Living Room...A Changed Room!

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It's Metamorphosis Monday!

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Hello my friends...I'm so happy that you came by today!

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It's time for Metamorphosis Monday...hosted by our very
own Susan over at Between Naps on the Porch.

Please go pay Susan a visit and see what she has for all of us today and while
 you are there you can check out all of the other Met Monday participants.

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There is alot of metamorphosis going on in Blogland today...you won't want to miss it! Thank you,

 Susan for hosting Metamorphosis Monday for us!

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*My Living Room...A Changed Room!

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A metamorphosis has taken place in my living room and it's been

 a long time coming!

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 This past fall, we added a faux fireplace to our living room! I was so excited because

 it brought about the change that I had envisioned for our living room for many years!

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You see, my living room is a very odd shaped room...it's very long and narrow.
 This has always presented a problem when it came to a floor plan for furniture placement.
 Really the room is too long for just a singular seating arrangement...so I broke this
 long, narrow living room into two separate seating arrangements.

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Here is the "BEFORE"...
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*This photo was taken at the entrance to my living room. As you can see...it is

 a very long and narrow room and I have two separate seating areas.

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Seating Arrangement #1
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Informal Living Area
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On this end of the living room, we have the "informal" living area.
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 This is where honey and I spend most of our time while in the living room.
 There are two overstuffed leather chairs...very comfy for TV viewing! The TV
 entertainment center sits directly across from these chairs.
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*Seating Arrangement #2
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Formal Living Room...

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On the far end of the living room, you will find a more formal seating area.
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 We use this area very rarely...except when we have visitors or need the
 extra seating. I have a sofa with a matching love seat here.
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The problem...these two pieces of furniture are really too large for this area.
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 It's just too narrow for both of these pieces, however this is what I have
 lived with for several years! There is only one other furniture arrangement possible
 for this end of the room and I do change it once in awhile, nevertheless,
 it's still too crowded!
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A closer view of the two sofas. Not much room between the two!
 Hmmm...what's a gal to do?
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*My Grand Solution...A Faux Fireplace
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*I have always wanted a fireplace in our living room!

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A real fireplace, at the present time, just isn't feasible...so the next

 best thing...a faux fireplace!

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Even though my long time dream was coming true, I did stress a little
 because we would have to remove my "beloved" moulding from this wall to
 make room for the fireplace! As you can see in the photo above...it was looking
 a little rough! I wasn't sure at this point if I had made the right decision or not...
but I forged ahead. Painting the wall one solid color again really helped
 ease my fears!

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If you would like to read about the faux fireplace project...just click HERE.
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The faux fireplace finished...in all of it's glory!

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*New Furniture for a New Seating Area...

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I found two of these beauties on Craigslist for $80! I had been

 looking for two chairs just like this!

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New and Improved Formal Seating Area...

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My idea was to remove the larger sofa and keep the love seat. We
 moved the larger sofa upstairs to our guest room. Now...with just the love
 seat and these two chairs, I could make a proper seating area...one that fit
 more comfortably in this narrow part of the living room!
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Here is the "AFTER"...
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...and I love it!
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 The "informal" area is the same but just look at the "formal" side of the
 living room! I am so happy with this metamorphosis!!!
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Here is the metamorphosis again...
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*"BEFORE"

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"AFTER"

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So what do you think?
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 Between adding the faux fireplace and the new and improved seating
 arrangement for a "formal" living room...I think it's quite a metamorphosis!
 Stayed tuned...I'm sure that there will be more changes from time to time! I
 did find the prettiest yellow/gold fabric that I may cover those two
 chairs with!
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Well my friends, I'm so happy that you came by today and took a peek
at my living room metamorphosis! Thank you for coming!  Please leave me
 a comment and let me know that you were here. I'd love to visit with you!
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