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Setting up the Mountains Living Room

By Anita 17 Comments

I thought it was time for another mountain house post. Here is the living room as it was when we moved in. I know some of you were unhappy with the asymmetrical room, but there was some method to the madness on the architect’s part.

living-room

The fireplace is on the ‘living room’ side of the room, while the other side of the room is the ‘dining room’ side.

Here are some of the pieces I brought from Texas with me. I planned to put the bookcase below between the two windows, but didn’t end up doing that.

my-booth

We also brought this bench with us and the sofa (you see the back of it.)

gustavian-style

So we ended up adding the daybed when the bench and sofa were removed. That opened up the space here in Texas.

french-daybed

Below is what it looks like at the mountains. The bookcase will go above the sofa. I’m not sure if it got hung yet, but it’s on someone’s to do list. Just checked, nope not done yet.

living-room

Yes that space looks bare and it will be great when the bookcase is mounted on the wall. I’ll put white dishes in it.

One of the projects on my list is to paint the fireplace mantel. When we downsize we plan to put stone all the way up the fireplace to the ceiling. Or we might use limestone on it. It is still being debated, if you know what I mean. I was told the stone was more of a mountain look by a certain someone.

gustavian-bench

We were excited to finally get a TV mounted over the fireplace with the wiring going behind the wall. Yay! And we got high speed internet set up!!

 

The trunk was from our back porch at the farm.

Here is the view looking down on the room. You can see that half of the room is living, and half is dining. I think we’ll end up with a sofa and two chairs instead of the bench, but that will have to wait.

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(Photo courtesy of Greybeard Realty)

Below you can see the view from the sofa. The kitchen is in the back on the right. Yes I have lots I want to do to the kitchen. And yes I plan to paint the cabinets. I know a reader already got on to me for not painting the kitchen cabinets yet. Having just a week in the house, it’s a miracle we got everything done that did happen. There is no way we could have painted the cabinets ourselves or even paid someone to do it by the time we left. I’m getting bids from painters right now, so hopefully we’ll have some progress before summer. (Still wincing over the bids, ouch.) I really want new countertops, but I plan to change the configuration of the kitchen so we are going to wait on that.

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(Photo courtesy of Greybeard Realty)

 

If you read my blog much, you will probably recognize a lot of things in the house.

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(Photo courtesy of Greybeard Realty)

Find out why Country Living says Black Mountain is the small town you want to visit, HERE.

Well that’s all we have time for today. If you are planning to visit the Asheville area, we would love for you to stay here. You can find out all of the details and the location here. CEDAR RIDGE

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Comments

  1. Becky says

    May 8, 2016 at 13:14

    Anita, I can no longer view your postings in their entirety with the right side of your photos and text cut off.
    This is not happening with any other blog to which I subscribe and I wanted to let you know about the problem.

    Reply
    • Patti says

      May 15, 2016 at 13:11

      It just started happening to me, too.

      Reply
  2. Katherines Corner says

    May 8, 2016 at 13:20

    Lovely and filled with things you love and I do recognize a few of them. Happy Mothers day my friend, xo

    Reply
  3. Pinky at Designs by Pinky says

    May 9, 2016 at 16:37

    It looks beautiful! A certain someone is right about the stone being more “mountain” but you both have to be happy with what YOU live with, right:) Hope you had a beautiful Mother’s day!!!

    Reply
  4. Ruth says

    May 15, 2016 at 13:30

    Tip, I had my kitchen doors and drawers painted off site. Then I painted rest. It is a big savings. We had bought a used home with worn cabinets. Cost about 40.00 a piece.
    Plus paint to paint the boxes (by me). Maybe realitor or rental agent can let them in when the are ready to install. Love my new kitchen! Hope this helps.

    Reply
    • Anita says

      May 15, 2016 at 17:22

      Thanks Ruth, great advice.

      Reply
  5. Joan Boyle says

    May 15, 2016 at 17:17

    I enjoy your posts, but I see that I am not alone. I am getting only the left half of the post. This just started happening!

    Reply
    • Anita says

      May 15, 2016 at 17:22

      Thanks for letting me know Joan, what browser are you using? I am trying to get it fixed, but the tech team can’t replicate the problem.

      Reply
      • maureen hughes says

        May 15, 2016 at 17:26

        Anita
        The cutting off of the text and pictures have been happening to me also on your last couple of posts. . I use Google chrome, if that helps.

        Reply
        • Anita says

          May 15, 2016 at 17:30

          Thanks Maureen, I’ll pass that along. I wish I knew how to fix it.

          Reply
      • Patricia Cossey says

        May 15, 2016 at 22:00

        Mine is doing the same.

        Reply
  6. liz says

    May 15, 2016 at 17:36

    Hi, your post is getting cut off for me also – I use Goolge Chrome.

    Reply
    • Anita says

      May 15, 2016 at 17:40

      Thank you Liz. I’ll be talking to the tech guy Monday morning!!!

      Reply
  7. Mary W Ferguson says

    May 15, 2016 at 17:41

    You mountain Home is beautiful and I love everything you have accomplished. Sometimes you have to live in it a while before you can make major changes. But I am sure whatever you do will look terrific.

    Have a wonderful week.

    Mary

    Reply
  8. Ivory says

    May 16, 2016 at 12:35

    Beautiful pieces, and I love what you did with them.

    Reply
  9. Portia R says

    February 24, 2017 at 07:39

    Pretty place and I remember the views are quite amazing. You have done a lot while being so far away!

    Reply
  10. Beth Pozzini Putz says

    February 24, 2017 at 08:13

    I am very much hoping to rent your mountain house for my family sometime soon! It is gorgeous!!!

    Reply

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