Spring Family Room

Welcome to our spring family room.  This is the lower level room in our split level home.  I made a few changes to lighten things up in our family room for spring.  I like this room to feel warm and homey whatever the season.  I added a quilt (from Marshalls last year) and some new throw pillows to the sofa.  Over on the mantel, I added a window pane mirror that I had in my basement and painted the letters to make up the word "bloom" with spring green craft paint.

I made another topiary with a  Target dollar spot moss covered bunny.  The "Happy Easter" banner was bought on clearance after last Easter.

{wood bunny on mantel and bunny pillow: Christmas Tree Shops}

I am so glad we decided to paint that wall unit white!  Sometimes, I regret painting furniture, but this large piece is just so much easier to work with in white.  I have my eye on that black console table next. Not sure whether we will paint it or replace it with something else.  Billy has been thinking about building some furniture and this might be the perfect piece to start with.  First, he needs to find some free time :)

This is the most traditional space in our home, but I like to mix things up with a variety of pillows in different pattern and prints. All of the pillows in the picture below we already had.  The Barley Flour pillow cover is from H&M.com and the rest are from HomeGoods.

I get asked about these shelves every time I post a picture of them.  The shelves themselves are floating shelves we purchased at Target.  Despite installing them properly with anchors, they couldn't hold much weight on them.  If I have shelves, I need to be able to put books and knick-knacks, or what is the point of having shelves?!  So, we bought these Ekby brackets at Ikea (you can still find them in the shelving department there) and installed them under the shelves for support. Problem solved and I like the look of the brackets. 

I haven't completely changed out the winter gallery wall yet, although I did remove the red sweater deer head soon after Christmas.  I replaced the deer head with some antlers.  We also brought this round table up from our basement to do puzzles and art projects on during the colder winter months when we are stuck inside.   

Tomorrow, I will be sharing some pictures of our kitchen, which is just a few stairs up from our family room.  Thanks for stopping by!