The living room

There is a large room when you first walk in, that probably used to be a dining room/living room set up. 

But at some point, they put carpet in the whole room and I think made it into one "great room" (I refuse to have a carpeted dining room).  I decided to kind of split it back into two areas, while still keeping the open concept layout going.

I made the front of the room a sitting area in front of the fireplace.  It's nice to sit and read or knit, or just have a conversation with someone.

Then, I divided the room with my sofa and sofa table to create a separate tv area. I still need to mount the tv (the windows give a bad glare in the afternoon and I'm hoping a tilt mount will help with that), but it's mostly done.

At this point, my "great room" is competing for favorite room of the house (tied with my bedroom).  I absolutely love this room and love walking in my front door to it.