House Tour: Family Room
I’ve mentioned before that our furniture is being almost entirely rented to the family that took over our lease in our old house.
We stopped by and picked up a few things during our first week back in North Carolina, but for the most part, we were really starting from scratch here.
And, of course, it’s complicated by the fact that we’re only in this house for six months, so we don’t want to kill ourselves to make things perfect for this house when we’ll be gone so soon.
But I also am not the kind of person who can just be happy living in something that looks like I picked up everything on the free page of Craigslist and with a new baby, I knew I’d be spending a lot of time at home, so I wanted at least a few rooms to feel pretty finished and be functional for our family.
I met several members of the Wayfair team at Alt Summit last January, and I worked with them on some of the furniture, which was pretty much the best thing to happen to our house.
It was pretty thrilling to go from a completely empty living room to see it fill up bit by bit into a really useable room.
This room is at the back of the house, by the kitchen, and we spend most of our time here.
It’s an enormous room and kind of weirdly split, so this section is the family room section while the other part is the play area (I’ll share that in the next couple of weeks). I love that this area doesn’t feel too childish while still being so near where the toys are.
It’s been a total dream to have such a functional living area, and I’m so pleased with how it turned out.
I really gravitate toward fairly minimalist rooms, but I also like some bright color, and for me, the balance is just right.
And on afternoons like yesterday, where I sat on the couch and read while keeping an eye on the girls feeding bread to the birds in the backyard through the big window, I thought, “It is going to be really really sad to leave this house behind in July.”
T will be especially depressing to leave it behind for a shoebox. Or maybe I'm just projecting?
That's amazing! Such a blessing to be able to work with those companies. Will you be able to take the furniture with you when you move?
Hopefully we'll find a place to live before we move so we'll know what we have room to take and what we need to sell before we leave Durham. Crossing my fingers we find somewhere to live that isn't a shoebox!
I can't believe what you've already accomplished in such a short time. I love the pillows your mom made. Such a great combination of patterns!
Beautiful room! Love how light and bright it is. I'm similar to you–I like to keep things fairly minimal and neutral, but I do love a bit of color here and there. It feels easier should you decide to change color schemes or styles someday if you don't have TONS of color to switch out. And I think I need to meet these Wayfair people too 😉
How was it buying couches online? A comfy couch is almost as important to me as a cute one, so I don't know if I could buy without sitting on it first. Tips?
It turned out fine. I wouldn't say it's the MOST comfortable couch in the world, but it's pretty good and I wasn't as worried about comfort since our other couch is more the loung-y type of couch.
It's gorgeous!! I love the blue pillows. Your mom is amazing!
That is such a gorgeous room, and the lighting goes well with the white walls. It feels open and friendly, and the splashes of color here and there (such as the map) are so pretty. I love the pillows your mom made, too!
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So pretty!!!
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It turned out so pretty!! Can't wait to see the rest!
I love your style: so clean, happy, and crisp. I'd love natural light like that in a main, working area. All of my living rooms have been on the darker side. And I'm cracking up about that light bulb, bless!!!
your room is beautiful. I love the natural light. How are you planning on keeping the chairs clean with your cute girls? I love white furniture but Im afraid of it.
I know – I'm not sure what we were thinking! But so far (we've had them about a month), so good. And I think stain remover would get out most things if we do have trouble.
I just bought 2 of the same chairs from wayfair (in a different color). They were such a great deal!
You wrote (I think?) that you'll be coming west to the bay area. We don't live in the city since its far too expensive but live in one of the commuter towns out here. You'll love it! I, too, like the bright pops of color with low key everything else. You'll get lots of sunshine over here!
What a nice, bright, family space! Love the windows and the bookshelf.