![]() Step 1: Choose your rug or large piece of art. You can see how I make my mood boards here. ![]() I never did this before and I can kick myself for not. I also highly recommend that you create a mood board before you do anything. I’ve since switched out our area rug and a chair, but we’ll talk about that later. I didn’t follow my own advice mainly because when we moved into this house I used everything from our old house. I’ve touched on this before in my Decorating 101 post but I’ll go ahead and give you the living room version cliff notes. (This post contains affiliate links, you can see my full disclosure policy here) Steps to take when designing a living room from scratch I’m just going to give you some easy tips for decorating and you can take it from there. At the end of the day, it all matters what you love in your home. To some, you might prefer the before picture and to some you might before my after picture. Something so simple as painting can make a world of difference. I simply painted and added in some decor and texture to the room. I didn’t knock any walls down, or install any wood trim on the walls or add any wallpaper (yet). This room also goes to show you that you don’t need to do anything crazy to completely makeover a room. I was idiotically upset about having built in bookshelves in this room because I thought they were taking up prime real estate in this smaller scaled room. I’ll be honest, before we moved into this house I was worried that we wouldn’t be able to fit two couches in here. It’s also the room that is half the size of the family room in our old house. This room gets a beating on a daily basis, it’s the room that has the most toys thrown around it, it’s the room that has movie nights with popcorn and the room that the dog loves the most. Oh I am sure I will change out some pillows and rearrange the mantel another 102 times but for now, I am content with this room. ![]() I decided after two years of living in this house and tweaking this room 56,457 times (mainly the mantel) it was time to call this room done…for now. How to decorate your family room so it’s stylish and family friendly. Modern farmhouse living room decor ideas that is also kid friendly. ![]()
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