The Living Room

 Happy Monday! I hope you all had a marvelous Mother's Day weekend.
This week I'll take you into our living room, so welcome one and all its rather cozy so everyone squeeze in.
Gary and I were able to use some of our furniture from our other home, not to sure if it really works or not but, for now we are living with what we have.
We were thinking maybe a small sectional but Gary loves his recliner. I have seen sofa's with a recliner built in, they are pretty cool.

 I changed out the slip over on my sofa from the blue jean denim fabric to the off white duck cotton. It's more summery and I do love the lighter fabric and airy feel of the room with this slip cover.

The pink open tulips on the counter were a Mother's day gift. How I adore tulips.

 The Kincaid hangs nicely on this wall beside the sofa.

 The beautiful red tulips were a gift from my Mom and Dad..I love the color, I only wish we could have tulips year round, I will have to enjoy every minute of these charming delicate flowers.
Oh and just look who's in the picture again...yep i'ts Shiloh ( he follows me everywhere I go )

 Here's a before photo looking towards the front door.

 And now....

Larger view of the living room, It's very simple but comfortable for Gary and me.

 Before photo of the fireplace wall, the previous homeowners had their TV in the corner. Ours did not fit and Gary wanted to add surround sound.

 We removed the stone veneer fireplace and replaced it with the same brick we used in the kitchen and dinning room. Knocked out the wall and corner cabinet and extended the wall into the hallway, also creating a archway.

 The new ceiling fan being installed, this is the coolest fan it so quite and cools down the room quickly. It reminds Gary of airplane propeller.

 So this is how the TV was mounted above the fireplace, we had all the electrical installed before the brick was laid.

 Installation of the gas fireplace, we had to have a gas line run.

 Aw a nice and toasty warm fireplace. Very economical. The fireplace is an Enviro.

 And Gary helping with the installation of the TV.  As you can see in this photo the floors had just been laid. By the way Gary installed the wrong TV bracket, silly guy! but he did not want to  redo it, it's holding just fine. We get a chuckle out of it.

 We have TV, Gary is in his glory. Do you see who I see again?

 Looking in from the front door. Hi Shiloh, I see you baby....

 We are loving all the brick, it just seems so right for us.

 The original artwork  of the cottage homes, was painted by no other than Dwayne Hickman (Dobie Gillis).
 We met him and his wife about six years ago at an art gallery. What a nice man.

 Really! Shiloh again....

 So I have to tell you a little story about the curtains. I will make it short, anyway Gary and went to JC Penny to purchase our roman shades because after looking at so many fabrics I fell in  love with the fabric red floral toile. We only ordered the shades for the front windows.
While out and about one day we stopped at one of my favorite fabric and rug stores and low and behold guess what we found? The same fabric as the roman shades!!!!!
I was floored to say the least so I bought enough to make the curtains for the french doors.  I lined the curtains due to the strong sun that hits mid day.

The picture composed by Dwayne Hickman is called 'The Cottage'  This is Clint Eastwood's property near Carmel.

 Before photo of slider door, now we have a french door

 I am surrounded by brick and I am one happy girl.

 Another before, the door you see leads to the laundry room and power room. I will be sharing this room with you next week.

 View into the dinning room

 The red chest is a buffet.

 I love all the detail it has.

 Look who thinks hes a kitty cat! Shiloh has taken to sitting on the ottoman and cat walking on the windowsill to look outside.

Or maybe he just wants to stop and smell the flowers.

Have a sweet week and may each day bring a smile.

Joining in with the following link parties:

Susan-Between Naps on the Porch Metamorphosis Monday

Mary-Boogieboard Cottage Masterpiece Monday 

Kathryn-The Dedicated House Make it Pretty Monday

Brenda-Cozy Little House Tweak it Tuesday

Marty-A Stroll Thru Life Inspire me Tuesday

Kim-Savvy Southern Style WOW Us Wednesdays 

Sherry-The Charm of Home Home Sweet Home Party Friday

Courtney-French Country Cottage Feathered Nest Friday