It's Filling Up Quick

May need another display cabinet!

These guys were too tall to fit.

The View From The Couch

My Display Cabinet

In the old house, I had stored most of my collectibles pack up in the attic. Cash was still very young and I was waiting until we could get a we could get a display cabinet so I could set them out safely.

But we just never got around to in. And when Ike took the roof off, I lost so many of my things.

So after Ike, I saw this display cabinet while we were out looking to replace a few things that we lost. Stephen told his Mother about it and she got it for me for my birthday!

This is the first time I've got to use it in the four years that I've had it.

Now that it's set up, this room is really coming together the way we have been dreaming it to!

I was so happy to unpack our DVDs! Haven't seen them in almost four years.

I even found my old cassette tapes.

More Photos

Testing Out The New Set Up

Looking Good

The Family Room

A few months back I posted a list of things we still needed to do to finally get this room done. So we spent Spring Break working on that list:

• Re-Painting

• TV

• Speakers

How I Spent My Spring Break

The Family Room From HELL

The Family Room From HELL

We are now entering our fourth year in this home and we have still yet to complete one project. And if it's even possible, I think we may be working backwards at this point.

We already need to repaint the one room we have gotten painted and the cat has ripped up the only new piece of furniture we have ever owned.

Stephen had the idea to paint the walls an "eggshell" paint so the repairs to the sheet rock wouldn't show. This was a great idea since the foundation damage left ALLOT of repairs to be done to the walls.

And it looked wonderful... for about a week. It took no time at all for the wild animals living in the house to smug up the walls.

So now we need to repaint again. This time HIGH GLOSS. I wanna be able to wipe blood off these walls.

Another reason I think it's taking us so long to get one room done is because not everyone is always on the same page.

So that is where this post comes in.

As of right here and now, I'm making the official list of what needs (And WILL) be done to finish this room:

• Re-Painting

Really love this idea of this paint, but not sure about the cost. The room is 14 feet x 18 feet. So that's allot of paint.
Harmony Interior Acrylic Latex

• Floor

Clean & Buff Waxed

• Couch

Guess we'll just kept with the one we have now. Since it's already "broke in". (Thanks Booga)
Clips for the couch

• Curtains

We are going for a "Movie Theater" theme with the room. So these would be great! The window is 70 inches x 80 inches.
Velvet Blackout Energy Efficient Curtain Panel

• Bar Stools

It would be so nice to finally have somewhere to sit when we eat. But the issue is getting something at a good price, that will hold up to these guys and is comfortable for me to sit in. So I thought about the bar stools when I was a waitress. Comfy and took allot of abuse night after night.
Bucket Bar Stool

• CD/DVD/VHS

Would love to be able to unpack our movies. But since there is nowhere to put them, I don't really see the point.
CD/DVD/VHS Cherry Finish Library Design Cabinet

• TV

Since this room so much bigger than the family room at the old house, we must get a bigger tv. A 55 inch is as big as I wanna go.
It needs to be wall mounted to save space. Want to "frame" it so it will look nice. And how cool would this be!?!

• Speakers

We need to mount ours and fix the center speaker in the tv cabinet. We are going to run the wires through the walls. I would love to run a few speakers through the house, inside and out, so I can listen to music while I clean and other junk.
These would be great for that

• Toys

Don't think it would be such a bad idea if we got another storage shelf. I know we need allot more storage tubs.
Sterilite 4-Shelf Shelving Unit, Gray Silk

• Velcro

Need to buy a roll so I can sew strips of it on the couch cushions and carpet. Sick of the kids messing up the couch when they flop on it. And Samson has some odd thing about one corner on the rug. He keeps pulling in up and "fighting" with it.

• Art

We have allot of movie posters we want to frame and hang in the room. Would be really cool if the frames could some what match along with the frame around the tv.

• Rug

While I would love a new rug, I haven't really seen one that I would like. (But I'm keeping an eye out) I do want to get some kind of padding to put under the one we have now. Just to make it a bit more "comfy". I would also like to get a play mat for the toy area. That way they will stop setting the toys on the other rug.
Maybe something like this

• Projector

Well, this one is more of a wish than a need to do. We have been wanting one for so long. My brother got us a screen. I plan to mount it on the ceiling, above the tv. Then we can put the projector above the couch.


That's not too much to do...

Right?

Family Room

So in love with how this room is coming along!

Ready For Santa!

Clutter Free!

Y'all have no idea how hard it was (and is) to keep this counter clear!

Making Christmas

More Decorating In The Living Room

Getting a few things up on the walls.

And getting ready for the holidays.

Living Room / Family Room

It's looking so good!

Toy Storage

TV Stand