The Living Room,"before"

Here is Amanda's brand new living room, nicely furnished and functional.She has done a fine job of furniture placement. That sleek, skinny new TV could actually stay right there and not bother anybody. Well, except maybe me. I vote we hide it. And, as I'm not a fan of fans, we'll replace this one with some drama. What the heck. Let's replace EVERYTHING with some drama.......

The Living Room Strips Down

It all had to go before I could begin to transform.

Amanda's Living Room

Here is the living room "before".Pretty nice just as it is. Amanda has a good sense of design, color, and scale. Of course, I'll have to HIDE that TV, even though it is new, handsome and not hideous (for my feelings on "hideously huge" TV's, check the previous project).

One of my Failures

One of my first purchases was a hip blue suede 50's sofa. Here it is covered in sheets to protect it from Harley. After a month of trying to fall in love with it, Donna confessed it wasn't comfortable. It was like a pair of stilettos...looks sexy but unwearable.
We spent 8 hours together "trying on" sofas. She had said from the beginning she wanted a comfy sectional. I didn't listen, hence this rather large mistake. We moved it back down the tiny staircase and into a resale shop.

Here is the living room, with just a hint of the dining room. It is a scary hint. As in the next photo, all we really see is the window. AND, in the lower left corner, the scariest item in the whole apartment, THE HUGE TELEVISION!!!!!!!! This television would work well in a sports bar, hung way up on a wall for hundreds of people to watch. What to do with it?

In this picture of the living room, we again see the BIG picture window. Usually, I am excited about BIG windows because they let in light and provide a view. However,THIS view was of the parking garage roof, parked cars, and an appliance graveyard. Donna assured me she saw only the beautiful trees in the FAR distance. I assured her everyone else would see only the parking garage roof, the parked cars, and the appliance graveyard. My dilemma? How to hide that"view" and still let in the most light?