Colorful Global Eclectic Living Room
It’s finally room reveal day for the New Year, New Room Refresh challenge and I couldn’t be more excited! I started this venture as a way of combining my easy, casual global style with my husband’s more contemporary, modern style. The final result is more than I could have hoped for. The living room still has a global feel with a nod to the tropics infused with modern accents. My colorful global eclectic living room is a great compromise between our styles with just a tad more of my style.
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Here is what the room looked like before. You can catch up on the road to the refresh here (week 1), here (week 2), and my DIY moroccan wood art during week 3.
And here is my newly refreshed colorful global style living room!
I had said several times that I wanted to change out the green curtains, but in the end I did decide to keep them. The majority of the furniture was reused, but I did change out the sofa and one of the chairs. Boy did this make a huge impact! I adore how this gray sofa from World Market looks in the room. I placed a couple pillows to bring in some color and texture.
The china cabinet was an experiment gone wrong, but it turned out so great in the living room. I was going for a weathered look and it went overboard. I’ll share more of my stripping adventures (umm..not that type of stripping! Wood stain stripping!!) in the next couple of weeks. The cabinet was styled with a few global pieces and minimal decor to lighten the bulkiness of the cabinet compared to the rest of the furniture.
I fell instantly in love with these glass and brass lamps from LampsPlus. Oh my gosh the detailing is exquisite. The mixture of glass and brass is so beautiful and adds a bit of glam to my room. No, I’m not going full glam, but I do like the mixture of the lamps and new gold tone table with the other wood finishes. Makes for one pretty eclectic space.
All the great colors were taken right from this gorgeous new rug from RugsUSA. I was a little hesitant at first to use a rug that didn’t have too much white space on it, but this rug turned out to be perfect for the space. It has just the right amount of blues and oranges which are my fav colors to decorate with. Plus, both colors look amazing with green. Enter the new plants…
My other plant babes have been doing great. So, I picked up two new plants to the Watkins home this past week. Snake plants are pretty easy to care for, so I’m not too concerned about that plant. The new palm tree is going to be questionable. This is my second time with this type of tree. Fingers crossed it turns out better this time. I decided to do a very minor refresh to my gallery wall. I’m too in love with this gallery wall to remove it. I added my new DIY Moroccan wood art and rearranged a few of the art pieces. This low back midcentury modern chair is the perfect height so that people can view the gallery wall even when someone is in the chair.
A few more green accents throughout the room and my new living room is all set for guests! I’m expecting a few guests over this coming weekend for my birthday and I can’t wait for them to see my new space. You probably have noticed that the entryway is not shown. Everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong in the entryway. I’ll have to work on that space separately. Whomp Whomp.
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Speaking of new spaces, I’m heading over to check out all of my friends’ new spaces! Be sure to hop on over to their blog and see what I’m sure will be a slew of amazing room refreshes. Check out my 2018 New Year New Room Refresh Challenge room, my boho chic craft room office!
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Thank you to the wonderful and amazing sponsors of this living room refresh!
World Market | Lamps Plus | Wallpaper Boulevard
Velvet Finishes | Rugs USA | Walls Need Love
This looks really good Steph and the hutch might just be my favorite thing in this space. I am really digging the two-tone, it ties in nicely with the couch.
I adore your gallery wall and all your prints! You have that perfect global style — so comfy and pretty at the same time!
your photography is on point and i LOVE the new look! the modern clean sofa and coffee table pair beautifully with everything you have! it’s a perfect space!
Stunning space girl! Love every little bit of it!!
So pretty! As usual, you’ve created a warm and cheery space! I love how you use color and your artwork is amazing!
Wonderful job! I love the new sofa and rug–it makes the room look so much larger and brighter. The new coffee table is the perfect addition. I’m so glad you kept the green drapes! Thanks so much for hosting the challenge–it was a ton of fun!
it’s stunning Stephanie! It truly is a great compromise between both your styles. I think that sofa did everything for that room. Just love the entire vibe and space.
Stephanie!
Your photography is killer. Everything is stunning, but I am obsessing over the gallery wall and the chair that is in front of it. Love!!!
Much love,
Erica
The gallery wall is by far the most striking and beautiful spot in the space for me and my taste. But the whole space looks beautiful! Don’t get me wrong, I love it. I hope your hubby loves it, too.
WOW, Steph!! What a gorgeous transformation that still feels totally you, just with a slight twist! The sofa is ah-mazing! It just might be the same one I got in blue for the playroom! You highlighted your space beautifully with color, global accents and that brass! So good. All of it. Thanks for all of the time, effort and hard work you took on in hosting this challenge, in your space and for all of us! xoxo
Do you mind sharing where you got the picture of the African Grey parrot. I love it.
Girl, you nailed it! I FREAKING LOVE the art corner. I would have never thought to arrange and layer like that but it’s amazing. Also, what a difference the sofa makes! It totally changed the space. Looks so good.
Stephanie, this truly is one of the most beautiful rooms that I have ever seen!!! It is vibrant and exciting while also being warm and inviting at the same time. I love all of your layering of colours and textures. Very inspiring!
Love your living room, such a wonderful mix! I adore you snake bowl!
Can I ask where you got your snakes? thanks
The new sofa and coffee table completely changed the vibe of the room! Wonderful job combining you and your husband’s design preferences. 🙂 Love all the plants and the gallery wall!
I love it all Steph! The gallery wall is amazing, and everything else is so bright and inviting! Beautiful job, friend!
I am in love with the new space. The art is my favorite and your photography is amazing!!
Stephanie,
Love your new living room, especially the way you used blues and greens to accent the gray in the sofa! Everything looks fresh and inviting just so pretty!
I love your living room makeover, Stephanie!! Beautiful curated new items, so fresh!!
This is stunning Steph! I absolutely love how you “weathered” your cabinet to fit in with your global style. Your vignettes look amazing! The couch, rug, and lamps with the airy color palette and styling is perfection! MY favorite might be the layered art gallery. So, so pretty! Can I move in?
Love your bright bold style! It’s so full of energy.
The new coffee table is gorgeous, and so perfect for your space!!
Stephanie, I just love the changes!! So beautiful! But of course, your home is always beautiful. I love that coffee table and sofa! Love and hugs!