new downstair decor

 As you might know from previous posts, our basement flooded in the spring of 2010

and we had to have it totally re-done. 

I decided to go with a completely different sort of look:

Modern.

I also wanted to break out of my safe color rut, so I had the walls painted a pumpkin color,

and then chose a pale yellow for the stairway.

The TV stand, side table, sofa table, and floating wall shelves are black,

so I figured I wanted to hang things on the stairway walls that were black.

This black filigree "frame" used to be a mirror. I simply took the mirror out

and spray-painted the frame black. The empty frame with ribbon hanger - Goodwill.

And the cool, modern picture that matches the basement perfectly?

A friend's garage sale for just $5. I'm not digging the "Faith, Hope, Love" hanging though...

I think it looks too "country" for the downstairs decor.

Oh well, I change and play with decor all the time, so that will be changed out soon!

 You can see the painting better in this photo...

Another recent Goodwill find - these straw hangings (I have no idea what these are - any guesses?)

for only 49 cents each. I think they look really cool hanging on this narrow space

of wall near the utility room door.

Close-ups...

Here's what I did to soften up the stark sofa table a bit - what do you all think?

I finally found the perfect rug from Home Depot for the sitting area.

It's very plush and wooly.

View of the sitting/TV area...

We found this picture at IKEA - I love how the orange in the picture "pops"

against the pumpkin colored walls. We also live in the Chicago 'burbs, 

so we happen to love this Chicago picture.

Thanks for visiting!