Living Room

The living room is pretty much the same as the dining room. While the plaster has some serious issues, we skim coated it pretty well before we painted, so we could do some more plaster work, but otherwise the room just needs a little furniture and a new rug. The taupe is much better than the mustard yellow in my opinion!
I dressed up some $10 Wal Mart roman shades with red ribbon after I saw how much something similar was from Pottery Barn (and they didn't have the correct sizes!) I think that it looks pretty good.
The Mr. accidentally got into this picture!
One interesting thing about this room- the stairs originally wrapped back around themselves and opened up facing the other wall. I think that the previous previous owners were the ones who changed it. I think that it was a good idea- it really opens up the room (see below) but it definitely left an interesting pattern in the floor.

Work we've completed in the living room:

-Some plaster repair

-Repainting

-Dressed up and hung Roman shades

Work remaining in the living room:

-More plaster repair

-Address issues with the floor

-Obtain furniture to hold media for the back wall

-Repair missing staircase pieces