This post is sponsored by Jonathan Louis for Macy’s.
You know that feeling when you’ve worked so hard for something you appreciate it so much more?
I am full of appreciation over here.
Full.
I’ve been saying it to myself for a while now, “I can’t believe we are finally at this point.”
We purchased this home a year ago. It was a foreclosure and had been vacant for 4+ years. Nothing has been easy here. Nothing. But I’m not complaining. I’m just appreciating the journey even more. We knew it was going to be a challenge, but probably not as much as we thought. This room (our open floor plan kitchen and sunroom/family room) is what sold us on this house. It is also the room that has eaten away at our bank account and emotional levels. This room was an add-on that the previous owner did. All I can say, is that newer isn’t always better.
Their vision for this room was amazing, but the actual building of it, not so much.
But again, I’m appreciating the journey. Because let me tell you…
We moved in the week of Thanksgiving last year, and we had zero furniture for this room. So we sat on gravity camping chairs for months. The kitchen wasn’t finished, I didn’t have a stove. All I had was a crock pot and a microwave but I knew we could do it. This picture below (bad phone picture) is the week we moved in. Little did I know that week of Thanksgiving we would all get the flu and the weeks that followed were painful with all sorts of constructional issues that would pop up.
Our house was getting used to having people living in it again…
But now…here we are…
TV watching.
Homework.
Cooking & Eating.
Laundry.
Even stinky shoes from football practice enter this room.
Wet umbrellas.
We truly live in this room.
I knew I needed practical furnishings and elements that would stand up to a young busy family for this room. Because it would see high traffic all throughout the day.
We really thought about ordering this sofa in a gray, because it is beautiful, but in the end this deep blue velvet fabric won. 3 cheers for color! And I must say, I have zero regrets.
If you’re curious, you can read how I went about planning this room on this post. It’s rather amazing how it has all come together. I also share my inspiration photos in this post as well. Here’s my mood board during my planning stages:
The outside is truly part of it’s decor inside.
I felt I could have prints or geometrics patterns on my pillows, but just like my white walls, I wanted my fabric on my sofa to be solid and a good place to coordinate any color story that I wanted, depending on the seasons. Jonathan Louis offers many gorgeous fabrics in prints or solids for their furnishings. They also make chairs and bedroom furniture, all of which offers their elite fabrics options.
For us, nothing is off limits for my kids.
We live in this room.
Cartwheels happen in here.
Even ball throwing (which I do cringe when that happens with these windows!!!)
Even smelly feet are a part of it.
And that my friends, is my most favorite part. We made room for dreams and life to happen.
This post is a sponsored post on behalf of Jonathan Louis and Macy’s. All opinions and photos are 100% my own.