Our Two Story Living Room Reveal
Anyways, today’s post focuses on the other side of our living room. And to be quite honest, you want to know the real reason I photographed it separately? Because our home is so open that the other side of our living room opens up to lots of other rooms. Which means I’d have to clean. And that day, I just didn’t feel like doing all that jazz.
BEFORE
THE PROCESS
I might go really far and say that this is actually one of my favorite room reveals ever. Three things that I really focus on when I design a space are on full display in this room: scale, color and the element of surprise. First, scale… I truly think that scale is one of the most neglected elements of design. Or maybe misused or misunderstood is a better term. A room with a lot of little things looks busy and no matter how amazing each element may be, they’ll all get lost in translation. My advice: GO BIG. Obviously going big is key in a large room but you can even make it work and make it amazing in a smaller space as well! For our living room, I chose a 4′ tall chandelier to really create a stunning showpiece that accentuates the room as well as the ceiling. I also did a large area rug, a huge sectional and other large elements in the room. Second… color. You all know that I love color but I also really really love when I can make it work and flow into multiple areas of a home. Although no room “matches”, they all flow with the help of central design elements. Finally… the element of surprise. This one just might surprise you! One thing that I literally love MOST about designing a room is adding those unexpected elements that keep you wanting more. That make you want to peek around every corner. The things that make you say “WOW!” For this space, there are so so many elements of surprise… the two wallpapered side walls, the whimsical artwork hanging 15′ high, the wallpapered hallway that peeks down from the upstairs hallway, the bright teal butler’s pantry, the black coffered ceiling, the wallpapered bookshelves. See what I mean? So here’s grand tour numero deux!
AFTER
SHOP OUR LIVING ROOM:
SHOP OUR LIVING ROOM:
Source List:
Wall Color- Ponder by Sherwin Williams
Ceiling Color- Minute Mauve by Sherwin Williams
Trim Color- Downy by Sherwin Williams
Door & Coffered Ceiling Color- Custom Mix of 1/2 Stunning Shade 1/2 Darkroom by Sherwin Williams
Sectional- Macy’s
Bookcase Wallpaper- Spoonflower
Bookshelf Decor- HomeGoods
Black/Gold Mirror- Bombay Company
Seahorse Lamps, Small Topiaries, Gold Deer, Throws & Wood Candleholders – HomeGoods
XOXO, Brittany Hayes
MY FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE IS MIRACLE ON 34th STREET. IT IS A RECENT TRADITION TO WATCH AS A FAMILY.
My favorite movie right now is Elf. I LOVE Will Ferrell and nothing is better than a great laugh!
A Christmas Story!
A Muppets Christmas Carol!
When my sisters and I were youngsters we’d watch it every year. Now that we all live in our own homes we all have our own copies and call eachother when we watch it (mainly so we can sing together!) haha.
My Favorite movie is, A Christmas Story
Love sitting down with my Husband ( empty nesters) with a bowl of popcorn, cozy Blanket after the house is all Decorated for Christmas and watching this movie.
My idea of a Friday night…
Would LOVE this! I have a large living room with 20′ ceilings and need something desperately for a large, blank area.
it’s a 15+ year tradition my hubbie & I watch Christmas vacation while wrapping the last of the gifts. may not be my FAVORITE movie, but it’s high on the list due to the meaning behind it for me! happy holidays everyone!!!!!
The Christmas Story
Elf….. No matter how many times we watch it as a family …..We laugh and giggle and the stress of the season melts away. 🙂
A Christmas carol and I’m supporting the arts and going to see the play tonight 🙂
I love A Christmas Story and also love the old school Rudolph movies I grew up on!
I love all Christmas movies. My favorite are all that I enjoy the decorations. “The holiday” I believe gave me the love for the rustic cottage Style
Home alone!
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Elf is probably my favorite! Thank you for the opportunity to win some great goodies!
The Grinch (with Jim Carrey) is a tradition in my family, we watch it together every year while decorating the tree! I love it because it’s funny, FULL of Christmas, and heart warming all at the same time. And reminds us that Christmas is about giving.
It’s a Wonderful Life- it’s a classic! The end gets me every time!
A Christmas Story!
When I was a child I always looked forward to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. As an adult, though…. I love The Polar Express.
We absolutely adore the movie Miracle on 34th Street.
We want to implement core values into our littles who are Four, Two and a half and ten months. This movie brings back hope during Christmas, love towards others and second chances.
LOVE this sweet Movie!
Merry Christmas, Gals!
Christmas Vacation!!! I grew up watching this with family on Christmas Eve! Still laugh as much as I did 20 years ago!! 🙂
My favorite is probably Santa Claus with Tim Allen. I like Christmas with the Kranks and Elf especially when I need a good laugh!
Love the chandelier, the two globe chandeliers behind your couch, and the gold floral wallpaper!
How long have you had this house and it taken you to make your house look this amazing?
Home Alone is my favorite Christmas movie! It was the very first movie I ever saw in the movie theater and I was as much in awe of his house then as I am the homes you display on the blog! I was terrified for Kevin and so relieved when he was reunited with his family! Still a great watch after all these years. 🙂
I love Elf and The Christmas Story. I love all of the elements of your living room! The wallpaper with the blue accents and that chandelier! Nice work 🙂
My most favorite Christmas movie that I must watch every year is national lampoons Christmas Vacation! It’s a family favorite every holiday!
My favorite movie is Prancer! My kids adore it as well 🙂 o love your 2 story ceilings and the way you incorporate color. Absolutely stunning!
‘Love Actually’ – I don’t think it was meant to be a Christmas film but we always watch it during the holidays! Multiple times if I’m lucky!!
Home Alone! Love watching it with my family during the holidays. It brings back so many childhood memories.
Love the Mickey cartoon Christmas. It’s short and probably not even technically a movie, but the scene w/Tiny Tim’s little crutch in the graveyard……ahhhhh! It breaks my heart every time! (And thankfully it’s just a dream sequence!
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation hands down! I think I have the entire movie memorized!
A Christmas Story 🙂
Elf, because it makes my kids giggle :). Love your living room!!
My favourite Christmas movie us called “A Christmas MIRACLE” IT CAME out in the early 89 s when I was a kid and I watch it every year with my dad!
Christmas Vacation!!!
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
My favorite movie is A Christmas Story! It’s just such a classic fun movie!! I remember watching it as a child with my siblings and now my husband and I watch it with our children. I love creating new memories with my children and tying in the things I love.
I have never really been a huge Christmas movie person, however, I do love The Grinch. This year though, now that my son is four, I’ve been watching more of the classics, like Frosty the Snowman. It’s sweet to give these holiday seasons special moments.
WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!!
I love Elf!!
The first Noel!!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas is definitely a favorite!! Love your living room, love your house!! Can’t wait to see all your new house posts. Best wishes to you <3
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It’s old-school claymation. And while I find the notion of “island of misfit toys” a little weird and slightly disturbing, I just love seeing Rudolph’s nose light up and him saving Christmas. It never gets old.
I absolutely love Christmas Vacation! I play it every year as I decorate the tree and can recite the entire movie. But really any Christmas movie makes me think of cozy blankets on the couch under Christmas tree lights. Love!!
It’s a wonderful life!
That’s a hard one!!! I absolutely love The Christmas Card! I also love Christmas Vacation because it is a tradition in my family to watch it while decorating the tree !
It’s a Wonderful Life!
My favorite Christmas movie is the Grinch who stole Christmas. Thank you for all your ideas!
Elf and a white Christmas! Both are musts and I watch them all year! Hah!
My all time favorite Christmas movie would have to be White Christmas. My mom and I used to stay up late on Christmas Eve watching it together growing up and I still do it every year!
my favorite Christmas movie is Rise of the Guardians. 🙂
A Christmas Story!!!!!!
When I was little Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Now I would say my favorite is Christmas vacation. Makes me laugh every time!
My favorite Christmas movie is It’s a Wonderful Life! (Every time a bell rings an angel gets it’s wings.)
My favorite Christmas movie is The Santa Claude. I have such fond memories of my family watching it all together and we’d all laugh. It brings out the Christmas spirit in me 🙂
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I love “A Family for Christmas”….. I love your blog. You home has inspired me to make some changes to my own.
Elf is a favorite at our house!
Love it all!!!
Elf and Home Alone!
My favorite has always been Miracle on 34th Street. My family of five now loves to watch Christmas vacation and Polar Exoress together. ❤️
Mu favorite Christmas movie is Miracle on 34th Street, followed closely by It’s a Wonderful Life. I really enjoy your amazing sense of design, and would be so fun to win this great giveaway!!! Blessings to you snd yours!!!!
My favorite Christmas movie is Home Alone.
Elf!
My favorite movie is the Christmas shoes!
A Christmas Carol!!!
My favorite Christmas movie is Elf! It is so funny and never gets old. I had my niece watch it when she was just seven months old and each time she would watch the scene of Elf and the raccoon, she would just laugh! She is now four and still asks me to watch Elf.
Christmas Vacation! Has been my favorite since I was younger and we had a sibling tradition to watch it together every year he Sunday before Christmas. Now we FaceTime across states and watch together, keeping the tradition alive n
It’s A Wonderful Life!
Love Elf and all the Hallmark Christmas movies!
Elf is our favorite movie!!!!
Hands down national lampoons Christmas vacation
Ever since I was a little girl I would watch The Grinch EVERY year! Loved it!
Miracle on 34th street is a favorite classic!
Your living room redecoration is beautiful. We’ve had a two-story for a while and I couldn’t live without a fan no matter how it looks. With all the heat rising to the top of the two-stories, without something to move the air back down, we’d freeze to death. We just don’t have money to burn letting it rise and stay there- beautiful chandeliers will have to wait for a one story room.
Love lots of Christmas movies (especially on Hallmark channel). Eloise at Christmas is a fun movie and I like the movie A Christmas Visitor with William Devane.
Amazing reveal! I love the colors. We just built a house and did SW Agreeable Gray on the walls and I love the warm gray tone!
I have two Christmas movies that I MUST watch every year–Love Actually and Elf!!
Miracle on 34th St. It is always the first movie I watch.
Christmas story with Ralpie!! ♥ ♥ ♥
White Christmas! Reminds me of my mother and aunt reenacting the musical numbers. 🙂
Elf
Brittany,
Just discovered your blog and WOW! Thank you for your honesty and sharing your talents with us, most especially your post about bravely changing your path in life. Would you please provide the source for the Darling I love you artwork hanging in your living room? Thank you, Lizabeth
Awe thank you!!! It is by Sugarboo Designs and I can pass along a discount if you are interested! Just e-mail me if so. Thanks so much!