My Lounge Room Makeover ..... well 'Virtual' Makeover!

It's a cold, wet day.  All five girls are back at school.  I am home alone for the first time in two and a half weeks.  Piles of mail and bills await opening.  Dinner needs to be prepared.

Sounds like the perfect time to sit back with a mug of hot chocolate and fantasize about a lounge room makeover that is totally not likely to happen because  a)  we have no available funds  and  b)  we have no available time.  But hey that's the joy of a 'virtual' lounge room makeover!!

About 4 years ago hubby knocked through a doorway from our lounge/dining area to our garage which we converted to a room......okay 'converted' is probably a bit of an overstatement ....essentially we gyprocked the roof and most of the walls, put down some carpet squares and vowed to 'finish it off'.....one day!

So for the past 4 years we have had this huge gaping doorway knocked though with the best of intentions for a door of some sort to go there.....one day!

Well we are now in the process of setting up that garage as bedroom space for Miss 17 and Miss 15 so the issue of the door between lounge/dining and garage has been bumped back up on the do to list.

And it is from that point that my whole virtual lounge room makeover is created!  

You see the space where we knocked the door through is quite large and what kind of door to put there has been a bit of an issue.....but one that I have solved with my discovery of barn door hardware......  So essentially this is a track system that will allow a barn style door to be hung and slide to close the opening.

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The barn door concept will work really well in the area we have and the barn door itself will then become a feature of our lounge/dining room.

But clearly now the whole lounge/dining area would need a makeover to complement the barn door!

That is when I found DIY pallet walls....oh my gosh!!  I absolutely love this look and since you can acquire pallets a plenty for free then it will mostly be our labour required to get this effect...okay so together with a nail gun, a saw of some sort and maybe some stain.... 

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So now in my head we've got a bit of a rustic old barn thing going on.....and I love me a rustic old barn!!!!  A gorgeous old barn conversion in a little English country town would be  a dream!!

Well now that I have my barn door and my pallet wall all that will be left to do is paint the remaining walls and hunt down some furniture that will fit the old barn theme.

And then the best bit....time to accessorize with wooden ladders, reclaimed timbers and wrought iron pieces

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I am now that crazy person who will be constantly on the look out for free pallets on the side of the road as I try to make this virtual makeover become a reality! 

I may have gotten a bit carried away with my Lounge Room Makeover Pinterest board!! You can check it our here if you like....maybe make yourself a cup of tea first!!

And here is the source of each of the images in the top collage...just in case you love these things as much as I do!

1. http://nomadicdecorator.com/2011/04/27/barn-door-hardware-for-closets/

2. http://www.country-days.co.uk/tag/crochet/

3. http://www.grandinroad.com/lyon-gate-artwork/wall-art/indoor-wall-art/611536#_a5y_p=1146543

4. https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/162620569/black-lantern-trio-wall-decor-home-decor?ref=listing-shop-header-0

5. http://alexandradesignfinds.com/

6. http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/TodaysTreasure2/4899161/crocheted_doily_rug_pdf_pattern_36_in_diameter_vintage_1960s/supplies/craft_supplies/patterns/home_decor

So tell me are you due for a lounge room make over....or is there some other room in your house that is crying out for some attention?

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