Before And After: Living Room

BEFORE

DURING

We knocked down the wall between the living room and kitchen

AFTER

We eliminated the creepy closet, added built ins on either side of the fireplace, exposed and 

re-pointed the brick

We exposed the original beams in the ceiling

The beams are still my favorite feature.  The only problem with it is that you can't have recessed lighting.  Tracks are one of the only options and I don't think they look so bad.  We butted up dark tracks against the dark beam and they blend very well.

We're still deciding on furniture placement and unpacking boxes. Hopefully I can show you a lived in look in a few weeks/months :)