bye-bye tv

Last Saturday our neighborhood had a porch sale and we decided to put out our tv and tv stand up for sale. For some time we have been thinking and talking about becoming a one tv family with the tv in the basement and getting rid of the one in the main floor living room. And we did it! A nice older man purchased the tv for $20 and a young lady took the stand for a big $6! In all, we made $165 at the sale, not too bad! The next question then is how do we rearrange the furniture in the living room? I actually had no idea what to do, but felt it was just very messy looking. This really is not my area of expertise, so I am really impressed with how it turned out.
Up top is a picture of the room looking towards the front door. The tv was in the left side corner and the benches are in the room because I had used them to display stuff at the garage sale.

Here is the other side of the room. The first thing that you usually notice about the room is the large bin of toys and stacks of books.

Here are some after pictures! I originally thought that I would need to go out and buy some more furniture. Randy then reminded me (nicely of course) that we are trying to save money to some day add on to the back of the house. So, I am happy to say, all I spent was $35 on the 4 ottomans. The two larger ottomans also serve as shoe hiders for the girls!

The room looks so much bigger and welcoming. I love the fact that there is a place for books instead of the floor and that the toys have there own corner on the other side of the couch. Also notice my great location for hiding the diapers and wipes! The only thing I think we could still use is a chair next to the bookshelf. I am going to keep my eyes open for any deals or garage sales.

Maggie seems to like the new room layout too!