BEFORE AND AFTER: LIVING ROOM PHOTOS
Continuing our little apartment makeover series, today’s post is about out Living Room! To see the previous Sports Room one, click here. I’m also including our bathrooms since this is a fairly short post.
To be fair, the “Before” picture isn’t really accurate. Our living room didn’t look like that all the time before 
… this was in the midst of our craziness preparing for the party and getting the apartment ready. The major changes to the living room were the lamps, the framed photograph, a side table, a new coffee table, and well… cleaning up. We had our sofas from last year and the TV and swiveling TV mount about 6 months ago.
Nevertheless, here is our “After” photo. Much cleaner, better lighting and some small design additions. Leather sectional and Brown Microfiber ‘Nest’ chair from Urban Barn, Vancouver. Floor lamp and table lamps are both Robert Abbey Fine Lighting “Porter” polished nickel lamps, from Chintz & Co.
Noguchi coffee table from the Modern Source. Samsung TV and Sony surround sound, I believe both were purchased at Future Shop. Photograph is my own (see below) and cheap frame is from IKEA
Framed photo.
Our lounging area! I really love the Nest chair… Allan and I use it for watching TV, playing video games and cuddling… it really fits two people perfectly who want to cuddle and watch TV at the same time… it’s kind of a hybrid between a bed and a couch.
Aluminum Side Bistro Table from Urban Barn. Here’s the Porter table lamp. Silk flowers from Thomas Hobbs, with two of my favourite cookbooks … Gordon Ramsay 3 Star and Araxi’s cookbook.
Our fish tank! Finally cleaned up a bit and the plants are really starting to grow with the new light and CO2 reactor I spoke about in a previous post. In fact, if you check that post and look at the tank now… you can really see how much plant growth there is! We’re really trying to aquascape it to look like a real landscape… almost like something out of the Lion King. Stay tuned, I’m hoping the tank gets better and better. In other news, since the aquarium is open on the top, I’m really happy no one spilled a drink into it at the party!
Here’s my computer setup… dual Samsungs and the Logitech diNovo keyboard set and MX Revolution mouse. I’ve had these for ages and seem to just keep replacing them I like them so much.
I thought I’d include the bathrooms too since this is a bit of a short post. Here’s our Master Bathroom. Brown towels and bathmats from The Bay (Distinctly Home) and photo frames from Walmart. Photos in the frames are below.
Framed photos.
Here’s the guest bathroom. Towels and bathmat from The Bay (Distinctly Home) and photo frame from Walmart. Photo in the frame is below.
Framed photo.
And that’s it! What do you think of our living room makeover?
Tags: before and after, Chintz & Co, Living Room, makeover, Noguchi, Robert Abbey, Thomas Hobbs, Urban Barn
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November 18th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Such a cool place! That “nest” chair had I think 4 people on it at point point! lol
I love how you use your photos around your place. I need to look at doing that sort of thing more.
Don’t ya love Samsung’s monitors? I want to pick up bigger ones now! lol I had 24″ for a while but then had to go back to my dual 19″s.
November 18th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I really do enjoy your photos !
November 18th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I’ve always liked the Noguchi table – good choice.
The nest chair is a bit cumbersome (in that space) in my opinion, but I always am drawn using to the least comfortable furniture.
Your bedroom looks great in person – saving that for another post though?
November 18th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
You new place is absolutely GORGEOUS! You guys have done such a great job on it! You must love your nights in!!
Especially on scary, windy, rainy ones like tonight.
November 18th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
If I had the room for a nest chair I would so get one.
November 18th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
You did a good job on the place, looks awesome. Way less cluttered and clean modern looking, thumbs up!
November 18th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
It’s an awesome job you two did in filling out a place into a true ‘living space’. The swivel mount on the tv is an excellent idea…
I’ve got one suggestion though, I noticed when I was at your party (which rocked) – you really need to get a big photo or a few photos to liven up the wall your computer desk is on… It’s a pretty huge wall, and it felt kind of stark-empty compared to your sports room, bedroom and bathroom.
November 19th, 2009 at 6:16 am
living the dream.. gotta admire the DIY spirit of using your own design ideas, and using prints of your own photos!
November 19th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Love the design and what you did with the Living space
November 19th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Love your place, Allie
It’s so beautiful! The fish tank looks like it’s making magnificent progress, what a lovely addition! And I’m 100% jealous of the Nest chair. I want one please.
November 19th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Nice job so far on the aquascape. I tried to do that once and failed miserably. I didn’t do the CO2 injection and should have.
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Love your diggs. Nice job on the lighting and use of space. Oh and I love that last framed picture with the surfboards!
November 24th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Your place is aweseome! I wish I had your decorating skills, haha. I did love the Sports Room as well.
January 25th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
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