A few months ago we decided it was time to redecorate our living room, we were fed up with the dark colours in there and really needed to brighten the place up.
We got straight on to Pinterest and got some ideas together, luckily we knew what we wanted and both agreed on pretty much everything.
The first thing we picked out was our sofa, which I’m absolutely in love with. I love everything about it, the colour, the shape, the fabric, it’s perfect. We expected delivery of the sofa to be quite slow but they suprised us by wanting to arrange delivery much sooner than we’d expected. So we went full steam ahead with the painting and wallpapering.
Our living room used to have grey walls, black faux leather sofa (which was wrecked) and a huge pile of toys in the corner! We knew that we needed to brighten the room up as it doesn’t get much light, so we opted for a light coloured paint and wallpaper. I adore the wallpaper, I love the colours and the geometric pattern, we’ve had so many compliments on it.
We also made the decision to remove all the toys from the living room and put them in the kids rooms instead. I was fed up of the mess and it is so much more peaceful and relaxing in here now. The kids are old enough to go and play in their rooms unsupervised now anyway, so it’s not like they are missing out by not having toys in the living room.
After we’d got the painting and wallpapering done and the sofa had been delivered, everything else was done gradually. Picking up a mirror, new cushions, storage boxes, lamps etc as we went along.
Then a couple of weeks ago our TV unit and console table were delivered and finally our living room was complete! Well nearly…
The only things left to do now are to get a little side table for next to the sofa, gloss the skirting boards (a job I keep putting off) and to pot the cactuses properly in the terrarium.
Console table and TV unit from Littlewoods
Hexagon wall shelves from eBay
Lamp from B&M, Phone from Flamingo Gifts and vase from Asda
Terrarium from eBay
Basket from B&M, stripe throw from IKEA, chevron throw from B&Q
Mirror from Maisons Du Monde
Copper shade from Dunelm
Wallpaper from B&Q
Shelves from Argos, storage boxes from IKEA and Maisons Du Monde
Sofa from DFS
Cushion covers from Maisons Du Monde
Pineapple pot from Fearne Cotton at Littlewoods
Prints from Lily Rose Co and Etsy, frames from IKEA
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Love it emma x
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Thank you 🙂 x
Love the retro look. Oh to rid my sitting room of toys. But I need to work on getting a sofa first…. We have lived in our house nearly five months now and just can’t choose! #bigpinklink
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Haha good luck with the sofa choosing 🙂 x
I love that wallpaper! I have that sofa, great minds! #marvmondays
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I love the sofa so much 🙂
I love it! I love the mix of retro with modern and you can’t go wrong with rose gold!
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Thank you 🙂 I’m so pleased with it x
Love it! i love all the details – especially the hexagonal wall shelves and the blue phone. That phone brings back so many memories and lends a nice retro touch. Thanks for sharing with #bigpinklink
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Thank you. I really love the phone too 🙂 x
Really cool! I recently gave my living room a make-over too. I went for the cool grey/blue tones with the rose gold/copper as well, and I’m delighted with the result.
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Sounds lovely! I’m loving copper at the moment x
OOoh lovely, Emma. I love the retro and that sofa is absolutely gorgeous! So many lovely pieces and the wallpaper is fab too. #MarvMOndays
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Thank you 🙂
Love love love it! I don’t think I can even pick out just one thing. I’ve been looking for a basket for throws and I think the one you have got would be perfect. I bet you are so happy with it. #MarvMondays
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I am so pleased with it 🙂 The basket was only £5.99 from B&M, what a bargain! x
Love B&M bargains! ??
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It’s great isn’t it, I love it in there! x
Ooo I love this!! I have serious living room envy! That wallpaper is amazing, I love geometric patterns. The sofa looks super comfy too.x #marvmondays
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Thank you 🙂
Looks fab, can you come do mine next 🙂
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Haha, thank you 🙂
I love it, it looks contemporary and relaxing. The wallpaper is amazing!
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Thank you 🙂
It looks very contemporary and a great place to be- especially if toy free! thank you for sharing and great pics! #BloggerClubUK
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Thank you x
your colour scheme is similar to my bedroom. loving the IKEA blanket and love those Argos shelves! thanks so much for sharing 🙂 given me lots of ideas! #BloggerClubUK
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I love the IKEA blanket, such a bargain too x
I love this Emma – you have a great eye! The sofa is great and the wallpaper feels perfect with the retro feel of the tv stand and console table. Love that telephone too! In fact, I just love it all! Now dreaming of the day we can clear our living room of toys! #bloggerclubuk
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Aww thank you 🙂 x
It looks so cool I love it. The colours are perfect and I love the copper vase. We also have that teal phone and it looks great x
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It’s a lovely phone isn’t it 🙂 x
I’m back for #homeetc. Like the storage boxes on the bookcase too! Love boxes! #homeetc
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Thank you 🙂
What a lovely room! I am actually just looking for some homes inspiration, especially for my living room, and I love this look. I have a grey sofa and need another to go with it, but want a slightly different one. I want to paint one wall pale grey – think I am a bit scared of wallpaper but I love yours! x
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My original plan was all white walls but the husband wasn’t having it and I’m glad he talked me out of it x x
It looks great – love the geometric shapes and even more that console table and unit in the greys. Beautiful and timelessly classic. #homeetc
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Thank you, I’m so pleased with it x
Oh I love it Emma and have complete living room envy. The sofa is a gorgeous colour and the wallpaper is perfect. You have a great eye for detail x #marvmonday
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Ah thank you Laura x
I was sure that I had commented on this but I can’t find me so I shall comment again. Simply stunning, I love all the copper accents. Can I move in please? #fortheloveofblog
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Haha, thanks so much Emma x
Aaah it looks FABULOUS!!!! That console table is absolutely gorgeous — love the ombre drawers!! Really lovely — you must be so pleased with it 🙂 Thanks for linking up with #HomeEtc
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We are so pleased with it 🙂 Thanks for reading x
Your room has turned out beautifully, very modern with a bit of a 70’s theme. I love the hints of copper. We have our front room as a grown up retreat, it’s nice to have a space that isn’t filled with toys! Xx
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Thank you 🙂 Definitely nice to have a room that isn’t filled with toys! x
Ooh I love it. Everything works together so well and I love those littlewoods tables ?
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Thank you 🙂 xx
Oops #fortheloveofblog
What a stunning makeover, we also decided to remove the toys from the living room and re decorate I love the sofa looks like a great family movie place and the light shade in the copper looks amazing #sundaybest
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Thank you 🙂 removing the toys is best thing for a living room isn’t it x
Such a wonderful living room. Its so pretty!
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Ah thank you x
Wow, it looks really good! I admire people who can come up with good interior design ideas. I’m a bit haphazard in my approach and only feel inadequate and overwhelmed when I look at these things on Pinterest. Also, I can’t wait until both my kids can play in their rooms on their own! #KCACOLS
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I’ve always been really into interiors and wanting to my make my home look nice, I have give my husband some credit for this though! Thanks for reading x
It looks absolutely gorgeous! That wallpaper is lovely. x #sundaybest
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Thank you x
I love it – its so cool! I especially love the wallpaper and the telephone! Great call on the kids clothes I need to do this!! #sundaybest
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Ah thank you x
How beautiful Emma! Such a nice cosy place to hang out. I love all of the little retro touches, especially the telephone. You’ve got such great style.
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Thank you 🙂 And thanks for reading x
Your room looks gorgeous! I’m rushing off to B&M that lamp and wire bin are beautiful!
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Lovely aren’t they and such bargains x
Beautiful. Love the sofa and the wallpaper too. It all fits together so well. #kcacols
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Thank you 🙂
I love makeover posts and this one is great. The highlights for me are the amazing couch (colour and shape perfect) and the phone (so cute). Really well put together, love all the little touches with accessories and how amazing is that vase from Asda? I would never even think of looking there for home stuff. Lovely job! #KCACOLS
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Thank you 🙂 The vase is lovely isn’t it, so glad I spotted it x
Gorgeous. All the colours work SO well together! And that sofa is stunning. The look is hard to pull off but you have managed to work it so well and have the new pieces working with the retro theme 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Jess xx
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Thank you so much Jess. I’m really pleased with it x
What a fantastic job and love the retro look Thanks for linking to the #binkylinky please come back next week
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Thank you 🙂
Oooh, I love it, it’s all so pretty and co-ordinated! x #KCACOLS
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Thank you 🙂 x
I love your style, funky and retro! The mix and match of items work really well and I hope you have achieved the look you desired xx
Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next Sunday
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Thank you and thanks for reading x
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Thanks so much 🙂 x
Ahhh that’s so stylish and I absolutely love your colour schem! It looks amazing. #KCACOLS
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Thank you Danielle x
Oh wow this looks amazing! I LOVE that telephone, and the tv stand…loving your wallpaper too! Thanks for joining us at #SundayBest, hope to see you again this weekend! x
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Thank you 🙂
This is gorgeous, I have major envy! I love all the copper touches and the sofa is lush. Thanks for linking up to #SundayBest x
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Thank you 🙂
What a lovely room makeover! So grown up – I can only dream of the day that we dont have any toys hiding in the corners. I love that wallpaper and those prints above the tv are fab 🙂 Thanks for sharing this on #MarvMondays. Emily
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Thanks Emily x