furniture Update

What's up people!

Sorry its been a while. I've got a lot going on right now so I haven't been able to update as much as I'd like to. I have some new "old" furniture updates! The place is coming along. I'm actually kinda proud because I haven't had to spend much money yet to buy furniture. Most of the spending will be on material to revamp everything. Let me show what we're working with so far.

So, someone was giving away  some slipper chairs on freecycle. She had two of them! I looked online to get an idea of what slipper chairs looked like. Now, there were many variations and the looked cute. I had it in my mind that maybe she was giving away this style.

I thought now that I can work with. Its shaped nicely and it would be easy for me to re-upholster. But, it was not the exact same style she was giving away. I was so pressed to pick these up. Meanwhile, I wasn't quite sure how I was going to place them in the living room. I didn't even ask anyone to come help me. I had to have these chairs! When I got to the Freecycler's home there chairs were already outside. It took me a good ten minutes to try and squeeze them in my car and trunk. I didn't even bring anything to tie the trunk down so instead of taking them one by one I drove with the hazard lights on and the trunk nearly flying open. Good thing the chairs were close by. 

I fooled around with different ways to place the chairs. My living room and is shaped weird so there wasn't many ways I could come up with that looked decent. Plus, my living room isn't that big. This is what I came up with though:

 Here's how it looked before.

I'm actually kind of proud. I thought is would take longer to get decent looking pieces for my home for absolutely free. But so far I think I did a good job. The place is filling up! I think I have enough furniture in place to start the upcycling process. I know you see the couch is still bare. Yes, it is. I've been struggling on what colors I should paint the would. Should I paint the would first? Get the fabric first? Should I just go with the flow? Should everything be matchy-matchy? Do I want contemporary or shabby chic? Eclectic or Romantic? There are so many possibilities. So many influences. When I first moves in my mind was set on brown couches with the decor full of reds, and golds and burnt oranges. It seems like the more I learn about decorating, the quicker what I want changes. I wasn't trying to go overboard with spending money on furniture but since I have spent close to nothing so far, I can go ahead and get the decorating process started! Yay me! Hope you all stay tuned. I will try not to bore you all too much. I'll try to get some more projects done. I'm still working on managing my time between life and blog. I've got so many other things going on. 

See ya soon!