Ripley Project—Living Room

Jenny and I met on social media and have been chatting about working on her space for over 2 years! She wants me to help with every room in her house so we decided to go with the biggest room first— the living room!

What I love about design projects is I get to go shopping for the specific space and get to put the pieces I find into play exactly how I envisioned them. I so often will thrift something i think is so cool that will sit at the store for months because no one sees the same potential. Or when they do see the potential and buy from the shop, I don’t get to see the finished results!

I had a lot of fun designing and shopping for this space. So jealous that Jenny and her husband get to live here🤣😍

The paint color we used is Jasper Stone by Sherwin Williams. I made her these custom striped shelves that pop with the blue!

Fun fact, the woman on the wall is actually an ancestor of Jenny’s! There are several meaningful pieces we’ve incorporated into the space like the wooden cabinet under Hank and the trunk from her grandfather. The skull above the fireplace was her dad’s! When the space feels like home, there’s nothing better. 🥰

Living Room Refresh

Living Room Refresh

Our living room is one of those rooms in the house that to everyone that isn’t me, looked good. And sure, it did look good, but there was something off about it that I couldn’t put my finger on.

I think the problem was the couches were pushed back on the wall which made it feel like an entirely different room that was disconnected to the kitchen and dining table. Now that the couches are pulled closer it feels like one big room for one big conversation.

I’ve wanted to rearrange for a while now but didn’t give the new layout much thought. One of our cats that we love so much has an attitude problem and pees in one spot in our living room about every 4-6 months. We are on our last straw with her and are willing to try everything we can so we don’t have to get rid of her for peeing on our stuff! Let’s try rearranging the living room, give it another 6 months and see if that helps. 🤷‍♀️