Home Reveal - Welcome to Our Living Room!
We bought a house!
Hello hello, it’s been too long! So many things have been happening at once this year, I finally have enough time (and energy!) to write something today. As you know via my Instagram, one of the biggest headlines is that Eddie and I finally bought our first home!
As always, I am at my happiest scouring vintage stores and flea markets for unexpected finds. From furniture to little drawer knobs, we are creating our home with unique vintage finds! Also I made a promise to ourselves when we moved in — NOT TO STYLE OUR HOME TOO FEMININE — since I am usually the one whom styles everywhere we have lived (this is our 7th space together!), I have a tendency to style our space just for my liking. However, I can never forget that it is also Eddie’s space, and we both have our guests over quite often. I wanted to make a home that is aesthetically comfortable for Eddie and his dude-friends.
Mixing old and new, mixing vintage and modern, mixing Rie and Eddie - our home is slowly but surely screaming our names. It has been 3 months since we moved in, and it isn’t yet ready-ready, and I am aware that it will never be. Though I cannot wait for our home to get there, I am actually so enjoying the process. I have always been a lover of process at ballet, so instead of rushing into something that is not truly us , we are taking it very, very slow. Also finding THEEEE antique piece takes even longer, but the ultimate joy of finding something so special is totally worth the wait. And today, I am sharing our living room, the room that is the most settled. Welcome to the Persondeks!
Inspiration: Peaky Blinders!
Our living room is heavily inspired by our favorite show: Peaky Blinders! Eddie has his friends over in this room quite often, so I’m styling this room as if it is a Mens lounge club. Speaking of which, PB season 6 is FINALLY streaming in the US too, it’s been even better watching it in this room!
This room looked like this.
When we bought this house, I described it as “a girl who doesn’t know she is pretty”. It was in the worst possible colors you could ever chose… We had to do the right kind of makeover, and the ceiling tiles were one of the biggest projects in this room.
Before
After
I shared our ceiling transformation a while back and I got many inquiries how we did it — we simply changed the tiles to something better. The tiles we got are these ones: PVC Ceiling Tiles. We painted the rails instead of buying the rail covers to save $ (we had extra paint!). We then inserted the tiles. If they needed to be cut, we used these scissors: Crescent Wiss Scissors
Color scheme: Green!
Our home is split level! So how colors float throughout the house was so very important, and we chose green for the primary color! Needless to say, I am so in love.
Paint color in our living room: Sherwin Williams MATCH PLAY (HGSW2262)
All the photos are in black & white
Our memories hanging in our home are all in B&W. I think our B&W photos and colorful paintings/art are complimenting each other.
WE LOVE MAPS.
Eddie and I both LOVE maps. We also have globes all over the house!
Life changers: storage boxes that look like books
I so appreciate things that are decorative, yet very functional. For years we have been using these boxes that look like books and these are beyond useful. We save cards, letters, every little memo and such!
It’s the little things.
Not often light switch covers get their own moments but our living room’s switch/plug plates are mother of pearl & antique brass, I had to give them shoutouts!
Last but most important: WE HAVE A BAR!
One of the reasons why we fell in love with our home is this built in bar. It’s made with solid bricks, and is a perfect space for our “lounge club”. I get to finally showcase my vintage glassware collection, and oh boy how lovely seeing them lined up!
We have many projects planned for here. I’d love to change the shelves and add tiles in the back, update the sink and the ceiling lamp (it’s hideous at the moment!), Eddie wants to change the counter top, we need vintage hightop stools, the list goes on!
…And that was our living room visual tour! As my favorite interior stylist & author Lynda Gardener says “Making a home takes time - and is never finished. The journey should be considered and evolve. Edit, switch things up and challenge yourself always to make it better” — These days Eddie comes home and says “I cannot tell, but something is different…”, our home will always be “something is different from the last visit”, and I am excited for all the memories we will be making at our new home. Thank you so very much for joining the Persondeks’ living room tour, see you next time!
