SHOW US WHERE YOU LIVE FRIDAY, LIVING ROOM EDITION...

this week the "SHOW US WHERE YOU LIVE FRIDAY" tour

moves to the LIVING ROOM.

the meaning of a living room has always been a hard concept for me to understand. we call the front room in our house (the one we don't usually "live in") the living room. the room our family typically hangs out in should probably be called the family room but we call it the den. come along as i show you around the "living room" and "den."


LIVING ROOM
our living room is located between the entry and the dining room. i have been pleased with how it has turned out so far. it is our formal living area but it's not too stuffy to just hang out in or play on the floor in here with adelaide.

this wooden rocking chair was mine when i was little. my parents cleaned it up and brought it to us on their first visit to this house. it stays in the living room and next to are a basket of seasonal books that i change out every couple of months. sometimes adelaide and i sit in here while she rocks. we read together and watch what's going on outside the window. other times she scoots in here on her own and explores the basket of books with her baby dolls.

my other favorite part of the living room is the photo collage over the couch. originally i had envisioned something like this in our bedroom, but now i'm glad it is a focal point in a main room. i love passing by it often and changing out the photos as new favorite snapshots are taken.

UPDATE:
our living room rug was on backorder for forever, but it has now arrived!!!

DEN

our den is an open room with ceramic tile flooring. this is my constant work-in-progress area. i am still working hard to figure out details in this room.

this corner of the den is next to the kitchen.
berk spends most of her time lounging under this table.

in the other corner there is a bookshelf we found at the antique show.
i love having a place to display pictures of our families and a few of our favorite books too.

our fireplace is easy for making gas fires with just the turn of a key. i fell in love with the curved shape the first time i lay eyes on it. it is so fun to have my own mantle to decorate for each holiday.

we have countless baskets strew around our house, each with a different purpose. nowhere are there more than in the den. the two that get used the most are the blanket basket and the toy basket. i like having toys for little miss to play with all over the house but i don't want the whole house to look like a playroom. that's why this basket is one of my favorite. i can quickly pick up this room and throw everything back in its place. then once i close the lid to the basket they are out-of-sight and it doubles as a side table.




don't look behind the couch though, that's another story!