Family Room Remodel

So, do you remember how we were remodelling our family room?  Well, it is finished!  I still have a few decorating and organizing tasks to do, but we're moved in!  Ah!  It's so exciting! 

So, Lydia has her own room now, but that's for a later post.  As for this post, it's all about the family room.

With our old, psychadelic, red carpet, we were inspired to keep it a movie-themed room.  Lance loved the red concept, so we painted one wall red as an accent wall. The rest of the walls are a blue-ish gray, my choice.  It's an interesting and bold combination, but we like it.  We painted the trim black for an even more dramatic look.  It may not be everyone's cup of tea, but we LOVE it! 

 

Movie-themed decorations on the red wall

Oh, and the red carpet . . . gone!  We replaced that with luxurious, fluffy, beige carpet.  Mmm . . . even just thinking about it makes me feel all warm and cozy.  We got a mid-grade pad for underneath.  The carpet before had maybe a milimeter of pad smashed down from the 70's.

We have this awkward shelf at the end of the room, so we sectioned it out, and one day we or future homeowners will be able to put a pretty large TV in the middle.  The side sections are shelves for movie storage, blankets, etc.  However, our current TV is one of those huge big screens from the 90's.  So, big picture, bad quality, and a LOT of floor space.  We got it for free, so don't judge.  But as for the shelf area, I think it turned out great!

 

Pretty good shot of the room with the shelves, different colors, and carpet

We also decided to do something with the under-the-stairs space.  Before, it was just a book shelf, which was great, but we dug deeper, and decided to transform it into a built-in computer desk.  Yeah, Lance was the mastermind there.  We also have an interesting material for the top of the desk.  It's white board!  Yeah, we can write on the desk!  Pretty awesome, huh?

Build-in computer desk under the stairs

So, Lance redid this ENTIRE room himself.  We had paneling on the walls, so he tore that off, and it was just glued to the cement foundation, so he framed almost the entire room, even the interior walls because they were crooked (we could have passed for a Dr. Seuss house).  He also built a drop ceiling, because we tore up the ceiling a couple years ago to fix plumbing and electrical work.  He installed can lights, installed lots of outlets, phone jacks, TV jacks, and ethernet jacks, did his own dry wall and painting, switched a doorway, installed the carpet himself, and built the desk himself.  He had lots of helpers along the way (thank you so much to those who helped!), but we never hired professionals.  Don't worry, Lance's dad is a licenced electrician, so we weren't naughty.  He supervised what was needed.  But yeah, Lance is a DIY master.  He's my hero!

Well, there's one more project to add to the list of remodels we have done.  On to the next!