A Formal Blue & Tan Living Room Makeover

I simply received these updated pictures of Janis’ living room and I nearly fell out of my chair. Talk about a major transformation. As a reminder, here is the before picture that she submitted along with her design dilemma:

Here are a few snapshots of her updated space after she put our mood board makeover into action:

And here is her letter:

So here it is – the new look! I am still tweaking the accessories, but we got a ton of compliments over the holidays and even my kids approved! You told me that getting rid of that stencil would give height to the room, well there were 2 or 3 people who came by who have been in my house many many times and they asked if we had raised the roof! We are astounded at the difference and we enjoy spending time in the room now. Thanks so much for your guidance. We truly enjoy the new look! I redid the dining room at the same time and am now moving on to the bathroom, which is the last of the dated rooms on the first floor. Thanks for getting the projects off to a strong start! – Janis

Gotta enjoy that fresh pop of color on the walls, that leggy glass coffee table, those two-toned silk curtains and every other aspect of the room that took it from dated to fairly darn fabulous. And we especially enjoy that Janis achieved a totally new fireplace look with a coat of white paint on the bricks and some dark stain on the mantel. She eventually plans to incorporate the travertine tile that we suggested but painting the bricks was a swift fix for the time being- and it looks remarkable. Hooray for white paint. And hooray for Janis and her vivid new living room. We are so glad that she’s pleased with the result and we could not be more excited to share the afters with you folks! What do you think?

And if you are in need of some decorating advice of your quite own, click here for a mood board makeover. You can also click here to see all the other rooms we have helped transform with custom mood boards and even in the flesh. Oh and if anyone out there is withholding their after pictures, please please please send them our way!

Update: We sadly can no longer find the time to take on client commissioned mood boards (we now whip up general inspiration boards instead) but if we ever reinstate them we will make a big announcement!