The Inspired Room – Voted Readers’ Favorite Top Decorating …

One of my goals this year was to go room by room in my house to makeeach space more organized and functional. Ive been doing a lot of thinking and planningforrooms like my family room, master closet, office and a craft closet. But one of the rooms in my house has always been a bit more of a puzzle. Its been in process for about three years or so. Because Im slow like that.

Acouple of years ago I decided our living roomreally wasnt working for us as a typical living room. I removed all of the furniture andstarted reimagining it as more of a useful gathering areasince it wasconnected toour entry.

I also wanted the living room spaceto be more useful to the small adjoiningdining room. Sometimes we have larger groups in our home and its handy to have even a little a space to expand into when we need additional seating. Ive been evolving my dining room into a brighter more casual eating space soof course, the evolution of thatroomimpacts the living room. When your house is all connected it definitely requires a little more thoughtto the flow of the spaces.

I thought about turning the living room into the dining room and even moved our table in there for awhile to test it out, but really didnt like how it felt as a dining room with such a high ceiling.

I didnt want it to be a craft room or an office since it would likely always be a mess and no one wants to face that as they walk in the front door or down the stairs every morning. So, after considering the options we decided itneeded to be treated just as a small sitting space between the entry and dining room.

You might remember the progressionof this room from the time we moved in until now. Here is how it looked when we bought the house (above)in all its swine gloryprior to being painted.

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