Good morning! Today I am going to share some pictures of our new living room with the freshly painted black built-in bookshelves flanking the fireplace. This room is the one in our new home that is closest to being finished. There are few minor things we will be changing (like eventually we will go with a larger coffee table in here and use this in a conversation area in the room adjacent to this one, and we are still waiting for the tufted sofa to be recovered, and I’d like to add picture lights to the top of the bookshelves, as well as a few other things) but overall this room is pretty close to where we want it!

For this room it was really just painting, swapping the fan for a chandelier and then adding in our furniture and accessories. I initially planned on reworking some of the trim on the bookshelves but decided to go ahead and just paint them to start with and now that they are painted I don’t know if I will bother to rework them anymore. To paint them I first did one coat of tinted primer (you can see a shot of that in our stories highlights on instagram titled “New House”) and then three coats of Black Magic by SW in a satin finish. I then let it cure for a little over a week before putting any of the items back into the bookshelf. I also swapped out the knobs for these ones.

Here is a before:

And here is that same angle now:

Here’s another angle of this room before:

and that angle now:

Another before:

and now:

And one last before:

and now:

We knew we wanted to go with two sofas in this space but didn’t want to have to buy two new ones so we decided to use this tufted one and then pair it with a leather one. My husband has been wanted either a leather sofa or leather chairs for years. With that in mind, once we knew we were moving and knew we were going to purchase a leather sofa for this house I started the hunt for one. I had my heart set on this leather one, but my family thought this one would be much more comfortable and the fact that it shipped quickly (it was delivered just one week after we ordered it!) was a HUGE factor seeing how the one I wanted isn’t even in stock right now. So, in theory function won out over form initially. But I have to admit, once it arrived I actually think the coloring of it looks so pretty in here and it really is comfortable and I love the clean lines of it to balance the tufting of the one opposite it so I think it ended up being a win/win for all of us!

If you notice there are two sets of white wingback chairs in these photos it’s because we are still playing a little bit of musical furniture in the house!

I was a bit nervous to go with black built-in bookshelves but once I started painting them I could see what I had in mind start coming to life and was so glad I went for it!

If you are on the fence about black built-in bookshelves I highly recommend going for it!

Well, that’s it for today! Here are all of the sources for this space:

LIVING ROOM SOURCES:

Wall Color – Pure White by Sherwin Williams in Eggshell Finish
Trim Color – Existing
Black Built-in Bookshelves Color – Black Magic by Sherwin Williams in a Satin Finish
Knobs on Bookshelf – Amazon
Floor  – Heart Pine stained with Minwax’s Weather Oak
Rug – Rugs USA
Chandelier – Serena and Lily
Coffee Table – Serena and Lily
TV – Best Buy
Drapery Rods – Amazon
Drapery Rings and Hooks – Amazon
Drapery Panels – Amazon
Leather Sofa – Pottery Barn 95.5″ size in Aviator Blackwood Leather 
Ivory Pillow on Leather Sofa – Serena and Lily
Leather Pillow on Leather Sofa – World Market similar here
Striped Pillow on Leather Sofa – Walmart
Throw on Leather Sofa – have had for years, maybe Wayfair?
Tufted Sofa – Got years ago in a local shop in Williamsburg that is now closed (sort of similar here and here)
Black Cream and Gray Square Pillows on Sofa – Serena and Lily years ago
Black Velvet Pillows – HomeGoods years ago but similar here
Black and White Lumbar Pillow – Serena and Lily years ago
Striped Throw – Serena and Lily years ago
Side Table Next to Sofa – Bassett Furniture
Lamp on Side Table – Serena and Lily
Books – Vintage
Pheasant – Vintage
Vase with Black Bottom – World Market years ago
Candlesticks – Vintage
Small Vase – World Market
Large Gold Vase – Home Depot years ago
Books – Vintage
Dog Bed – World Market a few years ago, similar here and here (recovered in fabric from Hobby Lobby)
Oversized Mirror – Bassett Furniture
Wider Wingback Chairs – Birch Lane years ago, same ones here (Basketweave Talc was our fabric but not sure it comes in that same exact fabric anymore)
Taller Wingback Chairs – Can be found here, here, and similar one here
Animal Print Lumbar Pillow – Etsy
Black Velvet Pillows – HomeGoods years ago but similar here
X Ottoman – Wayfair a few years ago, similar here
Leather Ottoman – Joss and Main years ago, similar here, here and here
Floor Lamp – Target
Items in Bookshelves – Have had everything in the bookshelves for years and years, small white books are Chatbooks, larger one are Blurb photo books, artwork and books are vintage and other accessories are from a mix of places over the years but no longer available

 

KITCHEN SOURCE LIST (seen in background -more images can be found here):

Wall Color – Snowbound by Sherwin Williams in Eggshell Finish
Trim Color – Existing
Floor  – Heart Pines stained with Minwax’s Weather Oak
Chandelier – Visual Comfort
Drapery Rods – Amazon
Drapery Rings and Hooks – Amazon
Drapery Panels – Ikea Ritva Panels (similar here)
Table – Home Depot stained with Minwax’s Early American
Black Dining Chairs – World Market
Small Faux Cowhide Rug – World Market
Vase with Gold – Home Depot years ago
Hydrangeas and Other Greenery – Clipped from yard

I hope you have a lovely week! I’ll be back next with some other projects I’ve been working on. Most likely our entryway, but possibly our main bedroom.

Warmly, Jenni