Redesign After: Camana's Living Room

Remember the Camana's Living Room from Friday?  Here is their finished room design!

1. Chocolate Velvet Slipper Chairs from Target

2. Incognito Compact Desk from Crate and Barrel-This desk is great because it has plenty of storage and workspace, but when needed, can close up completely and look like an accent piece instead.

3. Modern Rock Wool Rug from Overstock.com.  This rug brings in some color and a simple pattern to pull the space together.

4. Tambe Walnut Coffee Table from Crate and Barrel-This beautiful walnut coffee table brings some of the earthy element into the space that the Camana's wanted.

5. Arlington Sofa upholstered in Caramel Twill from Pottery Barn

6. Retro Wall Canvases from Etsy seller Marie's Cosy Cushions

7. Media Stand from Crate and Barrel

8. Carmen Pillow in Teal and Chartreuse from Crate and Barrel-We'll bring in a little more color to the seating by adding these beautiful pillows.  They provide some great colors and bringing in subtle texture.

9. Gorgeous velvet window panels from West Elm.  This will warm up the walls which, since they are currently renting, cannot be painted.  (Or try JcPenney's for the same ones at a little better price.)

10. Aspelund Wardrobe from IKEA, Painted Espresso Brown.  They don't have any storage space for jackets and boots, so this will give them a nice piece that can double as a coat closet.

11. Sphere Table Lamp from West Elm placed on the circle end tables they already have.

Overall, the space accomplished all their goals AND stayed under their budget!  Thanks so much for letting us assist you in your living room design!

Katie's Living Room Redesign

Katie has a difficult space to design.  There's a lot going on and her house was built in the 50's when they loved using lots of wood wainscoting and sometimes wood paneling for the entire wall.  Remember her before pictures?  Here's her redesign:

1-2. Let's paint!  Paint the Wainscoting Sherwin Williams color  6090 Java (1), and paint the ceiling Sherwin Williams color 2813 Downing Straw (2).  Leave the ceiling beams exposed but paint between them.  This will help accentuate the beams and help to tie in our other wood pieces throughout the space.

3. Linen Wallcovering.  This will provide a nice textured finish above the wainscoting in the room.  It will keep things nice and neutral while providing a more earthy feel to the room.

4. Keep things clean but understated with the Sheffield Sofa from Chiasso.  This is a great priced sofa for the design!  It's very unassuming, and although large, doesn't seem to take up space because of the small scale of the legs and arms.

5.  Accent the sofa with some great earthy pillow covers from IKEA in green and blue.

6. Stumped Block Stool End Tables topped with a glass top for a larger table top space for accessories and a lamp.

7. Light things up with this great Walnut Cutout Lamp.  This is a great clean lined lamp and adds some warmth to the room with the beautiful walnut base!

8. The Audrey Coffee Table from Overstock.com is also a clean lined piece that help us go with the more earthy feeling of the room.  I LOVE the mixture of the dark and light woods.  This piece is gorgeous and a steal for only $220.

9. Custom Paneled Fireplace (idea from Rex Brown).  Build out the sides and top with wood paneling painted to match the wainscoting.  With your leftover linen wallcovering, add it to the insets between the molding above the fireplace.  By building out the paneling you will leave room behind to run the cable through the frame and add enough wood blocking to hang your TV above the fireplace making just one focal point for the entire space.  (This also let's your husband keep some of the brick that he liked, while keeping it understated  and making the mantle and above the fireplace more of a focal point.)

10-12. Top off with a few natural accessories like a vase from Salmon Pottery(10), a bud vase from Lurearts (11), and some walnut picture frames from Black Elm (12).


Thanks Katie for letting me redesign your space!  It was tons of fun and might be one of my new favorite redesigns!  Want us to redesign YOUR space?  Click here.