And what better way to get into the Christmas spirit, than with a Christmas Advent Calendar to count down the days?
If you just clicked over to check out last year’s living room post, then the first thing you’ll probably notice is that we got a whole bunch of new furniture!.With a fourth person in the house, we were definitely in need of some more seating so we had the sectional and the chair made in really durable fabrics that can stand up to a little boy jumping all over them and smearing various food products into them all day long.. We really do spend the majority of our time in here playing and hanging out and eating and playing some more so this room really needs to be tough and also comfortable..
The one major thing that we didn’t change in here since last year is the rug.I’ve actually had a lot of people ask me about this rug even though it’s really just a super cheap, basic rug from a big box store.It came from those bins with the rolls of rugs that are meant to be put in a garage or somewhere really utilitarian.
We wanted to get something that we could really make a mess of, basically, and then not feel bad about when it’s time to throw it out in a year or two.We thought that as long as we got something grey-ish, it would probably look decent enough until we’re ready to get something fancy that won’t have food squished into it daily..
I really do still like this rug a lot even though it was only $80 for this big size.
I like the color and the basic texture and I like that it seems to pass for something nicer than what it really is..Check out my new desk that I’m going to refinish as soon as school starts up again.
Isn’t it (going to be) lovely?.let’s take a little closer look at what’s going on here….
Back to shchooll?.Are you in the mood for Back To School yet?I know in some places, the kids have been back for a couple of weeks already, but here we don’t go back until after Labour Day.