Epic Room Makeover!!!

Yep I've probably fooled some of you with that title...because as you'll see from the pictures below there actually was NOT an epic room makeover!!  But I think you"ll agree with me that it's definitely in NEED of an epic makeover right!?!  That's where this awesome blog I stumbled on awhile ago comes in...Mandi from Vintage Revivals is doing a HUGE makeover for one lucky reader for any room they choose!  How amazing is that?!?  I absolutely love her style and think it would be so fun if she came to my house for a week and took over this room :)  I think most of you know how much I love to decorate but with pretty much no decorating budget right now I don't think this room will be done anytime in the near future!  (Plus the fact that almost everyone other room in my house needs to be "finished"!!)

Now this is totally not my thing...I hate asking people to do anything for me (like vote for a blog entry!!) but I thought this would be an awesome contest to win so here I go embarrassing myself!! lol

So lets get going on those wonderful pictures I took:)

Here's a look at the room from the fireplace room...where to even start!  So many projects started/not finished...and a coffee table (ottoman), couch, end table that need MAJOR help!! Notice no curtains also....I've been struggling with what to put there (it's a bay window)

View from the front corner - lets tackle the couch in this picture:)  So we bought the couch from the previous owners of the house and put it in this room b/c we envisioned it being our tv room. The couch holds SO many people and structurally was in great shape.  The colors though were not exactly in line with my "vision", so I stumbled across the idea of upholstery spray paint!  Well to say I was excited would be an understatement!!  So I went ahead and purchased some (I based my amount on what the girl in the blog that i got the idea from used)...well apparently our couches were totally different materials, and I didn't factor covering up a pattern!  I used what I first bought on that small portion of the couch, and it barely covered, so I DOUBLED what I bought just to cover the pattern up...I think you know where this is going, it got SO expensive that I couldn't afford to buy more so now our couch looks like this....lol yeah it's definitely a conversation piece when people come over!!

This is a cute little end table I got from my husband's grandparents when they moved out of their house.  I first thought it'd be cute to paint and put in my daughter's room, then I thought I should leave it in here and put a lamp on it because there is no overhead lighting in this room (that's a whole other issue!!).  Well you can see, I never painted it and never put a lamp on it! lol and I'm not sure it even goes well in the room!

I'm sure you noticed this beauty in the other picture...I had this GREAT idea to buy an old coffee table, paint it/staple some batting on/cover with some great fabric and have an instant ottoman!  If you look closely the paint was never even finished, and I did get around to covering it but then the fabric was ruined when "someone" spilled some coffee on it!  So now it's back to looking like this! Super cute huh ;)

BORING CORNER!!! I do actually like this table a lot...bought it from a lady who paints old furniture with ASCP.  It's cute, just not sure it fits in the room!  That poor lamp....it's definitely been spray painted a few times (I have a spray paint obsession!) and has had a few different lamp shades!  I of course had plans to recover or paint the lampshade...it clearly hasn't happened...:)  And the chair....well I just stole it from another room b/c I wanted something on this wall!  Don't really want it in here...:)  Also...nothing on the walls anywhere around this!

Another boring space...should there be a table there?  Or no?  That painting is what people see right when they walk in the front door...I just feel like that space isn't very exciting!  And see that opening to the right...we actually put that in when we bought the house and I LOVE it so much - it opens the space up so much more...but it makes it kind of difficult to know how to lay out the furniture in the front room!

See the front door to the right...seriously people walk into my house and see this room first thing!!! Scary scary!! lol :)  So the lamp...bought it from Target awhile back b/c we just needed more lighting in the room (again, no overhead lighting!!)....well I'd wanted to recover that shade also, didn't happen here either!!

So this is the view people see when they walk in then...little boring...scary couch...what's with the coffee table....lol I would just love to see a fun exciting space when I walk in!!  Such a great room, just needs some love - and some coordination!! :)

Again...just wanted to show you the couch lol!!!

Oooh this spot drives me nuts!!!  We originally thought we might have the tv in the corner of the room based on the shape.  You can see we didn't end up going that route...but we never moved all the outlets and cable spot!!  Of course though my hubby doesn't want to open the wall up to move those! :(  Totally understand...but that needs to be covered!!

Ahh the entertainment unit, we had this built from a friend at church and it's exactly what I wanted!!  BUT I can't settle on a color or how to decorate it!  Yes this piece has also been painted a few times...and if I showed you some up close spots you'll see that it still needs another coat of paint! lol...keep forgetting!! (Or just want a different color??) haha j/k

Bay window...I do love this part of the room.  This gives us such great natural light in here....the problem is with the window coverings!  When we first moved in we just wanted a quick fix for privacy reasons so we bought some super cheap roman blinds from the grocery store.  Yes that should've been our first sign that there'd be a problem!  Within a few months they pretty much ALL broke!!  So we've been living quite awhile with broken blinds...so if we ever want to see out those windows we have to completely take them off! lol I would LOVE a different option here!! :)



So there you have it!! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE for Mandi to travel all the way from Utah to Grand Rapids to help us figure out what to do in this room!!  PLEASE help us by voting for us when it opens on Sept 7!!  We will have you ALL over for a big party if you do:) :)  (If we win I mean - lol!!)


Oh yeah...did I mention that she's letting the winner keep all the power tools that Lowe's is supplying for the makeover...Eric would over the moon if he got to keep those!!! (And you all know how excited my hubby gets!) :)
Thanks all!!! Much love :)


Jenni