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    Mom Cave Makeover Reveal

    February 8, 2013 |

    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?!

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    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:

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    We painted the trim

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    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...

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    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!bright, colorful, and happy #MomCave with #LaZBoy and whitehouseblackshutters.com

    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 😉

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    But for now, here are some of my favorite accessories from the room:

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    Oh and while fisheye mirrors make your room look great, but they don’t do the same for your face...

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    and secondly: double rugs, double the awesome.

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    Accessories, schmaccessories. I know you just want to see that before and after again! 😉

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    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)

    Update June 14: See what the room looks like now in our house tour here!

     

     

    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!

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    Comments

    1. bricolage

      February 05, 2018 at 1:36 pm

      wow the Valspar Stillness is really great. This color will just be perfect for my living room 🙂 thanks for the tip

    2. KTW

      September 15, 2015 at 4:01 pm

      How did you get the wood paneling off the walls? I think I saw in you list of before pictures that there used to be a lot of wood paneling everywhere.

      • KTW

        September 15, 2015 at 4:02 pm

        *your

      • Ann Marie Heasley

        September 19, 2015 at 8:30 pm

        I don't remember, I'll ask my husband and get back to you!

    3. Amy

      July 18, 2015 at 8:36 am

      Love your new room! The colors are so calming. Do the kids have to stay away from your room to keep it staying so tranquil? Never ever thought of double rugs. I have to be careful with tripping. Are these low profile enough to avoid tripping? As in does the vacuum glide easily from one to the next? I have a lazy boy gallery nearby and went in looking for a new sofa/love seat. Was immediately blown away by the accessories. Really nice furniture but none really met my needs. The sales person was so helpful and was the first person to explain how a piece of furniture has to fit your body. I loved their accessories but the prices were a little steep for me. I expect to pay a certain price for a quality piece of furniture. But it is hard for me to pay for accessories. Does anyone else feel that way?

    4. Tracy

      March 27, 2015 at 10:38 am

      Can you come stay with me for a few weeks and organize and redo my home (on a budget of course)! Love this room!

    5. Karen

      March 26, 2015 at 2:26 pm

      I'd love to do that with our living room but we have a 90# dog who eats pillows and carpets and furniture. Ugh!

    6. Linda Louie

      March 26, 2015 at 12:37 pm

      Ann Marie ~ Your room is beautiful!! I love the colors and I love painting the dark wood white. It brightens up the room so much! Enjoy your new mom-cave! ~Linda

    7. Lauriane

      January 08, 2014 at 8:59 am

      Hi Ann Marie ! The change you made in this room is so impressive ! I was wondering if you would allow me to use two of these pictures for an article on my blog Appartement Malin (it's in French...), in order to show how wide curtains can enlarge a small window. It seems to be so difficult to find clear pictures of this principle, and yours look really great. I would of course mention the source of the pictures and link them back to this page. Thanks !

    8. Kathi

      August 26, 2013 at 5:41 am

      I love what you've done with this room! Thanks for sharing the name of the paint you used. I'm planning to redo my bedroom soon and Valspar Stillness is the perfect color. 😀

    9. KRISTY

      June 20, 2013 at 10:56 am

      I love your MOM CAVE!! Where did you get that couch? Its exactly what I'm looking for...

      • Ann Marie Heasley

        June 24, 2013 at 3:44 pm

        Hi Kristy,

        It's from La-Z-Boy! It is the Sinclair line, this is the right arm sofa piece and the left arm chaise piece put together. And it is sooooo comfy. I'm so glad you like it, thanks for the sweet comment!

    10. djw

      May 29, 2013 at 9:42 pm

      Great job on the room. It gives such a sense of completion. Where did you find the coffee table? I've been searching for one just like it.

    11. Mercedes

      May 12, 2013 at 12:22 am

      Looks great!!! Love the color combo. Where did you get the fish bowl?

      • Ann Marie

        May 14, 2013 at 3:43 pm

        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.

    12. Deborah Paterson

      May 03, 2013 at 12:45 am

      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!!!

    13. Deborah Paterson

      May 03, 2013 at 12:37 am

      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!

    14. Erin @ DIY On the Cheap

      April 02, 2013 at 4:56 pm

      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!

      • Ann Marie

        April 10, 2013 at 8:38 am

        of course I don't mind, thank you so much for sharing it over there! 🙂

    15. Elisa

      March 17, 2013 at 10:33 am

      Wow, that's awesome. You did an incredible job! I love the color palette, it's fun but not all over the place.

    16. Holly

      March 01, 2013 at 9:54 am

      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...;)

    17. Lauren @momhomeguide

      March 01, 2013 at 9:31 am

      So beautifu! I might want to use your color scheme in my home office!

      • Ann Marie lives here

        March 01, 2013 at 11:01 am

        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.

    18. Marty Walden

      February 26, 2013 at 9:00 am

      This is a great makeover! I pinned you! Am visiting from blogtalk.

      • Ann Marie

        February 28, 2013 at 9:10 am

        thank you so much, Marty! Yay for Pinterest and Blogtalk 🙂

    19. Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl

      February 25, 2013 at 10:43 pm

      Ann Marie, whoa! I'm so jealous, that is one fab mom cave! Nicely done girl.

      • Ann Marie

        February 28, 2013 at 9:11 am

        don't be jealous, just come over and help me hang out in it 😉 thanks so much, Brittany!

    20. Tara @ Suburble

      February 24, 2013 at 1:01 pm

      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!

      • Ann Marie lives here

        March 01, 2013 at 10:59 am

        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.

    21. Tara @ Suburble

      February 24, 2013 at 1:00 pm

      Wowza!

    22. Beth @ Whole New Leaf

      February 24, 2013 at 2:21 am

      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!

    23. Kelsey

      February 23, 2013 at 8:15 am

      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!

    24. Sarah @ An Inviting Home

      February 22, 2013 at 10:12 am

      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

    25. Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting

      February 22, 2013 at 8:24 am

      HOLY FREAKING AWESOME, BATMAN!

    26. Tree @ Mother of Pearl It Is

      February 18, 2013 at 12:50 pm

      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! 🙂

    27. Mimi

      February 18, 2013 at 9:08 am

      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?

    28. Ami

      February 13, 2013 at 9:19 am

      what an amazing space! i'm obsessed with that rug! i think i will be heading to la-z-boy this weekend! 🙂

    29. capturing joy with kristen duke

      February 12, 2013 at 8:30 am

      looks beautiful! I hope everything is ok over there...sad your post got missed, but if you have it, I'll plug it in...

    30. [email protected]spot.com

      February 11, 2013 at 7:23 am

      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?

      • [email protected]

        February 11, 2013 at 7:25 am

        totally missed the arrow POINTING to the rug! Answered my own question.
        Have a great week!

    31. Natalie

      February 11, 2013 at 6:37 am

      GORGEOUS!!!! Wow.. love it! I just entered..do you know when the giveaway ends?? 🙂 fingers crossed!

    32. Bekah

      February 10, 2013 at 10:28 pm

      Oh my gosh girl! It looks amazing! Well done!

    33. Laura Grace Andry

      February 10, 2013 at 8:32 am

      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!

    34. Karen @ Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

      February 09, 2013 at 9:41 am

      Gorgeous! I love the lamp, the rug, the pillows, and especially the paint colors. It makes it so bright and airy. Just beautiful!

    35. Jen @ Girl in the Garage

      February 09, 2013 at 7:58 am

      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

    36. Tonya @ Love of Family & Home

      February 09, 2013 at 7:42 am

      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!!

    37. Kathy

      February 09, 2013 at 7:00 am

      Hmm.... THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I am going to be stealing that wall color!

    38. Jennifer

      February 09, 2013 at 2:45 am

      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!)

    39. Kari C

      February 08, 2013 at 8:34 pm

      Your mom cave looks great. It must have been lots of fun to pick out the items and decorate.

    40. Gabbi @ Retro Ranch Reno

      February 08, 2013 at 7:49 pm

      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. 😉

    41. Leslie

      February 08, 2013 at 7:34 pm

      Thanks for sharing. Love what you did.

    42. Amber Filkins

      February 08, 2013 at 6:59 pm

      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

    43. Erin Branscom

      February 08, 2013 at 6:02 pm

      I love it! I need a mom cave too! 🙂 I think every mom does.

    44. jules p

      February 08, 2013 at 5:56 pm

      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!

    45. Erin

      February 08, 2013 at 5:36 pm

      Wow! Looks so great, Ann Marie! Love that patterned rug. Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!

    46. Rachel B

      February 08, 2013 at 5:23 pm

      I love the fish! 🙂

    47. Ellie

      February 08, 2013 at 4:12 pm

      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!

    48. Marisa

      February 08, 2013 at 3:32 pm

      Wow, Ann Marie! The room is stunning!! You are so talented. Want to come decorate my house?! 🙂

    49. Kim

      February 08, 2013 at 1:45 pm

      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)!!!

    50. Megan

      February 08, 2013 at 1:45 pm

      Looks fabulous!

      • Ann Marie lives here

        February 26, 2013 at 8:51 am

        thanks, Megan!

    51. Erin @ DIY On the Cheap

      February 08, 2013 at 1:12 pm

      It is absolutely stunning! I'm totally jealous! Love it.

      • Ann Marie

        February 08, 2013 at 1:35 pm

        Thanks, Erin!! I'm jealous of your blue dresser. 🙂 Wanna swap for a bit?

      • Erin @ DIY On the Cheap

        February 09, 2013 at 6:18 pm

        Yes! Done!

    52. Abby Raber

      February 08, 2013 at 1:07 pm

      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!!!

      • Ann Marie

        February 08, 2013 at 1:34 pm

        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!

    53. AshleyD

      February 08, 2013 at 1:05 pm

      I was wondering about the fish. 🙂 That room is AmAZing!

      • Ann Marie

        February 08, 2013 at 1:31 pm

        awww, thanks Ashley! 😀 Yeah, those poor fish. I think they're scarred for life being in my house...

    54. Jenna, SASinteriors.net

      February 08, 2013 at 1:03 pm

      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

      • Ann Marie

        February 08, 2013 at 1:30 pm

        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!

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