{renovate} living room updates

Happy Monday! I have a fun update to share with you guys this morning.

Little by little, I've been working on creating our living room. First, we added colorful lamps earlier this spring, and then the huge ceiling drum shade. We're loving how this side of the room is looking.

But what about the other side? When I first started decorating our living room, I created a small gallery wall. At the time I knew I wanted to create a much bigger gallery, but I didn't actually have the artwork to accomplish it. So, for the last couple years I've been collecting art here and there and setting it aside. Earlier this summer I set about hanging all the art I've collected. As a reminder, up until July (seriously, some projects take us forever!), our gallery wall looked like this:

And as of this weekend, it looks like this:

I am so excited about our new wall! It's been a really long time coming, and I think it adds so much quirky, eclectic dimension to the room :). Plus, I think it really show off who we are, because we took so much time to collect things we love.

But that's not all! The other small update in the room is our fireplace area. Here was it looked like earlier this year:

I have been searching for a huge affordable mirror for months - less than $100. Of course, I'd be willing refinish it, etc. Do you guys know how expensive mirrors are?! After searching garage sales and vintages store all summer, I finally found the mirror I was looking for. Less than $100 and all I had to do was clean it.

                             

I found it a couple weeks ago at Noun, an adorable Portland store. We had already installed the mirror on the gallery wall, and together they bounce so much light around the room. I love having two mirrors in the room now.

And, it reflects the new wall really well :). It's the small things, right?

I'll be back Wednesday with more information about the art on the gallery wall + an easy how-to for creating your own gallery wall! :) (Update: you can find complete instructions for hanging your own gallery wall here.)

I'm also linking this up to Cottage and Vine's living room link-up and View Along the Ways Roomspiration link up. Please come over and check out all the awesome living rooms!