If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you’ll know that we have been renovating our little house by the sea for some time now. This sounds like a fun idea, but trust me, living in a building site is not fun at all. When you work full time things also take 100 times longer than expected too – it’s tough to find motivation pick up a paintbrush after a long day at work, so just recently we’ve just been moving at a snails pace (hence the fact I still haven’t posted our finished bathroom post – yet!) It’ll all be worth it in the end, I’m sure.
As the bathroom is nearly finished, we’ve recently been focusing my attention on our living room. We’ve had lots of changes recently, we had our floors sanded back to reveal floorboards that are over 100 years old, we also had some shelving built, which gives the room such a warm homely feel, I could literally spend all day everyday here, curled up with the pup and a book, it’s turning out to be my perfect chill out zone.
The final part of the project is to add a gorgeous, comfy sofa, some cushions and some final finishing touches to make it the perfect living space. The theme is quite neutral and grey, but we both love quirky touches, bursting with personality to make the room unique so I hope we can add a personal touch in some way and the room doesn’t look too sterile.
Firstly choosing the sofa has been tricky, we have a little small area for a sofa and I desperately wanted a corner sofa, but the space is just too small, so I’ve been looking at 3 seaters with a matching footstool/pouffe. Pushed together it’s practically as good as a corner sofa, right? Plus it’s a little more practical as you can use it for extra seating if we have people round and such.
To go with our grey theme, here were our top contenders for a new sofa:
Option 1 – Porto 3 Seater | Option 2 – Chester in Black and White | Option 3 – Wilmot Grey Sofa | Option 4 – Hyde in Grey
We ended up going for the Porto 3 Seater Sofa, which although is probably the plainest one out of the four choices, it’s almost a perfect ‘blank canvas’ to jazz up with different cushions and soft blankets. It’s also quite a dark in colour and made with a hardy fabric which is essential for us with a naughty little puppy in the house like Robbie (who loves to snuggle on the sofa so we couldn’t say no).
I also really love these gorgeous colourful items to add finishing touches to the room…
Custard Cream | Neom Complete Bliss Range Scented Candle | Brighton Icons Print | Geometric Cushion | Geometric Pyramid Succulent Planter | Custard Cream
So, thats the planning done, it’s time to put it into action! If you love a nosey in other peoples homes, you’ll love what is coming up over the next week or so. I’ve got two posts coming up with a full tour of both our new bathroom and living room, with before and after photos. Watch this space!
Here is our DIY Journey so far…
Bathroom – Planning the bathroom | Living in a building site | Bathroom Update 1
Living room – Restyling our living room floors | Adding a personal touch
Post written in collaboration with Habitat
Those planters look fab. I like the sofas too, they are very stylish. x
I love couch number one – looks comfy and the color with go with many things!
Oooh lovely, I’m after a new couch, thanks for the inspo. x #MakingHome
You have to love a “blank canvas”. Jazzing it up is always fun. Nice choice.
I had new sofa’s last year, its so tricky finding one that looks good from a stye perspective, is the right colour and of course comfortable. I love the second grey sofa in your selection, and I’m looking forward to seeing your before & after room makeovers.
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Angela – Garden Tea Cakes and Me
We have gone grey in our front room too. I agree that it makes a fab neutral background #MakingHome
Some great ideas here thank you!