Love the house you live in - Part 2

The Living Room

After decluttering, I started moving around furniture. 

Being lucky enough to work with CAD software on a daily basis I was able to move the furniture around digitally before committing to any kind of layout. The upstairs of our house is a large open concept where the living room flows into the dining area into the kitchen. 

Do you know what also flows? Clutter. 

 

The goal is to eventually put back some walls that had been taken down by previous owners, and give spaces a dedicated purpose. And to slow that flow of clutter!

Currently, this is what the space has been changed to. An open sided Ikea bookshelf allows for light from the window to flow through the room, while also creating a small reading nook. Lighting is a big issue in this room, and will be addressed when we go through renovations

No large scale remodelling renovations are planned for this space, they'll just include the items shown below in red. A bit of the wall will be extended, a post to be added (previously the whole dashed line had been a full wall that previous owners decided to take down. While the wall wasn't structural, it caused a bit of cracking in the ceiling) and a new window to be added (which, ok... that might be large scale as it'll involve re-doing siding on the exterior.. but that's due to be redone in the next 5ish years, so we'll add the window at that time).

I'll get more into the details of colors / house style in another post, as some of the items I'm able to implement right away, without worrying about the renovations being completed.

In the mean while, here's a worksheet I made to help narrow my ideas on what I wanted the feel of our house to be. I ended up doing this for each room, and will rely on it to ensure a consistent flow.

In case you were wondering, I've decided to name my house them "Romantic French Farmhouse"