Are you ready for my mom cave reveal? You are not going to believe this after. Does that even look like it could be a room in my house?!
When I first talked about creating my mom cave, I thought it would be fun to have its own little corner in my family room. But as I tried to work amongst the chaos, it just wasn’t happening.
I decided to take over and transform our rarely-used living room into my own little space. It is away from the TV, the kitchen, the toys, but is still only a few steps away from where everyone hangs out.
But it was dark, beige, and blah! Now was the perfect time to FINALLY paint the trim and brighten the room:
and at the last minute I decided to get gutsy with the wall color:
This was my mom cave after all!
The room is a light turquoisey blue (Valspar Stillness) and instantly the room felt happy and relaxing – just how a mom cave should feel! But this room had a long way to go. We moved the sofa in…
To finish the room, we made and hung conduit pipe curtain rods and added some $10 a pair white IKEA curtains. $15 a window, baby. Ain’t nobody got time for expensive window treatments!
Next came the fun part. I went for a shopping spree at my local La-Z-Boy Furniture Gallery with some friends. Paint chips in hand, and pops of BRIGHT color in mind. I wanted fun accessories to make this a true mom cave!
I was blown away by the selection at LZB (that’s what I call my new BFF). Look what we found!
Way, way, way more than just recliners!
We loaded up, headed out, and started staging and falling in love with the room.
And the big surprise?
My ridiculously awesome mom cave had its own photo shoot and is going to be famous! I’ll update you with more on that when I’m allowed to ;)
But for now, here are some of my favorite accessories from the room:
Oh and while fisheye mirrors make your room look great, but they don’t do the same for your face…
and secondly: double rugs, double the awesome.
Accessories, schmaccessories. I know you just want to see that before and after again! ;)
My new mom cave is now bursting with color and will be the perfect spot to work, relax, and hang out.
Oh and don’t worry. No one has been stabbed with the horns, our pillows are everywhere, and the fish are now safe on the counter dead. (They lasted 4 days)
If you want to see my inspiration and my “mom cave” pinterest board, just click the board below:
What would you put in your Mom Cave?
Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This content has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries. #MomCave #CBias #SocialFabric All opinions are my own!
What an incredible space Ann Marie! You would never know it’s the same room. And I LOVE the white trim – it updates a house incredibly. xo Jenn
Wow, thank you so much, Jenna! I couldn’t agree more with the white trim, I can’t believe how much it updated our old house. :) I am still amazed when I see the room, it doesn’t even look like it could be in my house. Thanks so much for the sweet compliments!
I was wondering about the fish. :) That room is AmAZing!
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awww, thanks Ashley! :D Yeah, those poor fish. I think they’re scarred for life being in my house…
Holy Guacamole. I love that print so much that I’d cover an entire wall with it. Well, not really…well, maybe. Okay, I would. Anyways – diggin’ the new Mom Cave.
p.s. You Rock.
BOILER UP!!!
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RIGHT?! I loved those prints back when we were looking at sofa options… and again when we went in to pick the fabric color.. and again when I was browsing… and again when we picked up everything, LOL. I have too many pictures of them in my phone. My favorite one said “Everything is funny as long as it happens to someone else” but, well, I didn’t know if everyone would think that was as hilarious as I did ;)
ps. you rock even harder
pps. TOOT TOOT!
It is absolutely stunning! I’m totally jealous! Love it.
Thanks, Erin!! I’m jealous of your blue dresser. :) Wanna swap for a bit?
Yes! Done!
Looks fabulous!
thanks, Megan!
Incredible job! The colors are amazing! I love everything, especially the chair flanked by the fish bowl. Was the fish bowl from the Lazy-Boy Furniture Gallery too?
Pinned to win my “Mom Cave” too! I love their fabric selections. I’m in love with Cover Color: Ultramarine (J110395)!!!
Holy cow! That is amazballs! I am so unbelievably jealous:) I will definitely be entering the Pinterest contest! I love your blog!
Wow, Ann Marie! The room is stunning!! You are so talented. Want to come decorate my house?! :)
AnnMarie, I’m so impressed and so happy for you! I’m glad you had this opportunity and hope you get many happy hours doing you thang in this room. Congrats and thanks for the inspiration!
I love the fish! :)
Wow! Looks so great, Ann Marie! Love that patterned rug. Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!
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OMG! I was just sitting here reading your blog, all jealous that you got that gorgeous room. And how stinking amazing it looks. (major jealous) THEN…I read about the giveaway. Holy cow! That is awesome. I made a board. And I would give anything to win.
I would take out an ad and let everyone know I won and that I read your blog if I win!
I love it! I need a mom cave too! :) I think every mom does.
Ann Marie! I absolutely love it! I can’t believe all of that stuff came from La-Z-Boy either! I love it all, the rug, lamp, couch, wall color, trim. Love it!
? Amber
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Thanks for sharing. Love what you did.
I cannot even begin to explain how much I love this room. Grey, turquoise and yellow is pretty much the theme running through my whole house, and I’m dyingggg at how much I love your new mom cave!! I wish I was a mom so I couldn’t enter. ;)
Your mom cave looks great. It must have been lots of fun to pick out the items and decorate.
Amazing! What a beautiful makeover, Ann Marie. Now I’m off to go win a mom cave of my own! ;-) Hope you’re having a great weekend! (And so glad no one’s been impaled by the horns – cuz that’s where I went after my first, “oooh” and “aaah”! LOL!)
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Hmm…. THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I am going to be stealing that wall color!
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This room is GORGEOUS!! Seriously, it looks like something straight out of a magazine girl!! You did an AMAZING job!! I love every last detail!!
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I’m just loving this!!! Saw it on Hometalk… and shared it on FB. =)
It’s truly stunning now, you should be proud.
(and I’m glad the fish are safe now!)
Jen
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Gorgeous! I love the lamp, the rug, the pillows, and especially the paint colors. It makes it so bright and airy. Just beautiful!
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LOVE LOVE LOVE this room!!
Looks amazing :)
I can see myself sitting in this room relaxing to a cup of tea reading some magazines :)
Great job
This looks amazing! You did such a great job pulling this all together. I love the bright and cheerful colors and the mix of furniture styles and fabrics. Those pops of colors really make an impact and layering the rugs adds so much depth and dimension to the space. OUTSTANDING!
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Oh my gosh girl! It looks amazing! Well done!
GORGEOUS!!!! Wow.. love it! I just entered..do you know when the giveaway ends?? :) fingers crossed!
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This really looks beautiful. Funny that I am doing our Living room in grey, turquoise and perhaps yellow. I love orange so I am stuck between yellow and orange. What the heck, I might go a little crazy and use both =-)
I was wondering if you got the rug at LZB as well? If not, where might I find it?
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totally missed the arrow POINTING to the rug! Answered my own question.
Have a great week!
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looks beautiful! I hope everything is ok over there…sad your post got missed, but if you have it, I’ll plug it in…
what an amazing space! i’m obsessed with that rug! i think i will be heading to la-z-boy this weekend! :)
That literally looks like it came out of a magazine!! You did a stunning job Ann Marie!! Will you come decorate my house when I have one again some day?
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That is stunning!! I want a mom cave now! lol I sure wish I would’ve known about the contest before it ended. :( That would’ve been something to have a $5,000 shopping spree for La-Z-Boy! :)
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HOLY FREAKING AWESOME, BATMAN!
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I LOVE your mom cave…such a fun space! Is your house white with black shutters? Mine is, so I loved your blog name right away. :-) Great job on the transformation!
~Sarah
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Amazing!! You did such a great job and who knew that LZB had so many other awesome items besides for recliners? Not me!! I would love more details on your window treatments — I need something for my dining room that is cheap!
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A mom cave? What? I love this idea. I wish I had space for one. You picked such fun colors and accessories no wonder it’s famous! Congrats!
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Wowza!
Okay… I hit “enter” and I left a monosyllabic comment. Sorry about that.
I meant to add on:
I love, love, love your large rug and that gorgeous blue lamp. I’m dying to make over my living room (which is also our family room, yoga studio, laundry-folding-station, and part-time-play-room. A mom cave is the stuff of my dreams.
Thanks for the great inspiration!
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all is good :) sometimes one word says it all, haha!
The rug is my most favoritest part, and the lamp is a close second. I say go for it! This is just a space where I went a little crazy with color and kinda took over. :) Everyone relaxes in here since there’s no TV, and I can tell you that lots of playing and reading kid books go on. But no more laundry is allowed to step foot in this space!!!! That would be a crime. ;)
Thanks so much for the sweet words! Hearing that you were inspired makes me smile.
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Ann Marie, whoa! I’m so jealous, that is one fab mom cave! Nicely done girl.
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don’t be jealous, just come over and help me hang out in it ;) thanks so much, Brittany!
This is a great makeover! I pinned you! Am visiting from blogtalk.
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thank you so much, Marty! Yay for Pinterest and Blogtalk :)
So beautifu! I might want to use your color scheme in my home office!
let me know if you do, I’d love to see it! I can tell you that it’s so happy and bright in here, I feel like I’m instantly transformed to someone else’s house where there is no laundry nagging or dishes to clean. :) The wall color is Valspar’s Stillness, I highly recommend it! Any friend who has walked in loves the color, even if they don’t normally like color on the walls.
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Congratulations on the CWTS! I am so excited to see what everyone creates! My project (#24) didn’t make the cut, but out of 361 entries not everyone could make it, right?! I can’t wait to see what you do in the contest! And I am in the Chicago suburbs, too, so if you need to borrow any power tools…;)
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The room looks amazing! I am so jealous and wish I had a little space in my house to make my own. I’m bookmarking this project though as inspiration for our next house :)
Wow, that’s awesome. You did an incredible job! I love the color palette, it’s fun but not all over the place.
poor fish…you shouldn’t use animals as decoratives…what’s the beauty in animal cruelty?
Hope you don’t mind, I’m going to promote your mom cave post over on Sulia (and link back to you of course). I’m in love with this room!
of course I don’t mind, thank you so much for sharing it over there! :)
That looks like wgat i envision for my bedroom! It took me 6 months to decide on paint (Beach Glass; identical to your walls); several weeks for my hysband to actually buy the paint; and we’re “in pricess” of taping so we can “get started”. We have white woodwark & wood floors too. I hope we get this done before i die of old age. Love your color scheme!
Your room is what i envision for my bedroom! It took me 6 months to decide on paint color (Beach Glass – identical to your walls); several weeks for my husband to make the purchase; and taping is now “in process”. I hope i don’t die of old age before we complete the project. Your colors are so peaceful & happy; we have, light sheers + white Roman shades at our large windows, wood floors & white trim too. Can’t wait to get it done!!!
Looks great!!! Love the color combo. Where did you get the fish bowl?
thanks, Mercedes! The fish bowl was from my local La-Z-Boy furniture gallery. I would look to see if you have one near you and peek in to see if they have it.