Mission Living Room Furniture: Completed

I'd like to be able to say the entire living room is done, but that would be a lie. I still have to find window treatments for the living room/dining room and I've also got to find wall decor for... well.... the entire house. In the meantime, so far, so good. The living room furniture is complete. Matt has almost all of the wiring done and all of the entertainment stuff set up. If you remember, when we first looked at the house, it looked like this:
When we moved in, we spent some time getting rid of the mirrors and whatnot and ended up with this.
The [close-to] final product looks like a big improvement to me. We were scared that without the mirrors, the living room would look much smaller, but I actually think it looks pretty big still...

Day by day, the rooms are coming along quite nicely. I really can't wait until we can spend one night relaxing around here!

Those Darn Mirrors

In the past few weeks, when we've discussed what will be the first thing we do when we get into the house, it has been , without question, get rid of those mirrors in the living room. It isn't that they're necessarily ugly but they're not our taste and neither of us wanted them there. After talking to lost of people, we were scared we'd have to smash the mirrors and pull them off piece by piece, or cut the sheetrock to detach them. We were pretty sure we were going to have to patch the sheetrock... and then we were going to have to match the paint! In the end, it was much easier than I think either of us expected. Here's the progression:

I think it ended up pretty good if I do say so!:) We matched the paint and it looks great!
My Papa and Mama also came by today and brought us one of my favorite housewarming gifts. I think it looks so great with our cabinet colors and with the themes of our kitchen.
We also got a beautiful Irish plate from my Nana and Grandpa on the day we moved in. As soon as it's out, we'll put a picture of that up here as well! Can't wait to get the rooms completed!