sandr077

So my friends S and B have found themselves in a dilemma.  They have an amazing brand new house and have made some furniture purchases but are having a hard time pulling it all together.  In particular they are finding their family room a bit of a challenge.  They have a wall of built-ins (with fireplace), they bought a lovely neutral (perfect) rug for the family room and a large leather couch.  The couch is kind of dark for the room and S admits maybe not exactly right.  But the couch is is a neutral brown leather.... we can make it work!  For those that are "design challenged" it is easy to buy a bunch of things and try to make it work.  Best thing to do is to find some photos of rooms you like and try to copy!  If decorating is not your think- copy those that do it well and don't be ashamed.   Here is their room. (Yes the Christmas tree has to come down and we need to find a bin for toys.) First challenge is wall art for behind the couch! ...

So, I have been spending a TON of time in our family room.  Never short of creative ideas (that cost money and sweat equity)... I came up with something I want to do in our family room!   It is a HUGE room with cathedral ceilings as it used to be a two car garage.  It is the ultimate entertainment room and houses my husbands GINORMOUS flat screen.  As I sat in those room I decided it was screaming for a wall of built-ins.  As I have mentioned before,  I am kind of obsessed with anything " built-in ".  We have created several built-ins including our breakfast nook and entryway benches .  My idea would be the "ultimate" built in as it would be quite large and would require some new skills on the husbands part.  Although... he is quite handy for a finance guy!  As the husband and I talked, below is the "plan" we came up with.   My analytical husband drew it to scale... of course!   It includes housing the TV, a desk area, lightin...