Gameroom Revisited!

The game room is just about finished! It still needs some pictures for the 'big orange wall', but it's at a stage where I'm happy enough to share photos (much to my sister's delight) ;-)

For those who haven't seen the 'before' pictures (and for any new visitors dropping in for the first time too) I thought I'd start with how the room looked after we first moved in, back in December 07. . . .

Ooh goodness, clutter...clutter...clutter! This room drove me crazy those first few months. As you can see the walls are still 'builder white' and this is our old (huge) office furniture, as well as old entertainment unit which you can just see on the left side and old sofa too.

Then after a good few months of mess we finally got rid of the old furniture (via Craigslist) and I painted the walls. We bought new bookshelves and a corner sofa unit from Ikea. I did eventually put brown curtains up at the window but I don't think I've ever taken a picture since then. To me the room always still had that 'unfinished' look to it because we had no artwork or pictures on the walls either.

After recently rearranging the game room so we had more room to move in front of the tv, I bought new material to 'improve' the plain brown curtains that I had from Ikea. Here is how it all looks as of today. . .

The main difference in the layout is that we've moved the two computer desks from the left side (which was pushing the sofa more towards the right and closer to the TV) to right in front of the window, and now behind the sofa. Here's a few more views of the room...

I've managed to still keep our old kitchen and chairs as you can see from below. I was happy I could do this as it makes a great area for playing board or card games. The other two chairs are in the guest room and I can just bring them out as and when we need them. Going to the right of this area leads you in to the 4th bedroom.

And I finally hung some of Kristen's pictures. . . note the wall is still white, but this will change come the fall when I finally get around to painting the rest of the top of the stairs! It will be just the same yellowy cream color as you see in the game room. I would eventually like Kristen's train table to be donated so it makes the top of the stairs look more spacious.

So, there you go! Hope you enjoyed the pictures, and I wish you all a great day.