Monday, January 9, 2012

A Silhouette Living Room Makeover

Cam and I have been trying to clean out our 2nd bedroom to make room for these two boys that are coming in March and it's taken a little bit of creativity. We've ALMOST done it, there are just a couple more things to clear out. (If you are interested in buying our elliptical machine, let me know!) However, this sparked a need to re-do our living room. We love our purple couch, but since we finished it, our piano was still red and looking mighty out of place. Also, I was sick of the "shrine" to the television. Also, the couch was way too far away from the TV so watching movies was a pain (rough life, eh?). I also really just like change. So we rearranged the room one Saturday. Cam promptly broke the coffee table while trying to move it out of the way so we could try different couch layouts. The flimsy little thing just completely collapsed, which turned into a blessing in disguise. We went to Lowe's, bought some yellow and black paint and the projects began.

Before:

Note the "shrine" to the TV. Hate that thing. Also, please take note of all the gross cords and the nasty gold cabinet. Blech.

After:

We painted the gold cabinet black. Trashed the top drawer, used part of the wood from the recently broken coffee table to make a shelf and created ourselves a little TV console that goes on the back wall of the living room. From the front door, it is the very last thing you see, which just makes me so happy. Also, the couches now face each other which encourages conversation rather than TV consumption. For the pattern on the drawer front, Cam painted it silver first and I cut a "stencil" out of contact paper using my silhouette machine. We applied the stencil, painted the rest black, and voila, we're in action! I'm really REALLY pleased with how this turned out!(And I'm bummed the picture is blurry. I'm trying to figure out how to use my new camera...It's hit or miss right now.)

(This pic is a little better, but I was trying to avoid using the flash. O well. Practice, practice, practice!)

Please note that you can't see a single cord on the wall. This was BIG. Cam figured out how to hide all the cords for his surround sound system and all the cords from the Bluray player. I hate cords, and now they're invisible. I'm happy. Also, the picture doesn't show this very well, but the black paint inside that top portion really hides the media. It all just blends together. It makes it a lot less distracting/prominent in the room.

Cam then used the top of our little splintered coffee table to make me 3 shelves for the desk area. We moved our computer desk down out of the 2nd bedroom to make room for the boys and he built me a gorgeous new office area off in the nook of our living room. We have even MORE stuff in the living room now, but it's never felt so spacious. Funny how that works. :)

That was the small part of the makeover. (Sometimes I'm amazed Cam hasn't thrown in the towel yet. I am slowly but surely weakening him to my "wild" color schemes and patterns. Also, due to being prego, most of "my" projects quickly become "cam's" projects while I sit on the couch and watch. Marry a good man, ladies.)

Thus began the piano makeover. (The red was clashing with my purple couch.)

And because I LIVE to have little bits of ourselves injected into every piece of home decor I possibly can, after Cam finished painting, I started cutting vinyl for the front of the piano face. It took a long time, but was so worth it!

The finished product:

The vinyl on the front face is scripted song lyrics that we love. We try to keep it classy...ha. I picked a nice cursive/handwritten font so the overall appearance would get the effect I was going after. I also think it makes for a really fun little "treat" for those who look close enough to actually try to read the words. Things start off with a raucous "Rah rah rah ah ah" from Lady Gaga. There are tributes to our roots with the words "I'm ready to go for it! I'm ready to reach for the Northern star!" (shout out to my other EFY counselors and kids!) I believe Katy Perry actually makes 2 appearances. ("Own the night like the 4th of July" and the slightly more risque "let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans"). The entire right side is dedicated to Phoebe Buffay. "Are you in there little fetus? In 9 months with you come greet us? I will buy you some adidas!" Among other gems.

It's quite possibly my favorite project. Ever.

(And thus we see a "hit" with the new camera. Hoo-rah for a sweet shallow depth of field! That was my goal today, and I figured it out. Boom baby!)

Overall Room After:



All I need now are curtains. I'm thinking grey and white chevron. Cam is thinking we don't have money in the budget for that. We shall see, we shall see. :)

23 comments:

  1. That turned out amazing! Way to go! And the piano lyrics...genius!

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  2. Oh my gosh I am in love with the piano! It looks amazing! Love the lyrics idea. too cute!
    xo Erika

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  3. Looks great! The piano is fantastic. Gray and white chevron blinds would be perfect. Where's the little desk area you were talking about?

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  4. oh btw its jaclyn quintanilla!! ;)

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  5. LOOOOVE it, now can you come visit my house and give me some tips :) love ya and miss ya!!

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  6. I love a man at work, way to go guys! You should look into painting the curtains, plain white ones are cheap at ikea and they aren't supposed to feel too stiff if you add a fabric medium (i think that is what it's called!) Awesome job guys!

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  7. I'm dying over your piano! i love it!

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  8. "I'm gonna hold on, no matter how long. Steady and... Sure I'll have my days..." Good times! Looks great! Love the piano. You are so creative.

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  9. Wow! That looks awesome! Really, you and Cam should come out here. You are the project masters.

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  10. i am so jealous of that piano that it feels inappropriate.

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  11. Awesome! In love with that yellow piano!

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  12. I am thinking that I need a piano just like that even though I haven't played in ten or so years. The room is amazing, I love the colors and I think chevron curtains would look fab. Canvas drop cloths are cheap and can also be painted like someone mentioned.
    PS Play-date is a definite must when our little guys make their debut!!

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  13. I came across this on Pinterest. I love the vinyl on the piano!

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  14. love it! come to my house and help me get cuter!

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  15. K-are you talented or what! Love everything about the room ♥

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  16. Seriously... please become an Interior Decorator so I can have you come over and totally make my place fabulous! You are so talented it is amazing! I would have looked at the piano, and gone, "What?! Paint a piano, You crazy!" But you did it, and it is amazing!

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  17. Kristin your piano is amazing...I would love to paint mine if I can convince my husband. You are super talented!

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  18. Looks amazing! My hubby and I just finished a Kitchen remodel while 22-26 weeks pregnant. Its an adventure!

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  19. I love love love your piano! It turned out great!

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  20. You know, I love the room but what I love even more is that you didn't say, eh, we're moving in a few months, just leave it. So much nicer to live than wait to live. Thanks, cause I so needed that reminder. =)

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  21. I found this on Google. I just have to say, all of that is amazing!! Love the piano and the couch. I wish I had the skills to that to my house!! (and the energy). Thanks for sharing.

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