Baby Steps... Living Room

So... I was feeling pretty crappy this morning. I was briefly cheered up by the back and forth Twitter conversation between Kanye West and Justin Bieber. The biggest reaction I got out of the whole thing was when Kanye suggested they do a track together... but also with Raekwon. I can only imagine.

But still... pretty crappy.

So I decided to get off my butt and go to the gym. I've been bad with it. I ran 3 times this week but no gym. But that solved everything. It was the toughest workout that I've had in about a year, which isn't really saying much. But I feel so much better now.

In an effort to put up some stuff on here that I haven't mentioned before... here are some before/after pictures of my house.

Living Room:

Before:

After:

Well, the brown had to go. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I grew to dislike it after only a month or two. It didn't even make it two years before I thought that I absolutely had to get rid of it. This was the first thing I did when I found out I was staying in Syracuse. So this was finished sometime around March. Went with an accent wall going up the staircase, which most people seem to like. I always had the tan/bold red color scheme in mind, in some form or fashion. I finally went through with it. The staircase is quite bold. Add in the couch pillows and curtains to match the wall and it turned out quite well (I already had the paintings).

I also moved the TV to a more viewer friendly center of the room. Got a nicer plant. Rearranged the DVD rack.

I'm very happy with this. It will stay as long as I live here.