Wednesday, June 4, 2008

can you work with this?

ok, nester, am i looking at a lost cause?

Living room- notice no pillows, can't decide on a color, pattern, etc..... the pony wall behind couch separates the living room from the formal dining room (which we converted to a sitting room)
Living room angle from the front door. Hutch in corner is TV, i have my grandmothers silver tea service on top. why? fireplace is off to the left, ugh...
These high arches separate the two rooms- very high ceiling in living room. notice the pillows, i snagged them from the master bedroom. yes, no?




This is what we so affectionately call the "sitting room", my brother in law designed and made these benches for us. take notice of the different fabrics going on in there, i just can't decide... actually, i don't think i like any of them. oh bother......this is a wider view of the entire room. i hate the window treatments- hate! i'm just stumped. this room has a high ceiling as well. as i stated before - it use to be the living room. we decided that since so much goes on in the kitchen, we would switch things up a bit.


another view of sitting room and wall which i would like to either have bookshelves OR a family photo wall? any thoughts...

a desk that i use for photos, etc...

a not very attractive view of the kitchen through the sitting room...



well, as you can see, it's a work in progress. i like our home and trying to be content with what God has given me, but, it's a real struggle right now, because i'm not in love with our home. i come from a very traditional new england background, and i do appreciate that style, i'm looking to mix it up a little. i throughly enjoy what you've done in your home...

this is just a start.. i will post more tomorrow, now that i have a hang of this blogging world.

many thanks!
kari

2 comments:

The Nester said...

um, your home is beautimous!

you need no help. but, if you want it'll I'll throw in my 2cents!

Let me check back later and look at it again! loving this!

are you richie rich? again--do you know how pretty your house is?

The Nester said...

so tell me exactly what you want advice on--furniture placement? colors, fabrics? everything?

I would love you to move around a few things. I think you said the fireplace was not centered. Is it centered with the arched openings behind your sofa? Is your sofa lined up infront of the fireplace?