After struggling for years to warm up a vast, open-concept living room with high ceilings, the breakthrough came from embracing the layout and using smart design instead of fighting it. The key was to visually lower the ceiling with a dark paint color, layer lighting for coziness, and define the living area with an area rug while using consistent materials and color palettes to keep it cohesive with the adjoining kitchen.

I've been working behind the scenes non-stop for the past couple of weeks giving our living room space a makeover. I'm so happy with how it turned out and today is the day I finally get to share it with you! I partnered with allModern to give this space a minimalist refresh while incorporating the modern traditionalist touches that I love. I've been itching to refresh this space to better fit in with our newly made over kitchen and dining room.

The time has come to give our living room a makeover!

It’s been a long time coming and I’m SO happy that the day is finally here. As you know, for the past couple of years I’ve been working on making over our kitchen and this year we finally were able to tackle our dining room. The living room was starting to feel out of place and I was itching to give this space a makeover so that it would flow well with our other two spaces.