A Few Changes

While most of the kids were still home on New Year's Day, we took advantage of the muscle power present and moved the furniture in our family room down to the basement.  Even though the couches have been great for the last 10 years, Steve has never really been able to sit comfortably on them.  So we decided they would serve us well for a viewing area downstairs.  We moved some of the even older furniture upstairs (you can see it in the previous "Mr. Creativity" post) to use temporarily and set out to look for a new couch.  We also added a couple of chairs that are good for the back.  Then yesterday, we got the new carpet that we had decided upon and finally put the room together.  It is a way different look with the darker furniture and darker, thick, shag carpet.  Steve and I both agree that it reminds us a little of carpet back in the 70's except much more cushiony and soft.  So, here are some photos of the process and of our new room.


There goes the old carpet....


...and the padding


New carpet going in... I have to admit as I watched the process, I had real second thoughts about our choice of carpet.  I felt a little like I was in a time warp.  But once it was all done.....


...I thought it looked great!!!  And it is soooo soft!!!


Here's Megan trying out the room after the boys and I got most of the stuff moved back in.


A view from the center hall....


.....and from the living room


The finished product has a much warmer feel to it.

Since we had some left over paint from when we painted the family room a few years ago, we painted just the TV area in the basement with that paint and it made a big difference.  We still need to paint the hall/stair/computer area, but the viewing area looks great.

One view of the new TV area (ok... not that new)

A view showing the line where the paint ends

So, it's kind of a blue/tan motif now and feels a little more like a room.

Sometimes little changes make a big difference!!