How to Paint a Living Room : How to Tape Walls for Painting a Living Room

This is a very informational video ! I'm glad I found it because I had no idea about the 'tape' part!

Applying Primer to Paint a Living Room: Painting a Living Room | eHow.com

Applying Primer to Paint a Living Room: Painting a Living Room | eHow.com

Thank you Google for your plethora of information at such a dire time! How-To on painting!!!

The Elephant In The Room

A 46" TV IS ONE BIG HONKER

YOU SHOULD ONLY GET A LARGE TV IF YOU HAVE....A LARGE HOUSE.

There was a great deal on HDTV's at Best Buy today and my fiancee couldn't resist but to buy one of the biggest ones for our modestly sized living-room. I am fearful that the TV will be an embarrassing monstrosity and space-eater in the living room. The first thing you will notice, and the ONLY thing you will notice is the huge 46" TV sitting in the living-room when you walk in. Forget anything else........the huge TV is unavoidable. I hope I am just over-reacting and it'll fit in nicely and look great, but seriously........who needs a 46" TV?!?!? I'd argue who would even NEED a TV but then again I'm an avid fan of Criminal Minds. I was pretty excited about the TV, because as a girl, I get excited about any kind of shopping...........but I wonder if a 37"-40" TV would be more than big enough for our small abode?

One Million and One..

Now we are only 6 days from moving in, I am forgetting the one million things I wanted to do with the flat! I guess it is a form of stressing out, which is what I did on my first vacation. I had planned to scuba dive, snorkel, visit X museum and X restaurant and instead, went with the flow and still had a great time. I am flipping through the pages and reminding myself "Oh yeah, the wicker box for the toilet paper" and "Don't forget you need to get a ladder to paint--and a power drill! You need the power drill!"

Yes, we are DIYkes and we are lesbians who like to hammer and do stuff ourselves. That is the whole POINT of the blog--the adventure of making the place where you live...yours. I realized since I didn't have my own digs yet, I had to compensate by uploading pics and vids of other rad places and things but in 6 days I'll be able to record my own videos and take photographs of my place and stick 'em up on the blog which is pretty fricken' awesome because I'll see what needs to be fixed, be changed--hey, maybe the taupe paint will look god awful and I'll switch to something else, who knows? 
Maybe the dropleaf dinner table won't work and instead we'll get a bistro size table. It's all about experimentation--and fitting two unique people's styles into a tiny apartment takes skill and negotiation! 

I'm completely camera-shy but I'll do my best to showcase our home in all it's different levels of becomingness. Hopefully, it'll be half decent!

What I Like--Scandinavian Simplicity

Scandinavian style started in the 20th century with Carl Larsson. Any major bookstores like Barnes & Nobles or Indigo will have a few Scandinavian style books in their Interior Design section. Just skimping through the books will you give you a sense of a timeless, classy and minimalist style. You can imagine a lot of neutral colours as it is often cold and wintry there and the Scandinavians wanted to bring as much sunlight in as possible--that is why you will find a lot of white and creme. 

I'm particularly fond of their rustic appeal, like a get-away cottage in the woods. Scandinavians use light colours and they use wood furniture. Dinner chairs are usually made of light wood as well as wooden, bench-like sofas. There is minimal upholstery in the Scandinavian style. Their style is minimalist--there is no clutter and everything is functional and spartan. It's a great look!

Krista Ewart On HGTV "Small Space, Big Style"

Most of this stuff is great...but hmm, how does her fiance feel about all the PINK?!

Collect Your Decor