Living Room Re-do

Since we moved into this house Eric has wanted to mount our television over the fireplace, and I have resisted his attempts fairly easily until last month. He just happened to have a job at a guy's house who mounts televisions...yay. Long story short, he talked to the guy and 2 weeks later had him scheduled to come hang it up. Much to my dismay it looks pretty good, and it actually gives us a lot more space in our living room. It is a large open room with doors on all 4 walls, which has been quite a challenge to decorate because of the massive wall space due to the vaulted ceilings. To give you an idea of how tall it is, we were able to re-hang a massive clock 3+ feet in diameter ABOVE the television which is ABOVE the mantle without it looking crowded. So off to Hobby Lobby I went to find "art" and "decorative things" to put on the walls. When I started decorating when we moved in I was trying to get away from my symmetrical tendencies that I have never seemed to be able to let go of, so I bought 1 wiry candle sconce to put on the wall with some pictures I had. It was alright on the wall but after we rearranged, I decided I needed to balance it out. Lucky for me they had ONE left, which I snatched up, along with a gorgeous mirror (both 50% off) to finish up the wall.

So here is an original/redecorated shot for you of the entire room. Eric and Hawk wanted to make a cameo in the pictures. And yes there is a deer head mounted on the wall.....that's another story for another post.

We have a lot more floor space with this layout, and now I have a lamp to read my Kindle by without having to turn on the overhead light. I am happy with the result, but don't tell Eric, I can't let him think he had a brilliant idea or anything ;-)