Thursday, September 12, 2013

Living Room part two

When we bought our home, we knew that we wanted to make some sort of a built in in our living room. We bought a place we knew was a little tide for two adults, three children and a dog. But we also wanted to buy within our budget and in a safe neighborhood (in california, where everything is expensive), so we felt right about buying a home that's just 1028 sqft.

We have three bedrooms: one for us, one for the boys to share, and one for gwen.
We have ONE bathroom. I know, right? Kind of unheard of around here, but you know what, it totally works.

Here is what the built in needed to be:
-storage
-office (since i edit pictures very often and we did not have an office anymore and our bedroom is too small to have both, a bedroom and an office in one.
-storage for my photography equipment
-pretty
-we wanted it floating (not touching the ground)
-i "needed" the tv haning up on the wall, cables hidden behind the wall (just looks soo much nicer that way)
-white. yes, i LOVE white furniture. i know i'm strange. but i love it. did i mention, that i LOVE white furniture. maybe not yet? ;)

I think we made it work, thanks to my super-duper-handy-husband.

We opted in making the built in from scratch, but since we are too busy right now, this would not have happened for a year or so, and i'm not patient. We ended up buying the cabinets from Ikea (the besta series)

The "desk" one we had to make custom, both in length and in hight. But for my husband, no problem. (Sorry I'm being such a show off, but he really outdid himself once again and I'm just so greatful for how much work he puts into projects. This is not intended in making others feel less, but he's done so much, I felt that he deserves another official praise! ;)

Anyway, here the pics of our project.
In order to make it float and be stable, we attached a two by two wood strip to rest the cabinets on. 
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Markus screwed on some wood to attach the cabinet to the studs.
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Oh, and yes, this is our new dog, Krissy. We rescued her from a shelter. She's a miniture pintcher and still needs some training, but all in all, she is very nice and learns well. And she's soo cute, right?
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Slightly scared still, this was the first or second day we've had her, so she was still a bit sceptical ;)
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That's the "office" part, that we had to shorten to fit... 
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Now I have enough space for my photography equipment and all the office stuff that goes with it.
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it's floating above the ground, i think about 6 inches or so.
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Aaaahhh, finally a haning TV and no cables exposed on the wall. still a little mess inside the cabinet, but not much of it is visable ;)
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I'm so happy we did it. Happy most of our stuff now fits in our home. Happy it looks nice. Happy it's white and light. The only thing we might still change is the artwork. but for now we just hang up whatever we already had. ;)

5 comments:

  1. Are you kidding???!!! Will you two design my house when I have one? It looks INCREDIBLE!!! I promise I'll get up there one day to see it. So so cool!

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  2. This is gorgeous!! I love the white. And I love the glass doors on the cabinets. That's a nice touch.

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  3. AMAZING. You guys have such awesome visions and creations. I'm always impressed :)

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  4. That's beautiful! I love that your couches are not pointed straight at your tv. Love it :)

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  5. Wow! So impressed...you guys are amazing! Seriously looks like it came out of a magazine...

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