House Tour :: Living Room

One of our biggest projects when we moved was rethinking our living room completely. Not only does our new house have a very, very different lay out from our last few places, but our couch has been thrown around from a few places in Cincinnati to two places here in PA already. The three seater IKEA Ektorp was fine back when it was me, Jason, and a guinea pig in a 500 square foot apartment. But now, with more guests coming in and out, two dogs, and triple that amount of space, our old couch wasn't working anymore. Put alongside that the super, duper cheap IKEA coffee table and side tables we bought back in 2008 are all dead (literally, Raynor annihilated that 40 dollar coffee table about 6 months ago. We started picking out things we wanted here and there to go along with things we have already have (and dragged from Cincinnati to Florida to Pennsylvania). And finally, it's all come together. Still, most of our house is from IKEA. I love it.

We're really happy with our new IKEA couch. Our plan actually wasn't to buy another IKEA couch, but the deciding factor came when I took a photo of a Pottery Barn couch in a slightly lighter shade of gray. Upon seeing the photo, Jason asked if my mom and I had gone to Baltimore after all? Why were we at IKEA? The comfort level was the same as the IKEA couch, only nearly triple the price (and at the outlet too). We're really happy with what we have, and have a special little DIY coming on how to personalize furniture a bit next Monday!

custom pet beds (similar on etsy) // ikea karlstad corner sofa in sivik gray // ikea besta tv shelves

target RE side tables // ikea expedit shelving unit (on side & old) // umbra wall hooks and shelf

ikea poang arm chair (old) // ikea lamps // samsung tv // xbox 360 halo reach edition

halo 3 legendary edition master chief head // the gorgonist star wars illustrations

cave johnson talking portrait // giant spiderman LE replica

custom coasters // disney stitch & the ugly duckling print