Since I've already done a Kitchen post and my Office post, I thought I'd go ahead and do a living room one, since we've finished getting new stuff for now. We were really excited to redo the living room because it was mostly just a hodge-podge of furniture that we had before...the couch I'd gotten from my (now ex)brother-in-law, a tv-stand that had been in his family for years, and an octagon coffee table that the multiple dogs in the house before I moved in had chewed up on the bottom. Now it feels like the room is more "on purpose" rather than just thrown together.
We first started working on the living room in 2020. We removed the carpet and installed this LVP (in Cherry) flooring. We really love the look...except that the planks tend to come apart on the ends, so we're not really a fan of that. But...it's good enough for now.
At that time, we also bought these black grates for the floor vents. We thought they went well with the black scroll items that we have. It started with the Spectrum Diversified mail and key holder that I had in my apartment back in 2011. It's kind of like this one, except mine is taller with three slots for mail instead of one.
My sister bought us this large floor rug and we bought the small rug for inside the front door (they don't have the small rug available by itself anymore). And then we bought these back-out curtains for energy efficiency with these sheers and this scarf valance to add some more color to the room. We hung them on these curtain rods (continuing the black scroll look).
Oh and we also have two of these gates...one at the stairs and one at the hallway to keep the dogs contained. I got the one for the stairs shortly after I moved in...because previously it had just been a regular baby gate kinda leaned up against the half wall by the stairs and it was so loud every time it would inevitably fall. And then when we got Boz, we bought the gate for the hallway since Johnny was working from home (our bedroom has double doors that just push open, so the doors alone wouldn't keep him out).
In 2021, I decided to paint the living room, kitchen, and dining room. We used Sherwin Williams paint and used Accessible Beige for the main walls and Green Onyx for the accent wall. We really love how the colors turned out.
Our first big purchase was our LG 4k TV (kind of like this one but the 65" model) in January 2021. We were having issues with our previous tv and we were able to put our Christmas money toward the new one. And in 2022, we purchased an air purifier. It was actually the Winix HR900 but they've discontinued that model. It's a lot like this one they have now, though. We really like it...it's amazing how much dust, dirt, and hair it captures from the air.
Then we didn't really purchase anything else for the living room until October 2025 when we needed to replace the couch. We bought this modular sectional (purchased on Wayfair) in October 2025. We're loving it so far. I like that it's modular so we can arrange the pieces however we want to fit the space. The only "complaint" I have is that the ottoman doesn't have storage, but that's really no big deal. A lot of the reviews complained that it's too firm, but I think it's perfect. They also mention that the dark gray color has a blue tint, but it looks fine with our decor. We also have these waterproof couch covers to protect the couch a bit more and these waterproof pet blankets that we cover the couch with at night (to prevent the cats from destroying the couch while we're sleeping).
The couch also came with six 12" pillows...three that are the color of the couch and three that are blue and white. The blue and white ones don't really go with our decor, but we use the others. We also have these apricot brown covers on 24" throw pillows, as well as two 18" pillows and two burgundy covers to go with them. Johnny really loves the colors and how well they go with our color scheme. I guess I just have a gift for matching colors. And interestingly enough...Bozley really blends in to the apricot brown covers. ;) LOL.
We have this lift-top coffee table which we love so much. It's perfect for eating dinner and working on my laptop. I liked that we were able to decide which direction for the large portion of the table so that it matches where Johnny and I sit on the couch to eat dinner. There's also some storage and the bottom shelf is a perfect place to put my laptop when we're eating.
Since we were getting a coffee table, the only other piece of furniture in the living room left to replace was the tv stand. We were pretty picky about the coffee table we wanted, and we were just as picky trying to pick out a tv stand that would go well with the new coffee table. We also had a lot of preferences which narrowed the choices down a lot. We wanted a black one with a fireplace heater (and Johnny wanted to be able to change the colors and brightness), wide enough to fit the space we put it in, and doors for the front shelves (but not high gloss...which a LOT of them were). We finally found this one that checked all our boxes. We really love it so much...it looks great and it fits the space perfectly (it's 70" wide and the space is 72"). Johnny also really liked that it has an LED color-changing light strip that goes along the inside of the top. The fireplace heater looks pretty realistic with the wood logs (it also came with crystals, but we didn't want to use those) and has several different colors it can be changed to.
Now the only thing we have left to get is a new ceiling fan! :)
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