Decorating the living room

Hey, I thought the sun was supposed to shine today. Well, it's not! In fact, it's very cloudy and dreary again, and COLD. I got up this morning feeling half way happy and now it's cloudy and dreary again, and COLD! Call me Charlie Brown.

I need the sun to help counteract this depressing Coronavirus scare. I need the sun to keep me outside and out of refrigerator. 

Anyhow, think I told you we've been changing the living room around a bit, and wouldn't you know it, not one good "before" picture can I find.  Anyhow...

Here's the new bookcase and Poppy's new gun cabinet. What a difference these two pieces have made.

You see, this was the old 7' high gun cabinet from the 1970's. It was a corner cabinet without a cornet to sit in, and took up lots of our walking space.

in fact, this is the wall where the old gun cabinet used to sit. We now have two wall lamps, a picture, and of course...a deer head.

and now there's room to walk between the chair and the wall, and get to the back door.

Next was this big oversize cabinet...

we used for a bookcase.

and now...

our new smaller bookcase.

Also taking up lots of floor space was the old sewing machine...

there was no room anywhere else in the house but here, for this big antique machine to sit.  I kinda liked it here with an old embroidered dresser scarf and an old lamp, but Poppy said he had always hated it here. So now...

we have matching end tables. Yep, there's one on the other end of the couch too, and a Dumperoo.  We had to buy a small rug to cover up four deep rusty holes from the wheels on the old sewing machine. Guess it came from shampooing the carpet and moving the machine back before the carpet was completely dry. :(

This next piece, the giant coffee table, well, we both had heart strings attached to this piece...

this huge coffee table. Poppy built this table himself, with wood pieces a friend gave him, also back in the 1970's. This table was almost as long as the sofa...

So we searched and searched for another coffee table. I was cooking supper one night when Poppy appeared. "Mel", he said, "I have found the one! You've got to come and see". It was online...

"Oh wow", I said, "It's perfect". Legs made of logs and tile inlay on top..."deer" tile inlay on top!!

turns out, this table was two inches shorter than what was advertised. Maybe a little too small but we're keeping it. Need to center it more and find another large basket in the right color...and move the rooster pillow. 

We also added a wall lamp on the wall behind the sofa. We moved out four table lamps from this one room. "four"!

this is it so far. Are you completely overwhelmed?

Trouble is...now we need a new sofa and chair, and trouble is...not just any sofa and chair will do! We want a big soft set made from real cowhides, creamy and rich in color. We keep looking online. There are some beauties out there but expensive! 

This old leather set we bought in 1991 or 1992. It has been through a lot, but we have sure enjoyed it. Oh my gosh! Go online to Adobe Interiors to see the furniture of my dreams.

I need to end this and get busy! Sorry for going on and on. Sure appreciate your visiting though!

Love,
Henny