Vintage Chic Living Room

My Vintage Chic Living Room

Make-over...

 Not often do I post the decorating I am working on,

but I had to share this one..

My living room was in despair and in need of a makeover!!

My house is from the 1930's; very old, in 
different stages of repair and 
was actually
vacant for many years before we moved in..

 We have been slowly re-doing everything

a little at a time. Money and hours

permitting.

The living room had plank wood floors, that had 

been painted over several times. Not really 

the type of floors you can rehab..

I found great inspiration on Pintrest

for updated painted floors!

 

Here is what the room looked like to 

start with, all cleared out...

Eeeekkk!

I had a very dusty lens for the photo below,but you get the idea

The floor was always tough to clean and 

I had area rugs covering most of floor space..

I wanted to find shades of paint

that were very neutral and

would match any

 redecorating in the future..

I picked "cottage white" for the floors

and "linen" for the walls and squares..

                     

                     

We used an oil based gloss paint

for the floors

which smelled awful,

we had to section off this 

part of the house

for days!!! But it gave

                    the shine I was looking for..

Getting the room taped is a job left

for when it is cool

in the late evening

after you went to

 the lake all afternoon.
LOL

 The difficulty in making

straight lines when

you have a crooked

house! grrr! Thank goodness

my guy is a remodeling genius

 We went with floating squares

as oppose to the traditional

checkered pattern..

Looking the opposite direction..

close-up of the colors..

I had so much fun putting

the room back together!!!

The benches are handmade out of 

salvaged old wood

by my dad, and painted 

flat black..

The room is an odd size

its long and narrow,

the narrow benches

take up way less room

than any kind of coffee

table would...

A salvaged buffet, painted with

new pulls makes a great

storage for overflow

DVDs and books

A great vintage wooden 

printing type tray

used as wall art

Looking the opposite way

fave chair and new pillow

from IKEA, and wire

to hang art

also from IKEA..

Birgit Cushion $17.99 

POÄNG Chair $69.00 

The art wall is a small collection now,
but I am
hoping to expand..

 

Some of my fave 

flea market/yard sale 

 finds:

Red wing crock, it was

a amazing price because of the 

crack, but it makes a

great place to keep

blankets handy to cuddle

up with...

Wire basket with linen liner
great for storing extra cords, magazines, books

Shoeshine box/bench, I bought 
this at a yard sale for $5
it got a bit of paint and
some distressing..

New frame with old photo of my Dad and Grandfather 
on the tractor.
a vintage candlestick, and a 
vintage cracker jack box

A vintage candle holder, with a collection
 glass and metal door knobs 
at its base..

A new Buddha sitting on top of
very old books!

Overall, I am pretty happy with the new
and improved floor. I also
am loving the clean lines of the room!
Knowing myself I will constantly 
be adding and subtracting
from the style, but for now
I can sit back and enjoy..

I hope this post has
given you some inspiration and ideas!