Living Room Makeover

We decided to tackle the living room this year, we have been wanting to get it redecorated for a while now but something else usually crops up.

The last time it was painted was back in November 2015, so it's seriously needing a refresh. Instead of repainting it, I wanted wallpaper, so it has taken us a while to find affordable wallpaper that we liked. I wanted it pink and colourful to brighten the room up.

We came across this wallpaper that we both loved from wallpaper direct, so we ordered it and it came less than a week later!

We also ordered it in mint green for our bedroom, it is next on the agenda!

We started by painting the ceiling white.

Below are some before photo's.

Excuse the countless rugs and beds, this 16 years and 6 month old is the culprit.

We also thought it was time to do away with this faux window. Scott made it and installed it back in 2012, to give us more light in the hall, but a couple of years ago he installed a sky light in the hall ceiling, so it wasn't needed anymore and I liked the idea of having a spare couple of walls!

Scott removed it on 28th February.

We moved the shelves up a bit.

15th March 2025, we started putting the wallpaper on.

We had to eat our lunch downstairs.

Finished for tonight.

We continued on 16th March.

Eating lunch with the pasting table in front!

My pride and joy, the limited edition Trixie Mattel print Scott bought me for Valentine's Day. (It doesn't have the writing through it, I put it there so it couldn't be copied)

I am over the moon how it turned out, seriously, the photos don't do it justice!

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