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Whew!  I’m sorry to keep some of you waiting for this blog post, but I absolutely *had* to get a few more things done yesterday before I could shoot the after pictures.  Shopping and much furniture moving was involved, and I knew if we didn’t get it done yesterday it wouldn’t get done for a while.  So without further ado, here it is!

The tv is hanging on the wall.  The thing underneath it is a huge speaker that mimics surround sound.  Hot Husband and I explored the idea of true surround sound, but that meant speakers everywhere and I’m admittedly more about looks than function when it comes to that sort of stuff.  I didn’t want a bunch of them sitting on book shelves and certainly didn’t want to punch any more holes in our plaster walls then was absolutely necessary, so when we our Best Buy installer told me about this system I was already halfway sold.  I’m very happy with the sound it puts out.

My favorite part is walking into the room and seeing this bad boy hanging over the fireplace.  Our last house had a fireplace, too, and again we had to either watch the fire or the tv.  We dreamed of the day we could have one of these hanging over the fireplace so we could have only one focal point in the room.  I love having an old house mixed with modern touches here and there, and the satisfaction of working hard and achieving your dreams is priceless.

Scarlet and Indi live on either side of the tv in these glass vases.  I’m trying to figure out the best way to light them at night without a bunch of cords showing.  Any ideas?  They would be so cool lit up!

My tumbleweed came while the Best Buy installers were here.  I have to thank them for warning me to check for scorpions before I reached too far inside the box.  One of them had a shipment come from Arizona with a little extra surprise in it.  I never would have thought of that on my own, but luckily my box was scorpion free.  Also, my first thought when I saw it was “the color matches the living room perfectly”!  Because that’s the kind of weirdo I am.  So I went out and bought this cool vase to put it in.  (Now I’m trying to figure out how to preserve it because I love it so much.)  See?  I told you I was strange.

Rocks from the zen garden that sits on the coffee table.  In case you were wondering, it doesn’t bring much peace to my life because I’m constantly cleaning up sand.