Recently a client of mine purchased a nice but outdated townhome. They wanted to do some renov ating but did not want to go too extreme and custom because they were not really sure how long-term their stay in this home was going to be: might be two years, might be twenty. They wanted to live there for a while and see how they felt about it. My job was to update it without breaking the bank, and also to reuse furniture that they already owned. They were willing to invest some money in updating window treatments and some minor reupholstery, but basically they wanted to keep the investment as small as possible due to the uncertainity of the length of their stay in this home.
I love a challenge, so after taking inventory of what they owned, I put together a new color scheme and chose the pieces we would use. I decided to nix the 80's white shelves in the living room but decided to keep the shutters. We removed the wallpaper and repainted the walls and recarpeted the floor. In addition, we added new drapery panels and reupholstered the window seat, pillows on the sofa and backs of the two pull up chairs.
We made this room serve triple duty as the 'formal' living room, desk area for the Mrs. and comfy TV area for when someone wanted to watch something other than what was on the family room TV. We wall mounted an LCD over the desk area but out of eye-shot from the entry or dining area.
I think we did a great job in pulling out a NEW look and multi purpose space without 'breaking the bank.'
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