Progress in the Living Room

I'm happy to say that we made some progress on the homefront over the weekend, helped by the fact that my weekend was 4 days long (wahoo!!). We finally crossed painting the living room off our to do list and even started in on the kitchen.

Here's how the room looked when the prior owner lived in it:


And here's where we're at right now:


We painted the walls in Behr's Valley Mist (the same color we're using in the dining area and kitchen) and bought a new sofa. Initially we'd placed the sofa right in front of the window, but when we saw the tree in our front yard start to bloom, we realized the sofa needed to be positioned in such a way that we'd get a good view.


Beautiful, right?! Now, we're still far from the collected, slightly kitschy vintage look I'm going for, but at least the furniture is in place. Next up for this room are curtains, artwork and accessories (Charlotte' arrangement on the hutch isn't cutting it). I also have to decide what color to repaint the coffee table. It was a Goodwill find and needs a fresh coat. The safe me thinks I should go for white, to help lighten the brown of the hutch, but the more daring me wonders if red is the way to go - like in my inspiration room. What do you think?

And just cause the armchair in the corner makes me happy, a closeup: