Living Room Change

Hello, everyone....I think I have all

the problems with my computer all 

worked out.  I restored my computer

back to before I put IE8 on it, then a

tech, from McAfee, put it on again! My

virus protection wasn't working and

they blamed it in IE....I got the IE8 off 

again and I downloaded Firefox and 

everything is working, just fine!  I went

to McAfee and downloaded my virus 

protection, again....It was updating, but

it wouldn't do a scan.....Blogger gave me

fits, last week, too....I guess they were

working on it, because there is a different 
window, for posting pictures, now.

Now, for the living room...it takes up what

was the original living room, plus what was

the garage, so it is pretty big and it is in an

L shape.

This is a before pic taken while standing in 
the old part of the living area, looking into 
the garage area, 

This one is before, looking around the 
corner, it wastaken while standing in 
front of the couch.

 

You can see that this is the side wall 

and the one behind the TV....They really 

needed some work on them....I still need

to do some more, when I repaint, but it 

isn't going to be right away....I would like

a different color, but....

Here you can see that there were a lot of

books to move!

More books, and this isn't all of them!

After:

Now we have the cubbies together,

behind the couch on the wall where the

TV was.

Stitcheries on this wall, I took the Betsy

Ross from the hall, as an after thought, and

it really needs to be moved up. I think I 

will move it over to the right, on the top

row, where the two smaller ones are.

In the corner, next to the cubbies, we 

put the round oak table, that belonged

to hubby's great grandmother.  We don't

use this door, anyway....It was in front of

the picture window, but I put two windsor

chairs there....

This after pic, above was while standing 
behind the couch....I saw in this pic, that 
I needed to tighten up the blind.  I am 
going to take it down, when I find a way
to keep the shutters in place...I know
that hinges will not work. There are
windows behind them, and the sun would
bounce off the van, and make it hard to 
watch TV, when it was on the back wall. 
I have that black checked throw on the 
wing chair, because my big bear, Bubba
was sitting in it, and he has a red/black 
checked tie...I have a red chenille cover,
that I can put on it....

I had this on the mantel, then I got these

houses from Lorna....There are 3 houses,

but they wouldn't all fit.

I like the houses on the mantel, better.

This after pic was taken while standing

near the hutch.

This one is from the garage part, looking

into the original living room, toward the

hutch...I decided to move the table, after 

this picture.

This how it looks, now...I am wanting to
take a bunch of the bears, out of the living 
room, to make it look less cluttered.  I am
thinking of putting them on the top of the 
shelves in the spare bedroom....You can
see that there are too many bears in the
living room.  I am going to take that ugly
shade down, one of these days and make
some curtains to put up...I planned on 
putting handmade shutters, across the
bottom, with star cut outs.....Well, that 
hasn't happened, yet....I hope we can 
get them done, before it gets cold, 
because I would rather paint, outside.

You can see that I have a wardrobe in
my living room....We have our coats in it, 
because it will not go into the bedroom,
the hall is too narrow and it is too long,
to make it through the doorway. It is too
tall, also.

Well, that is the tour, for now...I will 
show you my Fall decorating, later.  I
have some bittersweet coming, from my
MIL and I won some Fall goodies in a
give away.....I bought a pumpkin and 
gourds, but the place where I get mums,
hasn't gotten them in, yet....I will be 
putting my scarecrow outside, after
I get some mums.  I am wanting to find
some grapevine to decorate around the 
front door, but so far, no luck....I wished
I had thought of it when I was in Texas, 
last time....I know of a place where it 
grows up a tree. I have really enjoyed 
seeing how you all have been decorating
your homes!  Like lots of you, this is my
favorite season!
 

I would like to welcome my new followers
and thank you all for hanging in there 
with me!

Until next time...

Bear Hugs~Karen