Decorating the living room- and my take on decorating in general.

We still have another ceiling in the den to remove popcorn in and paint walls before we move on to new wood floors in the living, dining, and den area. I'm super excited. Even though the living room isn't finished, I plan on decorating in there a little bit. It will be so nice to have one room semi put together while we tackle other projects.

Decorating is the fun part for me.  Decorating is interesting because it is totally personal and what one person loves another person will hate. There are so many styles.

When it comes to decorating, I naturally would love to have really nice stuff. BUT we have a budget and most important of all we have boys. Ours are very active and it would be totally ridiculous to go out and buy an expensive couch or chair . So I'm still having fun decorating but everything I buy has to be cheap, washable (at least somewhat), and hard to break.

So on to the living room. Here's the plans so far now that all the furniture is settled back in.

First step, is to put up a gallery wall full of pictures perhaps? I also bought this sweet set of antlers months ago on a flash sale site. They are going to be incorporated somehow too.

Also, you may have noticed from the pictures this room has no overhead lighting. Because of that lamps are a must have! I've been on the hunt for a pair that are not glass or ceramic because as mentioned above, I don't want to worry about them breaking.

Lastly, I'm hoping to add window treatments. I'm thinking shades for the bay window, and a curtain/ shade mix for the dining room window.