Living Room

As you can see here, we found the living room painted a brownish color, which didn't do a whole lot for us. The walls are now "Honeysuckle," a nice light yellow-gold color. We're waiting on delivery of an oak armoire to hold our tv and stereo. I'll like being able to shut the doors on all the electronics. That will go in the same corner that the tv is in now.



We're taking it slowly as we put things on the wall, since we don't want to be stuck with something we regret later. So far, we've got the mirror and this wrought iron decoration up.





On the north wall (opposite the wall with the single window), we're indulging ourselves with huge bookcases that hold our books, knicknacks, and CD's (in the black cases with temporary Post-It labels). I ordered these online from the Home Decorator's Collection, and was reasonably pleased. Assembling them almost put us in marriage counseling, but they look very nice against the wall. The lights on top add a lot at night. Sooner or later I'll get the rest of the stuff off the tops.



The top of the bookcases seemed like a logical place to display our fencing sabres. And if we get really mad, we can drop everything and duel.



I found these pillows at Home Goods. They're nice and silky, and have sage-y stripes and little red accents that didn't come through in the picture. I'm planning on making some bigger red or burgandy pillows to go with them.



Here's a close-up of our Persian rug, which was a wedding gift from Richard and Judy Black.



The entryway has a nice shape to it, and the front door is really beautiful, and will be moreso after I clean it up a little more. I'm planning on putting up some sort of curtain - probably red or burgandy - to hide the coats.