Here's the sitch: I have a small house. I'm all about modest living and I LOVE watching HGTV where they decorate small spaces in big cities. I have a small galley eat-in kitchen and a very large front room. I want to make the kitchen more of an island kitchen and the big front room a living/dining combo. I thought I was on the right track but my husband said I'm going to make it look like a hotel room. Now I'm doubting my creativity. #SadTrombone
Here's the kitchen. I'm going to resurface all the cabinets (white) and I'm going to paint that old library table white a put a piece of stainless steel on top of it, or something like that.
These are the rooms from Pinterest that have been my inspiration:
(This is one room.)
I want to do it in my house with these items:
(This couch is half the size of the one that's in there now. It would cut off just in front of where Athena is standing.)
It's kind of hard to tell from this picture, but there will be a ton of empty space.
Then this small table:
