Family Room - Before

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" So here we are in the before of this living room which is about to be transformed into a much more sophisticated and clutter-free environment. The sofa in this room will be repurposed without all the coverings on it and moved into the center of the room to make it much more of a focal point. And what we'll see is we'll simplify some of the visual details of the room, obviously the toys and the extra furniture, and details would really make the sofa the focal point of the room, with the sitting area next to the fireplace, much more inviting and simplified than what you're seeing here. I like this fireplace and the built-in bookshelves on either side, but there's obviously a lot of things going on visually, and I think one of the key things to this room, we will be able to transform the space by adding color. The walls obviously gonna get painted, but the back of the built-in Bookcases, getting those to come to life with some color and some depth, and then, simplifying the collection of photographs, and details, and props to give it a cleaner look but a little bit more sophisticated and obviously clutter-free. Now, the other thing this room has it going for is this 2-inch wooden blinds which will be used as the backdrop of the window, but I definitely think that we need to have some draperies brought in to soften the room a little bit and make the windows stand out a little bit more `cause they are a little bit smaller. So, I think that we wanna give them a little bit more scale and make them stand out a little bit more in the room. Now this wall, I think, deserves something a little bit more appealing to the eye, and I'd like to be able to do some sort of sideboard and table on this wall with a lamp and perhaps an oversized mirror just to give us some visual interest. Definitely, I think this piece could be repurposed into the room, which they already have, but I think if it's painted, and we get new hard work on it, it's gonna look like a new piece, and I think it will lend itself perfectly to being in the back of the room where the that bench is right now. I also think I might wanna do something with the bench itself. I think the bench is great. It has a great look to it, okay, if we painted it and actually cover this existing pillow. It would be a quick fix. Maybe throw on some throw pillows, and it would be all set."