WOW, it feels good to type again.
My year started off with a whirlwind of events (good things mind you) that I am having a hard time getting my thoughts together to blog about,
SO, I will blog about something that is easy and is mostly photos as I received an email this week from Tracy's aunt, asking if I would send her photos of how we turned a large-ish (12x14) bedroom into our TV/media room.
Little bit of background...
we live in a 3000 square foot home, with 1500 of it as a full UNFINISHED basement. There are 3 bedrooms on the main level, but there is no ideal space to have a TV viewing area (we don't want a TV in our kitchen/dining area competing for family time around the dinner table).
For years we have been enamored with simplifying our lives
and trying to pare our life down and really connecting with "Cozy spaces".
So, when we installed our hardwood floor in 2010, we asked the kids if they would be okay if we took the larger bedroom and turned it into our TV room and they would share the smaller bedroom so it would keep us from spending money to finish a TV watching area in the basement.
They were thrilled with the idea and we
LOVE that we have everything we need on the main level
(except food storage/camping holiday storage which is in the basement).
Our TV room is cozy,
has a full sectional, leather chair, computer desk area for Tracy's computer needs (when he's not sitting in a comfy chair with his iPad) and we took the closet and installed shelves to hold DVD's and games. We purchased a heater that fits perfect in one corner, so we can go in and close the door, turn on the heater and have a nice and toasty area to enjoy watching movies together as a family. (since we keep the thermostat set at 62 degrees for our house, it is nice to have a small room to be able to close the door and be warm, without heating up the whole house).
We also have wall sconces that Tracy installed so we have perfect "mood light"!
It is SUCH a perfect use of space...
not too big, not too small, but just right!
Here are photos of the finished TV room
AND photos of the kids room.
(we still need to get things hung on the wall, but we are enjoying it just the way it is at the moment)
TV/Media room
Kids Bedroom...
Progress is good...
It feels good to make headway on home improvement projects...it will be a glorious day when we finally get the rest of our house finished with new tiles in the laundry room/bathrooms, painted walls, freshly painted kitchen cabinets, baseboards reattached and painted and lots of trim work and built-in shelves.
It feels good to make headway on home improvement projects...it will be a glorious day when we finally get the rest of our house finished with new tiles in the laundry room/bathrooms, painted walls, freshly painted kitchen cabinets, baseboards reattached and painted and lots of trim work and built-in shelves.
Until then, I will enjoy what improvements we have done!
