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Rustic Tuscan Living Room with Final Decor

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Here is the final fully decorated living room.  You already saw the fireplace but I realized you haven’t seen any of the furniture! I am still debating whether or not to put up some light tapestry drapes. (just on the bottom half)  I can see it in my head and I think I like it, but I don’t want things to get too cluttered. For some reason the sofas look purple, they aren’t   Just a deep brown.  I got both the sofas and the coffee table off Craigslist for a great price!  The faux fur pillows and blanket were from Wayfair.com I’m sure you all know by now that music is very important in my family so we made room for the upright piano on this half wall.  Of course, it would be a dream to have a grand piano but an upright will be just fine This is the view from the kitchen looking out.  To the left is the dining room.  It is a very open floor plan, makes entertaining pretty easy.  (although, entertaining isn’t my stron...

Only the CRAZY! Wayfair entry light re-do

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I have to admit, I am a little crazy and regarding this post I am SO GLAD my husband doesn’t read my blog!! I fell completely in love with these Wayfair front entry lights at $149 each (that’s a LOT for me!!!) but they weren’t the exact color I wished they were.  I looked for others and I just didn’t see anything I wanted !  (the fact that they had to be Energy Star rated made it even harder)  (Mine aren’t that large – they’re slightly smaller) I decided that I would spray paint them to change them to the color I needed.  (it sounds so simple doesn’t it!)  Well it was simple.  A few light swipes of the paint (really, I didn’t have to change it THAT much) and it was PERFECT!  Are you sure you guys want to keep following me??  LOL! No really, I have seen other lights that one (less popular?) finish would be  30-50% off.  If you decided to be crazy like me, you could just paint them the shade you wanted and...