to the wall must had been quite the adventure while removing it
I love your room! It somehow looks both spacious and cozy. Well done!
Your living room looks fabulous! The colours look so warm and lovely. Have you ever had experience with interior design??
Wei-Wei
Nope no previous experience :)
I love the new look of the living room! It is so much more welcoming and I also prefer the chocolate curtains.
Wow! What a wonderful transformation!
Quite an improvement, it looks great! I love your brother-in-law’s chairs – any idea where he got them from?
It looks good and I am sure it is even more rewarding knowing that you used some valuable elbow grease in there. I know food bloggers hate these questions….but where did you get your lovely red mug??
I knew someone would ask me that! haha. I can’t remember where it is from for the life of me.
I love your family room. It looks so fresh, open and inviting!
I love that vase in front of the fireplace. Can I ask where you got it?
It looks absolutely amazing! I love love love the browns and greens together, you did a phenomenal job. My mom is an interior designer and would love this! And, good choice with the curtains.
Just came from Market Street, got 3 cans of organic pumpkin….teehee! I love the look and feel of your family room!