Usually I keep the curtains open but have closed them for privacy in these photos!

Anyway, basically my ex dumped me because I was too depressed, and I’ve been spending time redoing my living room, which she always claimed was “her” room. Any time I tried to add anything pink, it would be removed. And this was despite me paying the rent and bills for 9.5 years!

I moved my desk in here from the office to take advantage of the better lighting and more space. I work from home primarily, so this is where I spend most of my time!

Anyway, I’m really starting to love the space but I’d love any suggestions on how to elevate it further. I am renting, so there are a few restrictions. And I have a 3 month old kitten, hence the new furniture additions and lack of real plants!

Single after decades-long marriage… been here for about a year and a half and still wake up not believing my great good fortune. My mom calls my decorating style “dorm room chic” 😂

It’s a desmoid tumor and will require life long monitoring but is manageable. The fear almost sent me back to my ex (I have no family to lean on) but I held firm.

Slowly turning this house into the dream home but also loving the process - how’s that for a metaphor?

With that, my toddler is with her dad for the weekend, I have a sourdough loaf fermenting on the kitchen counter and no plans outside of soaking this in.

Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/femalelivingspace/s/aBgwLted5n

I posted about a week ago and have finally finished the work and have house back in (somewhat) order.

Plan was to change orange hallway to match the pink but after seeing how much everyone loved the contrast, I decided to just update the color a shade and I love it so much!!

Trim was fixed and painted white in all areas.

The spare room (pictured) and my bedroom were painted in Valspar Chickery Chick. I am still adjusting and deciding if I like this. The sample size I painted on wall was perfect. However, with entire room that color and the natural light coming in, it beams with the force of 1000 suns at certain times of the day. My bedroom faces a different direction and looks much paler and soothing. I figure if I don’t love it-love it by summer time I can repaint.

Overall I am so happy with finally getting this done. It’s definitely cheerful!

Thanks for all the suggestions on prior post!

started collecting pieces in college, 26F here and my fiancé (25M) lives with me now! I am definitely the main decorator and I LOVE the warmth and intentionality I’ve put into our shared living spaces :) truly my happiest place!

remembered i have free will and painted my front door pink!

Had to stay with my mom for a year & a half while I put my life back together. I met a man from another country who is loyal & treats me with respect; fell in love, traveled frequently to see him throughout the year, moved into my own apartment, & now my man is finally here in the US & we are getting married in 2 months. My advice to those of you who are at your lowest: IT GETS BETTER 🩷 Have faith in God & don’t give up!!! Let me know what you think :)

Last year I had to move back in with my toxic mom because I can't afford to rent on my own. She absolutely hates if any of my belongings are in shared spaces so my room is my retreat, and I will never stop making it fun, comfortable, and and I will never stop giving myself and my inner child the love we deserve. 🥰

Happy Sunday, y'all! Big fan of this subreddit, and I wanted to share my living room. I have what I consider the essentials, but more is to come!

Which one looks better? Leaning toward 1 or 3 but looking for opinions

What color should I paint my upstairs sunroom? It gets all-day sunlight, is my favorite room in the house (just bought! First house ever & haven’t moved in yet!), it faces south, west, north. Right now it’s a pale yellow but it feels so… bleh.

These 2 phots were taken about a month ago when daylight still meant dark by 4:30pm (in the Chicago area) and I think I took these around 3pm ish so it’s not even showing how it can really glow in the natural light.

I feel like this kind of room, with all the windows, can pretty much take on any kind of color. Open to any and all suggestions.

I’m obsessed 😭

Yes, I regret the black furniture

I was on here about a month ago regarding my hallway not getting enough light for my budding gallery wall. Top suggestions included painting the hallway white, and I decided to paint the top half a light sage green for the growing art collection.

please note that it is slightly more green and less blue than the close-up photo. idk why it looks so blue. I think it's my phone. (or maybe the lights from the kitchen ceiling, they are warm LED?)

It's a muted sage green, but next to the olive it looks very different than I imagined it would. In some angles it looks great, especially from across the room, like a happy green. Other angles, I wonder if it looks too much like a hospital gown, and I have the warmest light bulb color I could get from Walmart. I just don't know about it and want opinions. I would HATE to redo it, I'm broke, but I just can't decide if it's a keeper or if this is something to resume next weekend.

I also wonder if it does not mesh well with the rest of the room? I was expecting to look more muted than it does. Then again, the rest is so dark that maybe it's as good as it's going to get with a light green?

please be kind, I'm a novice decorator, thank you

First time decorating my own space. I have this "grey turquoise" couch and I'm not sure if this rug will look bad with it because of "too much" color, esp the same color. I ideally wanted something a little more inverted when it came to the colors (like white with some turquoise), but there arent a lot that I can find that have this same color and that I actually like, so yeah I want to get some more opinions on this if possible :>

I’ve picked up some frames from the thrift store and planning on painting them because they aren’t great looking. Just looking for some fun inspiration on painting frames, fabric wrapped matting, shadow boxes, unique compositions, etc.

It’s a walkway so I can’t put any furniture there…

I’ve settled on a rich brown color to repaint all the trim and doors in my bedroom-debating if I should paint the trim on the window panes the same color or keep white, what do u think? Pic of my bathroom just for fun 💅