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Chick_Maggot · #10 04-16-2016, 04:05 PM

Since the family room is where we spend 99% of our time, it also needed to start representin'. There was definitely no tropical vibe in here - nasty ten-year-old outdated furniture, funky coffee table, ugly rug, busted Ikea media cabinet and a pitiful school house red brick fireplace with a tiny mantel.

In this pic, I'm already trying something with the window cornices and rope wall hanging. I also used the vases on the hearth as color inspiration for the room.

Old and busted

New and improved

The shelves on the wall were made from some scrap wood I kept tripping over in the garage. The wife likes when I distress the wood for a more rustic vibe. My garage floor now has less junk on it and I have new shelves - a win win for me.

The rope wall hanging seemed kind of boring, so I turned it into a clock. The "numbers" are made from cut and polished coconut shells. I've always been a big fan of a large time piece in a room.

I also replaced a light fixture with a ceiling fan and used some Lauhala matting in the medallion.

Also made my own media cabinet to hide all the AV stuff and to blend in more with the room.

The fireplace was my first attempt at any kind of tile work. I'm not 100% happy with it, but it's a good 10ft job. The LED lighting looks totally cool when the room is dark.

I bought some cool iron stock and had my welder fabricate a surround to hide the area around the fire box where there was no tile.

The hearth was raised and meant to mimic a box filled with rocks and sand. Not seen in this pic are some decorative nail heads I later added to the mantel. I spent about 90mins trying to make the seams between the pebble tiles completely disappear (probably not a detail most people will notice but me). Horizontal wood accents on each side of the fire box are some Mexican Cocobolo I had left over from another project. Believe it or not, that's the wood's natural color. No stain needed.

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