Big Reveal: The Living Room
At long last, here is our living room! As the formal living room, it doesn’t see much action so I decided to use it as a living room/library.
The built-in was the perfect place to house all of my art and design books and with all the natural light, it’s a great place to read. These shelves get tweaked constantly but here is how it looks currently.
Across the coffee table is this:
Across the table the other way:
As you enter:
I was in the mood for a pretty bare mantle this weekend. (This is another thing that gets tweaked almost daily.)
The antique baby grand player piano that came from my parents:
I used to play as a kid but can’t anymore so it’s nice that it can play itself! (Growing up, some neighbors thought it was me playing when they heard it playing on its own and they would gush about how beautifully I played. Sometimes, I just let them think that!)
A closer look at the art wall:
The art is from various galleries, antique markets and ebay. I’m always on the hunt for nice pieces so I envision this wall getting completely filled out eventually.
So that’s it! Next up, the master bedroom. It’s time to whip that room into shape once and for all!
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Hi Ally,
It’s gorgeous! Such a mix of beautiful pieces. It has your style stamped all over it.
Kel x
Really well done! Love your decorating style. Kudos
ally, love the living room! and cannot wait to see the wall filled up with gorgeous art. perfect lighting for a lovely art collection.
hi Ally
What a beautiful, calm room. I love it.
You have done good, girl.
xo
Lovely, I love the alcoved doorways and all the light in the room.
What an amazing eclectic space. The piano is my favorite element.
Mr. Goodwill Hunting
It’s gorgeous! I love the gold frames with all the white! I bet it will be especially pretty to decorate for Christmas!
Spot on fabulous! Love the mantle…
This room is far too pretty to go unused! Bravo Ally for pulling it all together in a way that is so uniquely you. I love all of it and am giggling because I had just said to Remi yesterday that if only we had the space for a piano (we so don’t). And you know that I want your chandelier too. Mince…I am going to have to plan a breakin!
So gorgeous! I really love your style. May I know where you got the tulipieres please? Thanks!
Hi, Lala, I found those in an antique shop on St. Simon’s Island, GA this summer.
I love what you have done! The bookshelves look amazing, as does your gallery wall. Love the orange chair – makes a great focal point for the room! xx
It’s stunning, I love the feeling of different spaces. Really gorgeous, and very homey but still very stylish
wonderful job ally. for a formal room, it feels welcoming and cozy. the orange chair is just the trick! love it all. donna
Love it! Love the orange chair and the piano…and the books! and…and…
Such a great room – great stylin’
Wow, that fireplace is a beauty! What a wonderful feature of the space. Thanks for sharing with us, Ally!
Well done, Ally! I love the library-living room feel.
Well done. Simple fabulousness.
Love the mix of traditional and modern. Beautiful.
Wow! Love it. Very inviting for one to spend their whole day in there reading, relaxing, and conversing. I think the light fixture is my favorite….or the mantle…..or the bookshelf…
Lovely living room Ally.
Did you have the paneling done on the walls? It give the room so much character. The new bookshelves are fabulous.
Hi, mb! Fortunately, it came like that. It was one of the things that sold me on the house.
5 stars my friend! Your styling and excuisite and your color choices right on. Mixing old furnishings with new is not easy. You do it brilliantly!
lovelove
Mon
Absolutely beautiful! Love all of the architectural details, the chandelier, gold – everything really!
great work! I’m so jealous of your walls
Thanks for sharing, much enjoyed.
Thank you all so much!
this room is styled perfectly. so amazing.
I love the bookshelves, but I also really love the piano too. It’s gorgeous – enjoy your beautiful library!
oh dear, it looks fabulous! i’m not surprised though
It looks soooo good! I don’t know what I like more…the gallery wall, the library, or that lucite coffee table! I also love that you have a self-playing piano too. What a great way to have pretty music playing in your home.
I’d be in the orange chair…
Simply perfect.
Totally amazing mix of styles. I especially love the wall of art. We’ve got a great contest going on at the moment to win a work of art from Crafterall — great for any wall.
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Oh my goodness!!! This room is magazine spread worthy!!! What an amazing room…so clean, but not stark…it’s beautiful and inviting!! Great job and I am dying over your wall panels!!!! xoxo e&a
Your home is so lovely Ally. a very stylish mix. I just love your orange lounge chair and footstool in its setting. xx
wow congrats on this beautiful room. The light is wondrous and your antique baby piano is so special. It looks like a very inviting space to spend an afternoon poring over your library.
absolutely lovely, ally! and congrats on your instyle mention. well-deserved! ox
GORGEOUS!!! I love the white walls with the orange chair and colorful books. Please come to San Francisco and help me style my bookshelves
Really, if feels so modern and fresh, but still cozy and happy!
Thanks so much, Christiana, that’s exactly what I was hoping to achieve and it means a lot coming from you!
Loving the art grouping! I might need you to help me shop
So simple and classic! Your moldings are to die for!!
Love, love, love the living room, particularly how you mixed mod (like the peekaboo coffee table) with all the traditional elements of the room. And love your blog (even before the In Style press!) I’ve been considering a shag area rug for our family room for months now but still have reservations. After seeing it in your LR, however, I think I just need to have one (byw, did you move this one from your FR or is this a second one?). Do you find yours difficult to vacuum? (I don’t want to have to rake it). Did it shed a lot? (I expect some shedding with any new rug but this scares me a bit). Any recommendations or suggestions? Thanks!
Hi, Vicki, thanks so much! I don’t remember if I ever had this in the family room – I could very well have since I move things around so much! I just have this one shag and it’s the one from Ikea that I’ve had for several years. It’s held up well, doesn’t shed much at all and vacuums fine. (I have a Dyson because of all the dog hair.) If you’ve been wanting one for a while, I think you should go for it since it’s inexpensive and therefore, not a huge commitment. It feels nice underfoot in the winter too.
It looks just gorgeous!! So many amazing details!
Oh what a gorgeous room. Is that really Seattle light flooding the space??? That orange chair is to die for, I’m an orange fiend and I can see it totally perking up a dreary rainy day! WOW!
Thanks! And it’s Atlanta light…..
Love how comfortably eclectic it looks. And love the colorful bookshelf.
It’s VERY beautiful! I like that everything is carefully placed and no clutter.
I love the detail of your home itself,…the windows and moldings. Breathtaking home!
Beautiful space Ally! (as I knew it would be) I love that the move to GA has put you in more traditional surroundings and you have brought such a fresh modern touch to it all. I know it feels good to have the room checked off the list. Of course, is a room ever truly done!
Congrats on the InStyle mention too. That’s awesome!
Thank you, Aimee! That means so much to me because as you said, I’m definitely in a more traditional setting and that’s been a real challenge. And you’re so right, nothing is ever really finished, is it?
What a lovely living room. Too many things to mention the chandelier, the art works, the crown on the shelf…job well done!!
Darling I am sorry about the lateness of my response to this wonderful reveal.
I love what you have done and the soft creamy colours are beautiful. You have created an inviting, stylish and warm room with so many lovely vignettes to feast the eye at. Just stunning Ally!
Hugs from the North.
xx Charlotta
Ally, you really should be published in a magazine! Every room in your home is gorgeous and so chic. Love, love, love it all!
What shade and brand of white paint did you use? it looks GREAT!
It’s Benjamin Moore White 001. It’s my absolute favorite and have painted 2 entire houses in it.
I can’t believe I didn’t see this earlier!!! I was in Disney at the time so that’s how I missed it.
SO lovely and sophisticated–just like you. I want my house to look like that, too, when it grows up!
(You trickster with the piano!)