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the living room.

just about anything that happens in our house happens here, so it's in lots of my pics. but i'll include it in the "tour" anyways.

this is the front room of our little domicile. it was red for so many years, nearly seven, but i repainted it last year.

i love color and textures. i got this rug at Target and it makes me happy. that green throw on the couch has been around for so long that i can't recall where i got it. i still like it, even though it's starting to lool rather shabby.

and i always love to have a vase of sunflowers in here. sunflowers aren't my favorite flower, but they sure look good in here.

i did away with any window treatments because i love an open airy look.

again, sorry this is so dark, but i'm no photographer. this is a portrait that my grandmother (the one talked about in a previous post today) painted of my mom when she was about 15. i love it because i think it shows how much my mom and i look alike. the weird metal work thing is a piece of artwork Margaret did at school. it used to be a man playing a guitar, but somewhere a long the way it got bent out of shape. i keep it out still because it kind of adds some cool to this otherwise classic room. this is a thrift store chair that i have recovered too may times to count. i love the current fabric because it goes so well with the rug.

we keep flip flops in this red box. it was something my mom was getting rid of, but i rescued it and painted it red.

we have so many books in our house that they get stacked everywhere. this stack on the coffee table has some of my favorite picture books - U2byU2, Pat Green's Dancehalls and Dreamers, and the Shiner 100th anniversary book.

my grandmother gave us her piano last year. we weren't sure where we'd put it at first, not having a lot of wall space, but it seems to be perfectly happy in this spot by the front door. after painting last year, i was hesitant to hang too much on the walls. our wedding pics got stuck here and just kind of stayed. i think i like them here. also, there is a piece of artwork by Margaret, rendering of one of Rembrandt's paintings, i think (Anna the Prophetess, maybe? i can't remember).

i love plants inside the house and out. i got these matching copper jello molds at the thrift store and thought they made cute little planters to go on each end table. sadly my 2 bamboo plants don't look so great.

 and here is another chair covered in the same fabric as the other one. this one was one that someone had set out by the side of the road. as i was picking it up to load in the back of the suburban, the owner came out of the house and asked if i needed help with it. it was none other than a guy i had gone to youth group with as a teen and who took me to his senior prom! LOL. so the chair is not only cute - it has some cool carving in the wood that doesn't show up in the pic, but it has a funny little story to go with it.

and that's the old marriage certificate, in case Brian and i need to be reminded. and under it is an oil pastel that Margaret did in 3rd grade, i think.

so that's the living room.