Yesterday I started the first room of the LRWC House tour.  You got to see the Kitchen.  Today I’d like to invite you into the Family Room.  And, like most family rooms, this room gets a lot of use.  It’s where we hang out, watch tv, eat pizza, have family parties, take naps, work on my blog and just about everything.  So, those pillows that are so neatly sitting on the couch in this picture are usually on the floor or piled up to make a comfy back pillow.  But when no one is in it, which doesn’t happen too often,  it looks like this.  Here is a little background on our budget room redo:

Furniture:  The couches, lounger, coffee table & side table were all purchased as floor models from a store that was going out of business.  As a matter of fact, I had to go to 3 different stores (it was a chain) to find both tables.  Now, a little story on this.  We had been married for 20 years with the same couch & loveseat so I was in desperate need of new furniture.  I had been saving for a leather couch and loveseat set for quite a while.  But then this store was going out of business and I was able to get a couch, loveseat, lounger, 2 tables, dining room table & breakfront for slightly more then I had saved for the leather couch and loveseat.  So, here again, I wound up with something different then what I had set out for but altered my plans due to a great deal.  And, I’m thrilled with it.  Except maybe the lounger.  I love the lounger but there must be something wrong with it.  You see when my husband sits in it he instantly falls asleep.  So I’m thinking there must be a problem with the chair.  Anyone else have this problem

The chair on the left was a damaged piece at Marshalls.  I was able to get 20% off because the wood was damaged but I touched it up and for $150 I have a sweet chair.  There are 3 other tables that were all picked up at garage sales for next to nothing.

Drapery: All the fabric was purchased at a discount mill.  I don’t remember the exact dollar amount but it was probably around $200 in fabric & trim.  And, a small tidbit you probably don’t know about me, I used to work at a drapery workroom.  So, I’m quite handy with the sewing machine.

Lighting & Accessories: The fan was a gift that we purchased with a gift card at Home Depot.  The rest of the lights and accessories where either purchased at Marshalls or at garage sales.

Trim: My husband and I with the help of my brother but up all the trim.  Another back breaking adventure I might add.  Not wanting to do that again any time soon.

And that is the end of our Family Room tour.  I saved for about 5 years for all of this so when you save that long, you really appreciate it that much more.

I hope you enjoyed the second room on the tour.  Tomorrow we’ll visit the dining room.

Have you been saving for a special house project?

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