Living Room Re-do

Our house is a constant evolution. I like to change minor things here and there to make spaces fresh and new. I love doing it, but was sort of stumped with my living room. I previously had tried to rearrange furniture before, but something wasn't right.

Here's what the layout looked like two nights ago:

I chatted with my Decor Pad peeps and they helped come up with some suggestions to make the space cozier. I took their advice, along that of my family, and changed some things up a bit. The room looks much better now, and is on its way up!

Even though the new set-up was 100x better, David and I had been contemplating getting rid of the armoire that holds the TV for quite sometime now. It made its trip from my apartment to our home and has always been too small for the space.

I started perusing the internet for a new TV stand and as luck would have it found the perfect one on craigslist! It was a vintage dresser that the lady was selling for $70! It had nice modern clean lines, was not too tall nor too short, and most of all it had character. I was so excited to find it and was lucky that she had not found a buyer yet! Additionally, it was a true blessing because everything I had liked on other sites were close to $600! So needless to say, those were not going to be mine.

So on Sunday, David and I picked it up in Missouri and brought it back home. I have THE sweetest husband ever and he stayed up until midnight to take apart the old TV armoire, set up the new stand and drill holes for all of the wires!

The only thing I needed to do was buy stain to make the now exposed wood {where the middle set of drawers used to be} match the other wood.

This whole process took less than an hour and less than $25! All I did was paint the conditioner and stain on, and then rub it off. Super easy! : )

Now all we need is a sweet flat screen TV ; )!