Inspiration Moodboard for my Living Room~

I've talked a couple of times already about the fact that we're playing  musical rooms here at our house.   That is, the TV etc. is moving from the loft into the living room, and my office is moving into the loft space where the TV has been.  Etc. etc.  So I have a lot of fun stuff coming your way.

Everything is the planning stages at this point however.  So I hope you can be patient with me for a little bit as we finish up all the planning and get to the best part...the projects!!

In the mean time,  as part of all this planning, I have created a moodboard for the living room.

Here is the living room as it currently looks.  I love it!  But, it's not really functional for having as the main family living space (TV, wii, etc.).   

The things I don't want to change:

• the walls (I worked hard on that accent wall...and I love the charcoal gray gallery wall)
• the window treatments
• the coffee table

  Things we hope to change:

• the sofa - we want a sectional for more seating (four kids + two parents + movie night = lots of people lounging on a sofa) 
• additional seating - we love the chairs we have, but they're not TV-watching-comfortable-chairs, and I already have plans for them anyway.
• the rug - I love the rug as well, but I want to lighten up the space as we head into the summer months, so my pretty black rug is going to go into storage for a bit.

So here's the plan...

• We want to get a slipcovered sectional....we're thinking the IKEA Ektorp is a good choice. We love the beige slipcover.
• We want to find a couple of "cushy" chairs to replace the ones we currently have.
• I'm thinking a soft blue would be a great choice to lighten up the space and would work well with the gray wall and the accent wall, so I'd like to get a blue rug and accent pillows with blue in them.
• I like the idea of a mirrored console for the TV because I feel like the room lacks natural light, and the mirrors would reflect the light from the windows and brighten up the space.

So that's the plan.  For now at least.  I'm sure looking forward to switching it up...can't wait to get going...hope you'll all join me for the fun!