It usually looks like this....on an organized day. Of course, I have changed the artwork due to my decorating ADD. I have at least completed painting the trim white :)
This was a huge upgrade from what the house originally looked like when we moved in and the piles of crap/junk that made it look completely unorganized. I have since decided that this is too unorganized for me and that since we have a large closet in the living room, all of these lovely things can be
Mommy needs a more grown-up entryway. :)
Mr. TSL has this super old dresser that he grew up with and his mom redid and I'm sure it was nice until he got a hold of it. It's a giant eyesore now. But, I can fix it!! :) He decided to bumper sticker it. I loathe bumper stickers. It's not that I don't laugh at a good one, but overall I just despise them. They don't look good on furniture either.
It looked like this before:
My original plan was to paint the shell of it gray/grey and stain the drawers dark wood. Something like this:
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| this will be the color of our new floor too! :) It's not in yet...boo :( |
Then, I saw this from East Coast Creative formerly The Real housewives of Bucks County:
And I am thinking it would look great all gray/grey sort of like this, but with the drawers missing like the one above:
See our living room is laid out like this:
-Make your life beautiful!!
The lovely pictures are all from my living room board on pinterest.
I'd go with something like the numbered drawers. I can't tell you how nice it is to be able to get things out of sight. Then maybe you can find a nice simple wall hutch for above or possible add a scrapbooked wipe off family calendar above. I have one over on my blog or you can check pinterest. I'm excited to see your new entryway!!
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