Last year I bought a book entitled The Salvage Studio. I browsed through it a couple of times and thought “this is pretty awesome”. Then, a few weeks ago I picked it up again and was completely inspired! I have fallen in love with “junk”. I have informed my husband that I am now a “junker”. I don’t know how well this will go over since he is in the mode of cleaning out such places as the shed, which is where I would store my junk. Hmmm….
Anyway, this has also inspired me to rearrange my house a bit. We moved into this home about 2 1/2 years ago. It had a living room – dining room combo and a family room connected to the kitchen. It has always stumped me. I don’t need a formal living room, so it was like our family room. The family room has been a crafting room, an office and a Wii room for the kids. It was always a mess, cluttered and disorganized. Since it was the room that most guests saw first, I was completely unhappy with it.
Solution — Family room is now the dining room and the dining room is now the office.
Now I’m happy. Well pretty much. I’m not done yet. I painted the dining room. It has paneling on 2 of the wall and I always disliked it, but since it’s painted it looks pretty good. I’m going for a farmhouse look, so it suits it. The book shelves will soon house a flat tv….. YES a tv in the dining room. I know, but I can’t help it. Some new decor and a new chandelier will be purchased soon. I can’t wait till it’s done!
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It all looks great! Re-organizing is no easy task…I'm in the middle of it right now myself.
…and I like the idea of a TV in the dining room
Nice job on the re-do. Way to think outside the box! Ha! And…so happy we have helped convert another ‘junker’!
Thanks for the nice mention of our book, too.
Lisa of Salvage Studio