THE LIVING ROOM, FINALLY

Without further ado, some pictures of my living room:

As in the bedroom, I had to work with a lot of things we already had from our old apartment. After making some careful choices of what to buy when we moved, I like the direction it's taken. It obviously needs some more color, and a couple placeholders need to be replaced (the white chair, the brown lampshades, the white pillows on the couch - only still there because the pillows I was waiting on finally came and, sadly, don't work)

And now for the source details. As always, almost everything was craigslisted.

FURNITURE ETC.

antique table: my favorite central NY flea market, $75

antique dresser: ditto, $100?

[faux] Panton chairs: craigslist (in NY, of course. this is the sort of thing you NEVER find on Boston's craigslist), $250 for all 4

rug: Milliken Vibe rug from Rugs USA (found via the ever-resourceful Copy Cat Chic), about $250 with a 20% off coupon

brass nesting tables: craigslist, $35

antique trunk: same flea market as above, $30

white chair: craigslist, painted and recovered by me

end tables: same flea market again, $20 each

couch: Room and Board via craigslist, $400

campaign wall units: Drexel Heritage via craigslist, $125 for all 3, painted white by me, following Jenny's fantastic instructions

ART & ACCESSORIES

print: "Spotted Tail," original proof by Leonard Baskin, 1993, gift from the artist

fork and spoon drawing: drawn by me in a college class, obviously free

weird stacked chrome ball lamp: $13 with the shade at Salvation Army in NY

bar tray: West Elm, $35 floor sample

glasses and other bar accoutrements: HomeGoods and Fish's Eddy

plates and napkin rings: West Elm

chargers: Target, $5 for 4

candlesticks: CB2, $3-$5

candles: Cost Plus World Market, $8

white ceramic pagodas (on windowsill): Z Gallerie, $5 each

tray (on trunk): HomeGoods, $10

apothecary jar, HomeGoods, $10

candle holder (near fireplace): Gilt, $15 with credit

hourglasses: Elle Decor for Kohl's, $17 for both (no idea why they're now more expensive)

box: John Derian for Target, $20?

pillow on chair: West Elm, $10

velvet pillow: Urban Outfitters, $20

lamps: West Elm via Craigslist, $30 for both

faux bus scroll: acrylic paint on canvas painstakingly copied by me from Restoration Hardware's insanely expensive version, $20? for supplies

turquoise foo dogs: HomeGoods, $15

throw on couch (knockoff of Osborne and Little's Minaret pattern): HomeGoods, $25

Tomorrow I'll post the mockup I made with my first plans for the room along with some of the images I used as inspiration. Also coming soon: the kitchen and entry, the last un-documented bits of our apartment!

[other rooms: bedroom, bathroom, and ideal future bathroom]