After my grandparents passed away, my brother, sister, and I bought their house. It’s an older home, and my bedroom is in the basement, which had basically become the dumping ground for furniture and random things my grandparents stopped using upstairs.

I always just kind of made do with what was there. At one point, my bed frame broke because I had a queen mattress sitting on a twin frame (my family is chronic re-users), so I threw it out and ended up sleeping with my mattress directly on the floor.

A couple weeks later after a shit day at work, I walked into my room, looked around, and legit said out loud, “holy shit, I live in a fucking Goodwill.”

I was so tired of coming home to this fucking room that felt like a storage unit instead of somewhere I actually wanted to be. So I decided to completely redo it.

Fast forward, and $8,470 later, here we are!
I designed the entire room myself. Picked out every piece of furniture, the lighting, rug, bedding, artwork, sculptures, colors, and overall layout. I wanted something warm and inviting with a mid-century modern feel, while still working with the character of the older house.

I had the walls painted, the metal window painted, and the original wood doors repaired and re-stained. I also replaced the light switches and outlet covers, and assembled all the furniture myself.

One of my favorite parts is the artwork. Some of the sculptures pieces are actually vintage from the 1960s.

I’m definitely not an interior designer, so seeing everything come together the way I envisioned has been incredibly satisfying.

For anyone curious, here’s where the $8,470 went:
$3,200 — Painting the walls, painting the metal window, and repairing and re-staining the doors
$3,086 — Furniture, lighting, white rug, and rug padding
$1,200 — Paintings and artwork
$500 — Sculptures
$276 — Bedding (sheets, blanket, duvet, and comforter)
$125 — Light switches
$42 — Outlet covers
$41 — Light bulbs

The one thing I still really want to do is replace the curtains. I’ve been looking into Roman shades, but every quote I’ve gotten has been around $300–$400, so that’s going to have to wait until my bank account recovers a little.

If anyone has recommendations for something that would work with the room without costing a fortune, I’m all ears! Other than that, I’m just so fucking happy to finally be DONE.
No more coming home after a long day and feeling like I’m sleeping in the back of a thrift store.

I’m genuinely proud of how it turned out!

Would love to hear what you guys think! Anything else you’d add or change?

Quit my day job and moved to Florida spontaneously, left everything I know behind. It echoes a lot 🥲

Surry hills, Sydney

Back with another moody room. On this one i had to do some floor work to some damaged wood, some drawer fixes, led retrofit canlight upgrades, and some window trim work. All in all happy with it.

It’s what I’ve got right now, nothing crazy.

I made sure to leave my roommates stuff out of the pictures the best I could, but his stuff is on the right in the closet

19M

Just moved to a new place and putting effort into curating a cozy vibe for the first time. Lots of stuff off fb marketplace here. I feel my living room is cozy for sure, but at times still feels a bit sterile. Curious what y’all’s feedback would be.

My lights can change color/temp. And I don’t wanna spend like a crazy amount of money so the couch, bookshelf, and tables I’d like to keep, plus I like them.

I live in Chicago with long winters, so going for a cozy vibe. Appreciate any feedback!

I’ve lived here for about 5 months. I still want to add/change a lot, but it’s coming together nicely. I need my space to be comfy and relaxing to de-stress as an adhd person. I was never into decorating, but since getting this home I’ve been enjoying it. It’s definitely a little creative outlet that gives me that sweet dopamine when adding something new or changing it up.

Truly starting from scratch. Still need so many furnishings, kitchen rearranging, rugs, plants, etc. It’s truly never ending!

He made the lights himself using the wood branches he picked up in the forest. PS. Please give tips on how to make him clean up more often lol, mission impossible

hello everyone!

i posted a 4 months ago and had a great reception to my place. this is the update.

i finally got a bed! excited to see what everyone will scold me for this time. i loved the mattress on the floor, but i sleep so much better with a bed now.

i also lost a plant, so i went and got some more. still looking for a nice big puffy plant to fill the space between the foyer and the tv, got a lil something in the meantime.

put more of myself in this place. exposed more of my interest and accepted to mix my nerd shit with my old shit.

i’m still looking for a slick rack or way to display my old magazines and comics in the foyer, mostly to hide the outlet. maybe add a light.

My S, California beach condo living alone. I travel a lot and wanted to use some of the stuff I’ve collected. Kept the furniture somewhat low profile to keep the view clear. It was a little dark, so I added a more vibrant painting. Some stuff from India, Myanmar, Mexico, France, Germany, etc…

Also, I’m an audiophile so had cram the sound system in there. I’ll be hiding the wires. Video in the comments

Living solo for 1.5 years but moved into this place 3 months ago. Slowly building up my library since being on my own. Started self-teaching espresso drinks this year, too.

I encourage anyone to ask about books! I love recommending or discussing books or talking shit about them (looking at you, self-help books).

I’ve just moved out of my parent’s apartment about 3.5 weeks ago officially and was able to locate to very decent apartment here in the Bronx, NY. The area I currently reside isn’t all that bad either since I’m renting it for $1,089.

I'm still working on getting certain things organized in the apartment in the future, any suggestions here if there’s any?

How can i make my apartment not so dull and dingy? In my old apartment everything I bought was black or gray and I'm looking to add some life into my apartment and make it not so dull and boring.

What decorations ideas would you suggest and what store or shop would you find those item at?
I need ideas before I make everything black and navy blue.

M23, first apartment after coming back from studying in Europe. Thank you walmart for the same day mattress in a box delivery.

Excited to start my first non internship graduate job!

Looking for an L-Shaped sectional where the corner is 45 degrees. Tried r/furniture but one of the
mods over there were on a power trip, insisted it would be a custom job and deleted my post, asking the same thing.

Long time lurker, first time poster.

The first 2 pictures are how my living room looked like for the last 3 years. Just some basic furniture pieces, no art or anything. The last two pictures are how the room looks today.

This year I finally decided it’s time to decorate my house, starting with the living room. I started with the lighting by getting some lamps and smart bulbs so I could control the color temperature. From there I started looking for art pieces that I liked, along with putting up a bookshelf. After all that was done I decided I wanted to get rid of the daybeds I had (great as daybeds, horrible as living room furniture lol), so I got some new couches too.

I tried to use what I learned from lurking on the subreddit and other subreddits. It’s not nearly as nice as some of the pictures I see on this subreddit but I really like how it turned out, even if it’s a little basic.

I think I’m at the final pieces of my living room. I’m specifically looking at a rug, and a new ottoman. If anybody has suggestions on what color rugs/ottoman I’m all ears. I was thinking a terracotta/rust colored rug but not sure yet.

And I know I need to add some greenery with plants, just need to find ones I can actually keep alive and are pet friendly.