I have (slowly) been organizing my house to be put on the market. Last week, I managed to clear out our living room–I had packed/taped boxes and boxes from Christmas filling one-third of our living room! I also took a few pieces of furniture to storage. The room looks so bare to me now–I keep my walls pretty full, but have removed almost everything to “de-personalize” the room:

As you can see from the picture, there are a few things I need to do to this room: remove the curtain rod over the window, replace mini-blinds with white wooden blinds, and I might also put the glider in storage.

The above picture was taken from our entryway–the buffet is on the right, and as you enter the room, the couch in the forefront is against a set of windows parallel to the windows on the back wall.

The bar is perpendicular to the big couch. I had kept the piano under the bar for years, simply because I could not figure out a better arrangement with our furniture. You might not be able to see from the pictures, but our living room does not have a single *blank* wall–every wall has either a doorway or windows. That makes furniture arrangement a challenge! When I took our broken rocker/recliner to storage last week, it made the perfect space for the piano, and I was able to buy a couple of bar stools for the bar.
A few years ago, I created a faux mantle above the bar (and I hope to have an “after” picture later of a dusted, re-arranged mantle and straightened tapers, LOL!). I bought the shelf in Cuero, then found the mirror for $10 at an antique store, sconces 2/$5 at another shop, and crystal bobeches (placed at base of taper candles to catch wax) for $1 each at a market.

Our piano bench needs help (well, the entire piano could use refurbishing, but it will have to wait until after the move), so I moved it to storage and bought this bench from Big Lots for $50. I love how it looks with the piano and the toile runner~black/white/rattan. I do need to take the plate rack off the wall and the two containers of plates on the top right of the piano to storage…I am also considering centering the oval mirror above the piano.
I think, besides the few odds and ends in this room, that the finishing touch to this room would be paint–but we are unable to paint for a few reasons. One thing we are considering is offering a paint allowance upon the sale of the house…
We will be working on the last details of this room this weekend and I hope to have pictures to post next week!
Kat
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