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Big Reveal: Finally Sharing Our Finished Living Room Makeover!

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After a TON of ups and downs, I am so so excited to say that we finally get to share our finished living room makeover (you can catch the before photos here) with you!

While I was basically crying myself to sleep over our laundry room/first-floor wood flooring install catastrophy, I was by some miracle able to get our wainscotting and fireplace install completed for the living room.

It 150% came with its fair share of interesting moments on account of the fact that everyone in Houston is basically taking whoever they can get for contract work with all of the rebuilding going on after Hurricane Harvey.

Literally, the guy that installed the fireplace and molding took two weeks to finish it, listened to baseball games on full blast on his portable radio while chanting, and peed in our backyard.

Mind you, we live in a townhome with almost no backyard and completely surrounded by other townhomes within arms reach.

Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. I’m thinking of writing a coffee table book about my renovation experience called “LOL: Renovations While Nesting”.

I’ll let you know how that pans out, but in the meantime, let’s get to the good stuff…

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

First off, I’ve never been so in love with a sectional sofa in my entire life! I am sooooo happy we found something that’s insanely comfortable and still stylish.

I mean, it has gold legs for crying out loud! So good. We basically went buck wild at Wayfair, and I’m not sorry about it one bit.

I also realized we needed a much larger rug than our old one in order for it to properly fit the room, and this Javari Berry Sunrise rug by Loloi was the perfect accent piece for tying in lots of colors.

I mean, it even goes with the rainbow book nook in our fireplace!

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Quick confession: I’ve also never owned legit hand-painted artwork that wasn’t created by yours truly until these abstract prints from Kate Spade. The texture and color scheme is perfect for the room!

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

The fireplace is by far the biggest change we made in the room, and it was worth every penny to have installed.

It totally transformed the space into a MUCH cozier room than the previously plain white-walled, high ceiling room that it was before. It’s an electric fireplace that can either be on just for looks or to actually be a space heater.

Since we live in Texas we don’t really need for anything besides the ambiance, but we had it built to function as both and I made these cute DIY vents to be built into each side of the mantle.

I just used cheap wooden frames from Michael’s and a staple gun to staple the decorative sheet metal to the back. Add a little spray paint and voila!

The modern shiplap is another one of my favorite accents. I love how dramatic it feels going all the way to the ceiling, and it only cost $250 worth of 1×12 wooden boards to make it from.

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

Big Reveal: We Finally Have Our Finished Living Room Makeover by top Houston lifestyle blogger Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth

I’m not totally sold on how I styled the mantle just yet. It feels a little all over the place and full of trinkets. I’ll do a little more playing around with that, but it’s going to be so fun for Christmas!

What do you think?! I hope you’re prepared to see a loooot more of this space because I just can’t get enough! It feels so bright, yet welcoming now. Up next is our finished laundry room reveal, so keep an eye out for that one oh-so-soon!

Shop Our Mid Century Living Room Makeover Room Sources

Room Sources: dwell studio sectional with gold legs in nobletex rain upholstery from wayfair / Diamond space throw pillow /  white planter  / navy cotton throw / gold and marble table lamps / 55″ wall mount electric fireplace / leather lounge chairs in brown / Javari Berry Sunrise rug by loloi also available on Wayfair / abstract art painting above sofa / pink abstract painting from Kate Spade / navy abstract painting from Kate Spade / west elm gold drum coffee table / ivory curtains with gold grommets / marble subway tile for fireplace from Lowe’s / media console is made from IKEA besta cabinets with a toekick / gold mirror above fireplace / velvet round sofa pillows / large cabinet door pulls / gold planter and stand from Target / gold pouf ottoman / gold side table / peach vase /


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    • Baley Van Wagoner says:
      May 9, 2019 at 4:34 pm

      Can I ask what your white paint color is?

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      • Sugar & Cloth says:
        May 13, 2019 at 12:17 am

        Hi Bailey! It’s the HGTV Sherwin Williams High Reflective White wall paint. We have a link in the blog post!

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    • Jenn says:
      November 17, 2019 at 2:10 pm

      Hi! I love tour living room! Especially the sofa. When I look at nobletex rain on Wayfair it looks very green but your sofa seems to be more of a blue green. Could you tell me if that’s true in team life. I would hate o buy a sofa based on an online picture (yours or wayfairs) and it be a totally different color :). Thanks in advance for your help!

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      • Jenn says:
        November 17, 2019 at 3:35 pm

        Real life not team life :)

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Instagram post 2191877427604324858_5311597 SWIPE to see the before and after of our wet bar makeover! It's seriously crazy better, right?! #capitalonepartner⁣ ⁣ I'm sharing all of the styling sources, why we opted to make this space a priority for a makeover before baby comes along.⁣ ⁣ Plus how you can use the @CapitalOne for Capital One Walmart Rewards Card to earn 5% back at Walmart.com or rewards for travel (plus loads of other options, but obvi I long for travel in my life ha!) while you're redecorating too!⁣ ⁣ What do you think of how it turned out?! Click the link in my bio to see the full post!⁣ ⁣ #sugaranclothonthelake #liketkit http://liketk.it/2GQrd @liketoknow.it.home #beforeandafterdecor #myhomestyle #myhomedecor #wetbar

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Instagram post 2190936730579543687_5311597 A cozy little vignette from our living room Christmas decor post over the weekend. What are your thoughts on using this folding village as a fireplace screen, yay or nay?! It’s from @athomestores for those asking, I just spray painted it gold 🤗 #sugarandclothonthelake #christmasmantle #christmasdecorating #handmademodernhome #cozyvibes

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Instagram post 2190098117100833935_5311597 Our office makeover giveaway is finally live! I am so obsessed with this before and after and wish I could keep this room to myself! ⁣ ⁣ See the full room sources and details on the blog today, plus how I made the custom artwork with @picmonkey!! ⁣ ⁣ What’s your favorite piece so far?! ⁣ ⁣ #picmonkeypartner #homeofficedecor #beforeandafters #apartmenttherapy #showemyourstyled #interiorinspo

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Instagram post 2189560691819424231_5311597 I’m sharing our full living room Christmas decor tour on the blog today! ⁣ ⁣ My favorite is either the good village fireplace screen or gingerbread house village from @athomestores, but again, I’m extra. Haha! ⁣ ⁣ Which is your favorite piece from the room your?! ⁣ ⁣ P.s. - I’ve clearly made some decor changes since our room reveal for this space back in May! What do you think?! ⁣ ⁣ #sugarandclothonthelake #christmastreedecorating #athomestores #handmademodernhome #smmakelifebeautiful #christmasdecorations
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