This weekend my wife and I redecorated our living room. Results above. Origin o’ stuff:
Faux-Navajo rug: Home Depot Expo
Couch: Pottery Barn
Side tables: Pottery Barn
Giant leather chair: thrift store
Pillows: Pottery Barn
DVD cases: modified IKEA (I drilled new holes in order to install extra shelf in right place).
Lamps: Pottery Barn
Candlesticks: life; thrift store
Beloved knick-knacks: life; thrift store
Drapes and rods: Pottery Barn
Orange rug by door: thrift store
Photos on wall: brilliant photographer wife
And there you have it.
Remember: I’m not just a blogger. I’m a blogger who’s not afraid to bore you to death.
Love, all. New real post up soon.
Related to this post is my A PINK Wall? God is Outraged!, and Appliance Porn and My Ghetto Laundromat.
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Posted by Helly on October 26, 2009 at 9:20 am
origin: “life”??
Posted by marykretzmann on October 26, 2009 at 10:34 am
I loved this:
“Remember: I’m not just a blogger. I’m a blogger who’s not afraid to bore you to death.”
LOL
Your new room looks beautiful
Joy!
Mary K
Posted by skerrib on October 26, 2009 at 10:34 am
Very nice.
Posted by John Shore on October 26, 2009 at 10:49 am
Helly: Yeah, you know–like, “Picked up over the years.” Hey, man. Don’t make me photograph each one and tell you why we have it. Cuz I’ll do it. I will. Don’t tempt me.
Mary: Well, I thought it only fair to at least acknowledge that I’m threatening to send people into a coma here. But thank you very much for … pretending not to think of it that way.
Posted by Helly on October 26, 2009 at 11:18 am
Aw, go on, I dare you
We’re about to upgrade from a 1-bedroom to a 2-bedroom in our complex, which means we’ll finally have room for *real* furniture like an actual dining set and a couch. That makes articles/pictures of home decorating/furnishings especially interesting to me right now
Posted by Leonardo on October 26, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Where’s the TV?!
Posted by justdoyin on October 26, 2009 at 12:48 pm
lol @ “where’s the TV”…but really; where IS the TV?
Lovely living room u’ve got there, n waoh, ur wife is a good photographer…I could have sworn those pictures were from some top store…
Posted by Lucy on October 26, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I love it, and your wife’s photos add a lovely focal point to the composition! Very nice!!!
Posted by John Shore on October 26, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Well, what lovely things you’ve said! Thank, guys. Hmm…the TV is on the wall opposite the couch (it’s in this whole built-in wall cabinet … thing; I can actually show you a PICTURE of it if you want); and thanks for kind words re: my wife’s photography. She’s an astounding photographer, really. It’s kind of why I fell in love with her, actually.
Posted by Julia on October 26, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Oooh, nice!
I wouldnt mind having a rug like that. Course wouldnt mind having a house built around that rug too…
Posted by Lisa Scott on October 26, 2009 at 8:11 pm
John,
I never imagined you with a pink and red living room. It looks mah-vo-lus!
FYI: Pottery Barn is owned by Williams-Sonoma (WSM) and you’re right – their stock has gone up,
52 week low is $4.35/share and today it closed at $20.30/share!
http://quote.morningstar.com/stock/s.aspx?t=WSM
Next time you plan on buying furnishings… let me know so I can get some shares BEFORE you cause the jack up.
Posted by John Shore on October 26, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Lisa: You HAVE to go see this piece I wrote about this awhile back. It’s called, “Pink! God is Outraged!” and is here:
http://johnshore.com/2008/08/26/pink-god-is-outraged/
Posted by Lisa Scott on October 26, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Very cute.
I have one question though… you had a person (Eun) come to your home to paint ONE wall?
Posted by John Shore on October 26, 2009 at 10:12 pm
No, no: he did our whole interior. But we just had that one wall pink. (I wrote the original in too big a hurry; perhaps I wasn’t clear about that. But, yeah, it was just that one wall. He wasn’t thrilled with the colors we’d chosen in the first place; that pink knocked him over the edge. I thought he was going to QUIT.
Posted by Janelle on October 27, 2009 at 7:12 am
So pretty, John. And so tidy! Where are all the naked barbie dolls and stacks of books? Oh, wait. That’s MY house.
It looks great.
Posted by John Shore on October 27, 2009 at 7:14 am
Janelle: The dolls and stacks of books are in my office. And I’m so not kidding. And thank you.
Posted by Latoya on October 27, 2009 at 8:31 am
Go deh mi decarayta fren!
Posted by John Shore on October 27, 2009 at 8:34 am
For those of my readers who don’t understand Jamaican patois, what our young Jamaican friend Latoya just said was, “Go away, you decadent wrens!” Apparently that’s a colloquial Jamaican saying meaning, “I like your couch!”
Posted by texastee on October 27, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Thanks for the decorating ideas, John! And I was able to use stuff I already had. No new purchases required.
Posted by Judy on October 28, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Pottery Barn is the best. I have a few of their items myself. Well done, John! Yes, yes, I’m easily entertained.
Posted by Selena on October 29, 2009 at 12:07 am
Looks great!
Posted by Melesa Garrison on November 5, 2009 at 9:08 am
I love me some Pottery Barn, John!
Your living room looks great and kuddos to the wife on the photography…We actually just moved into our home in July and still decorating and looking for ideas. Last weekend I framed some of my photography for a guest room and it turned out great!
Not bored at all! I love deco ideas!!!
Posted by Robert Meek on July 6, 2010 at 7:32 am
Gorgeous, all, but am particularly envious of the leather chair and the wonderful hardwood floor!