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Our Family Room – Livin’ on the Edge

Posted on April 18, 2015 by KylieMawdsley

 

Family Room Decorating Idea: Live Edge Sofa Table for the Hubby

To see the updated version of our family room with this table, read this post:  Our ‘Real’ Family Room Makeover – The Final Reveal

No, livin’ on the edge does not refer to that one time I ran out of wine, it refers to my motto with decorating our family room.

We’d lived in our home for about a year and had a good feel for what it needed with regard to flow and function.  So, this meant that the kids played in the fam room much less than we thought they would and hubby watched a whole lot more TV than we thought he would (as Maggie says ‘Mommy is good at Decorating, Daddy is good at TV’).

So, I thought I’d honour my motto to live on the edge with a live edge sofa / bar table for hubby-cakes.  Not only is it an epic hunk o’ wood – it’s also a sofa table that doubles as a bar table for him and his friends to sit and drink beer at – I like to encourage his hobbies and passions.

Family decorating ideas. Sofa or console table with stools behind a couch or sectional.jpg

I’m sure you’ll remember my sliding barn door (here) and it was the same magician who made this table.  Using a 75 year old hunk of wood and 4×4’s he created a beautiful and functional piece of furniture!

It is approx 7′ long, 34″h and 15″d.

live edge bar table behind sectional with industrial stools in a man family room with decorating ideas using cream and gray

I found these industrial style stools at good old London Drugs seeing as WE DON’T HAVE A TARGET ANYMORE BUT I’M NOT ANGRY OR UPSET ABOUT IT, NO NOT AT ALL, IT’S AWESOME.  I LOVE THAT MY ONLY SOURCE IN TOWN FOR DECOR IS HOME SENSE, LONDON DRUGS OR FREAKIN’ WALMART!

Decorating idea for family or media room. Live edge wood console table with stools behind the couch or sectional. Kylie M Interiors

Using an ancient Japanese method (for real!) he torched the legs to give them a super dark and completely water proof finish.  He cleaned up the top, added a lovely satin varnish and BAM it was done and on my doorstep!

(learn more about Shou-Sugi-Ban here)

Since the above photos, I changed the stools to something a weee bit more comfy for the ole tooshie…

Family room decorating and decor ideas with sectional couch, sofa table, tv above stone fireplace and Sherwin Williams Pewter Tankard

To see how this awesome table looks in our NEWLY renovated family room, read here:  Our Real Family Room – The Final Reveal

Because we have a sliding patio door out to the back yard, this part of the family room tends to be a bit of a thoroughfare, so finishing off the back of the sectional with a shallow piece was a great way to keep things open, but still functional.

So there you have it.  See?  It’s not about me ALL the time, sometimes I do think of Tim’s needs too.  YA RIGHT –  I LOVE THIS TABLE AND ITS ALL MINE!

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Comments

  1. I looked at these stools at London Drugs and didn’t know whether to trust my tastes i.e. I liked them but London Drugs for furniture?? They look great! Heading back in the morning. Your room looks amazing. Love the sofa table and would die for that barn door!

  2. Hi Kylie! Your post is just perfect. A perfect combo of preciseness and a healthy dose of humor….thank you! I’ve been gobbling up as many posts as I’ve been able and totally love all of them. Made my morning this one did :)). Question, maybe I missed it but was wondering about your family room paint colors. Nice palette, curious as to the names. I’ve been redoing rooms since my daughter and son have spread their wings and married/son moved into basement bedroom. Lightening and warm graying-up (is that even a phrase lol) my space and loving it. Two more rooms to go! Kitchen and spare room. Have noche travertine backsplash in kitchen so I’ve been struggling. But I’ll get there! With all this awesome inspiration and face-breaking smiling I do while reading this I have faith it’ll come to me. A big thank you for making my Monday morning. Enjoy the week.

    1. Thank you for such a lovely comment Robin (it’s comment catch-up day for me as it’s been a busy few months!). Our family room paint colours are…
      Benjamin Moore Navajo White (cream) and Sherwin Williams Pewter Tankard (grayish). I’m loving these colours so far and don’t plan on changing them anytime soon (which is a novel idea for me!)

      Chat soon!

      ~Kylie

  3. I’ve seen this project before and thought it was such a great idea to keep food of the furniture (and off you..I spill a lot haha) Looks great! And I love the stools too.

  4. I have some serious table envy. That is gorgeous! But.. I do have a Target! Trade? 😉 I do have another question though.. Although I live in Virginia now, I grew up on the Mainland, and have made many a visit to London Drugs.. they have FURNITURE NOW?!

    1. Wow, thank you Andrea! I’m always my own worst critic, which is probably why I change things all the time (or maybe it’s the OCD 😉 We are quite enjoying things as they are right now, so hopefully this phase will stay for a while!
      Chat soon,
      ~Kylie

    1. Hi Miss Kim, thank you for asking! That is Sherwin Williams Pewter Tankard and I looove it. I get tired of paint colours really quickly and I’m still lovin’ this guy. It is a nice heavy gray with no cool undertones and so far it has coordinated with everything I’ve put with it.

      Thank you for asking and visiting my site!

      ~Kylie

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