Workin' on the Living Room

We've been in the house for two entire weeks now, which is hard to believe. It's gone by so fast! The first things we did after moving in were 1) organize the kitchen and 2) work on making the living room homey because those are the two places we spend most of our time...and the places that our guests see first.

There weren't any window dressings in the entire house when we bought it, so we went to Lowe's and got an entire house worth's of blinds. We chose the white faux wood plantation blinds, as these weren't too expensive but still looked WAY better than your regular ol' mini blinds. Behold the faux wood plantation blinds:

not our actual window, but you get the idea

The next thing we did was purchase curtains for the large glass door/ceiling-to-floor windows in the den. We both wanted to make the living room comfortable but modern; I've always loved the idea of the den as a place to showcase all of our travel photos and souvenirs, so we decided to base our world theme around the colors of red, brown, beige and black. I was unsure about the curtains (which are crucial for tying a room together) until one day in Lowe's (big surprise, as we go there at least once a day!) when I found these by Waverly:

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They are a darker brown than you see here (see below for a pic from our actual room), and they have a gorgeous geometric pattern on them that is vaguely reminiscent of Moroccan artwork. We opted just for the floor length curtains--no valance for this room. They really bring the entire room together, and we LOVE them. :) The curtains also come in red and black, and we're thinking of putting the red version into the dining area, which is open to the den. That way, the window treatments will be coordinating without being too matchy-matchy.

Landon hangs the brackets for the living room curtains

a shot of the curtains from the couch. We just open the curtains during the day so we can see out onto our (currently boring) backyard.

a close up of the pattern