The First Impression

I've always been a person that is big on first impressions - I think that they are a make-it or break-it scenario and that is how I feel about Foyers/Living Rooms in homes - they really set the tone for the rest of the house.

Our front door & entry way when we walked in the first time as homeowners

Today I continue our renovation results - following the Master Bedroom we come to the Living Room/Foyer (as I mentioned previously, I am working my way from the back of the house to the front and back again).

The front room is super cool and really sets the tone for the house - it has a free-standing fire place as the walls on either side were removed when it was converted to a single from a double (prior to our ownership). We also decided to hang our flat-screen on the fireplace, and since this is not a working fire place, we ran the wires for the TV through the brick and clay and down the chimney to the DVR & DVD that rest on shelves that were made to fit beneath the fire place.

We didn't need to do too much to this room as far as the renovation went - just aesthetic changes. We touched up the paint (kept the grey-blue color), refinished the original wood floors, installed a new ceiling fan and added our AV touches to the fireplace.

Before:

Now:

First thing you see when you open the front door (we still need a piece for above the bar).
View from the other side of the Living Room & our master AV work.The Living Room
And yes, we will get matching curtains one day. PS- the charcoal grey ones are the permanent ones.