The living room is the hub of our home. It’s the place where friends and family gather and memories are being made that will forever live long after we are gone. One of Abbie’s dreams when looking for a home was to have a fireplace that would be reminiscent of some of her homes she had growing up in Georgia. Since growing up in Houston, I never shared in that sentiment but part of love is compromise so we always knew we would add a fireplace to our home at some point. When we started the initial living room renovation, we knew that we would later come back and add the fireplace to the room. The room originally had a dingy white wall with a gas wall heater. This worked to our advantage because we would later repurpose the gas line to use for the ventless natural gas fireplace. We…
We’re not sure if it was intentional, but somehow it just made sense to tackle the house in order so next came the living room. The living room is the first room just on the other side of the sunroom and is technically the first space of our home. We probably spend more time in this room than any other and we absolutely love how it turned out. We previously tackled the biggest eyesore of the room by adding the shiplap wall. You can check that out here. The renovation began by adding 3” crown molding. Next came scraping back old paint and then freshening up the room with a new coat of white paint and painting an accent wall. There was some minor electrical of work splitting the recessed lighting into zones and adding dimmers perfect for movie nights. The furniture and styling made the room come to life.…