The Living Room! (part 1) _ OMG We Bought A House!

**The Living Room Transformation: A Glimpse Into Kate and Joey's Decorating Journey**

In this article, we take a closer look at the decorating journey of Kate and Joey as they transform their newly purchased home. The focus is on their living room, which has been a major undertaking for them. This piece will explore their thoughts, challenges, and creative decisions as they bring their vision to life.

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### **The Excitement of Moving Into a New House**

"Previously on *OMG We Bought a House*..."

Kate and Joey express their excitement about moving into their new home. "We bought a house! Yeah, what are we gonna do because it's a giant empty room—we need to decorate." Kate mentions her love for flea markets and collecting items, while Joey seems eager to tackle the challenge of balancing masculine and feminine elements in the space.

The living room is still in its early stages of transformation. Last time, they worked on the mantle, but now they have bigger tasks ahead: finding a place to sit, setting up a spot for their TV, and acquiring other large furniture pieces. The journey is just beginning, and they’re ready to dive in.

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### **The Arrival of the Couch**

As Joey sits on the new couch with plastic wrap still covering it, Kate jokes that she didn’t want to remove anything until he got home. "You’re what are you watching on TV? I’m just trying to maybe find a channel," Joey responds, humorously implying he’s stuck with static. This moment highlights their lighthearted approach to the challenges ahead.

Kate reveals her excitement about the couch: "It looks really good! It's called a cluster feld—it's a chesterfield style." She also mentions picking up fabric samples from the fabric store, which are free and easy to visualize in the space. Joey humorously remarks that all he can see are ugly pleather options, leading them into a playful debate about upholstery choices.

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### **Balancing Masculine and Feminine Elements**

Kate shares her decorating philosophy: "It’s gonna be a lot about balancing like masculine and feminine." She mentions their pink chair—a gift from her mom—and admits that pink isn’t the color she’s going for. Instead, she wants to create a cohesive space with a mix of styles.

When the plastic wrap is finally removed from the couch, Kate expresses relief: "Oh my gosh, it looks so much better with no plastic wrap! I’m so glad we went with the black." The couch brings a sense of completion to the room, and Joey agrees that it looks cool. With the couch in place, they no longer have to sit on the floor.

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### **Fabric Samples and Reupholstery**

Kate has brought home fabric swatches for reupholstering their chairs. She presents them to Joey, who jokingly says he can only see the "ugly pleather ones." They decide to pick fabrics together, counting down: "One, two, three..." Their choices include a luxurious option and a solid color, but they scrap that idea when they realize the bright colors might overpower the room.

Kate suggests combining two colors instead, and Joey defers to her expertise to avoid creating a "kindergarten" vibe. The conversation shifts to curtains, with Kate revealing she chose a creamy velvet color for the windows. She explains that she didn’t want a pattern given the size of the windows, aiming for something timeless and bright.

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### **The Indoor Plant Planter**

Kate introduces a quirky project: turning a birdcage into an indoor plant planter. Joey recalls her insisting he carry it through the flea market, thinking it was crazy. Now, they’re repurposing it to hold potted plants and hanging greens, giving the room a vibrant touch. Despite not having birds, Kate sees the charm in this unconventional decor.

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### **The Media Wall and TV Setup**

Kate shares her excitement about finding nine-foot-tall shelves for their media wall—a critical feature of any modern living room. She jokes that most shelves would "dwarf the room," but these are the perfect size. They discuss how they’ll style the shelves with decorative items and books, ensuring everything has a purpose.

Kate mentions mounting the TV on the wall using a tool-free kit that hides cables neatly behind it. However, she expresses concern about the placement of sconces in an odd spot. Joey suggests running bookshelf lighting over the shelves to create a cohesive look. This idea sets the stage for another DIY project involving electricity—a skill Joey humorously claims.

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### **The Throne Chair and Coffee Table**

Kate reveals they’re moving their "throne chair" from the guest room to the living room, where it fits much better. She mentions that it just needs new fabric. They also bring in an old coffee table, but Kate feels it’s too small for the space. Joey defends his craftsmanship, saying he loves how it turned out.

Kate then presents a genius idea: using their giant mirror as a coffee table. It’s the perfect size and adds an antique, glittery touch to the room. Joey agrees, and they decide to leave it as is since it’s already serving its purpose well. This creative solution highlights their resourcefulness.

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### **The Final Touches**

Kate reflects on how far they’ve come: "We have all the furniture now—we just have to decorate and make it look like a cohesive space." She expresses excitement about styling the chairs, curtains, and other decor elements. Joey jokes about avoiding pleather, but Kate remains open to possibilities.

As they sit together on their new couch, they discuss the cable guy’s delay and the foot massage incident—a humorous reminder of the lighter moments in their journey. Despite feeling like the room still looks "very bare," they’re confident it will come together beautifully.

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### **Conclusion**

Kate and Joey’s living room transformation is far from complete, but they’ve made significant progress. Their decorating journey is a testament to creativity, resourcefulness, and teamwork. As they continue to style their space, one thing is clear: this living room will be a unique reflection of their personalities and design philosophy.

Tune in next time for more updates on their adventures in home decor!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enpreviously on omg we bought a house yeah what are we gonna do because it's a giant empty room we need to decorate i collect a lot of stuff i love to go to flea markets figuring out what we're gonna do in the space is gonna be a lot about balancing like masculine feminine i don't think i've ever seen a fully decorated mantle with no furniture in the world can't wait to decorate there's so much we could make how will it turn out omg we bought a house kate dora coming oh hello oh hello hello there wait what is what accent is that oh i don't know see i don't know either we're in the living room we're in the living room we have a lot to do still in this space because obviously last time we did the mantle but we need a place to sit we need a spot for our tv there's a whole lot of big stuff we need still for this room so that's what we're going to tackle yeah need to drink my tea okay well apparently needs to drink tea you know i got a lot of decorating to do so radio jolly jolly good yes yes you're good at that oh thank you carly yo oh my gosh we got the couch it looks really good but you're sitting on it and there's plastic wrap still yeah i didn't want to take anything off until you got home because i don't really know what to do with it they come home and the new couch has arrived i'm so excited but of course joey is sitting on it with the plastic wrap still on well you're what are you watching on tv i'm just trying to maybe there's a channel i'm dreaming you're imagining okay and apparently we need to get cable too because joey's watching static all right well we got a lot of stuff to pull together in this living room omg we bought a couch yeah omg take that plastic wrap off okay so the living room is finally coming together we're gonna figure out the media wall we're gonna figure out the whole seating area we're moving in the throne chair that we call it which was in the guest room but it's a little oversized for the guest room it works much better in the living room it just needs new fabric we also have this pink chair that my mom gave me a while ago pink is not the color i'm going for i'm trying to balance the masculine and feminine oh it looks so much better with no plastic wrap i'm so glad we went with the black yeah it looks really cool i like it yeah i don't have to sit on the floor anymore we have a couch it's called a cluster feld it's a chester field style so i picked up some fabric samples from the fabric store it's really easy they're free and they have them next to the bolts of fabric and you can just grab them off or have them cut you one and that way we can visualize in the space which fabric we want to choose for each chair i got options joey you know you can reupholster it with pleather so kate has all these fabric swatches all i can kind of see is the ugly pleather ones wait let's both pick one and then on the count of three we'll point to it one one two three oh interesting i mean i i like that one it's very luxurious we could do that and then like a solid on the other one i mean you understand that if we go this bright it's going to be the first thing that you look at when you walk into the room yep i agree so scrap that what about like like this jammer these two together maybe or interesting joey designing why don't you just pick it because i i have no idea i'm just gonna default to kate on this i'm sure if i pick out the colors our house is gonna look like a kindergarten you know what's actually gonna affect this choice is the curtain color for the curtains i picked a creamy velvet color i didn't want to go with a pattern because these windows are huge and i just want to put something up there that can live there for a while and keep the space nice and bright you can trust me i'll make a good decision okay but just snow pleather i'm not really sure yet what i'm gonna choose i still have to play around with them but i am kind of feeling the pleather i don't know gather these up neatly will you joey what is this it's it's it's a crown it's a really really big crown whoa joey thought it was crazy when i made him carry this birdcage through the flea market okay so this is going to be the indoor plant planter so we're going to put plants in it i'm going to put potted plants and then hanging plants so the whole thing looks really full it's weird because we don't have birds but i guess that's what's funky about it so we moved our old coffee table in in front of our brand new couch and uh oh it's small what are we gonna do about this coffee table i feel like it's like it's really way too small i love this coffee table though you did such a cool job on it i know what about hang on we got that mirror which we were gonna put there on the wall but that is such a gorgeous mirror what if we put it kate has a genius idea we have this giant mirror that we were planning on hanging on the wall but i think we're gonna actually make it our coffee table it's the perfect size it's an interesting shape and i really like that it brings that antique and that glitteriness from the sconces oh my gosh a fancy coffee table but i want to get a different base for this why it works fine maybe the easiest diy we've ever done i am so happy that we finally found the right size shelves for this wall media wall probably one of the most important parts in a home because that's where your tv goes thankfully i found some nine foot tall shelves because most shelves aren't eight feet tall which would completely dwarf the room so are we just putting books on it no i think we put i'm gonna have so much fun styling these with like all of our decorative stuff if we put books they have to be purposeful books i love the industrial vibe it's bringing in a masculine moment on the manly tv wall i'm excited because i am going to mount the tv on the wall yeah there's a super cool kit where it's like you don't even need tools it just grinds into the wall and then you can plug your cables and all your cables are hidden oh you're running the cables down yeah this is close behind so the one thing that's going to be i think a little iffy is these sconces right they're in an odd spot so what i'm thinking i want to do is maybe find some kind of bookshelf lighting and run it from that wiring but have it be over the bookshelf so it looks like i'm gonna have another joey the electrician project don't really know what that means but you're gonna find out as i find out oh my gosh i'm so glad we but wait can you help me get this i'm so glad we have a place to sit oh hey hey hey foot massage whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa foot massage breaking the couch foot massage yeah okay cool no no no no not those guys no no okay ask for it and not also give it yeah but this isn't ew when's the cable guy coming it's not fair you just no no wow what are you excited yeah i love our couch i love it i love all of our furniture i have no idea it still looks very bare to me but i'm sure it's gonna be awesome yeah we have all the furniture now we just have to decorate and make it look like a cohesive space yep and i'm excited to see what you do with the chairs yes but no pleather well maybe i don't know what do you think yeah what do you think pleather no pleather leather to pleather or not too clever team k team joey okay all right well tune in next time comment we love you subscribe all that fun stuff and ciao team kate and joey okay bye mr katepreviously on omg we bought a house yeah what are we gonna do because it's a giant empty room we need to decorate i collect a lot of stuff i love to go to flea markets figuring out what we're gonna do in the space is gonna be a lot about balancing like masculine feminine i don't think i've ever seen a fully decorated mantle with no furniture in the world can't wait to decorate there's so much we could make how will it turn out omg we bought a house kate dora coming oh hello oh hello hello there wait what is what accent is that oh i don't know see i don't know either we're in the living room we're in the living room we have a lot to do still in this space because obviously last time we did the mantle but we need a place to sit we need a spot for our tv there's a whole lot of big stuff we need still for this room so that's what we're going to tackle yeah need to drink my tea okay well apparently needs to drink tea you know i got a lot of decorating to do so radio jolly jolly good yes yes you're good at that oh thank you carly yo oh my gosh we got the couch it looks really good but you're sitting on it and there's plastic wrap still yeah i didn't want to take anything off until you got home because i don't really know what to do with it they come home and the new couch has arrived i'm so excited but of course joey is sitting on it with the plastic wrap still on well you're what are you watching on tv i'm just trying to maybe there's a channel i'm dreaming you're imagining okay and apparently we need to get cable too because joey's watching static all right well we got a lot of stuff to pull together in this living room omg we bought a couch yeah omg take that plastic wrap off okay so the living room is finally coming together we're gonna figure out the media wall we're gonna figure out the whole seating area we're moving in the throne chair that we call it which was in the guest room but it's a little oversized for the guest room it works much better in the living room it just needs new fabric we also have this pink chair that my mom gave me a while ago pink is not the color i'm going for i'm trying to balance the masculine and feminine oh it looks so much better with no plastic wrap i'm so glad we went with the black yeah it looks really cool i like it yeah i don't have to sit on the floor anymore we have a couch it's called a cluster feld it's a chester field style so i picked up some fabric samples from the fabric store it's really easy they're free and they have them next to the bolts of fabric and you can just grab them off or have them cut you one and that way we can visualize in the space which fabric we want to choose for each chair i got options joey you know you can reupholster it with pleather so kate has all these fabric swatches all i can kind of see is the ugly pleather ones wait let's both pick one and then on the count of three we'll point to it one one two three oh interesting i mean i i like that one it's very luxurious we could do that and then like a solid on the other one i mean you understand that if we go this bright it's going to be the first thing that you look at when you walk into the room yep i agree so scrap that what about like like this jammer these two together maybe or interesting joey designing why don't you just pick it because i i have no idea i'm just gonna default to kate on this i'm sure if i pick out the colors our house is gonna look like a kindergarten you know what's actually gonna affect this choice is the curtain color for the curtains i picked a creamy velvet color i didn't want to go with a pattern because these windows are huge and i just want to put something up there that can live there for a while and keep the space nice and bright you can trust me i'll make a good decision okay but just snow pleather i'm not really sure yet what i'm gonna choose i still have to play around with them but i am kind of feeling the pleather i don't know gather these up neatly will you joey what is this it's it's it's a crown it's a really really big crown whoa joey thought it was crazy when i made him carry this birdcage through the flea market okay so this is going to be the indoor plant planter so we're going to put plants in it i'm going to put potted plants and then hanging plants so the whole thing looks really full it's weird because we don't have birds but i guess that's what's funky about it so we moved our old coffee table in in front of our brand new couch and uh oh it's small what are we gonna do about this coffee table i feel like it's like it's really way too small i love this coffee table though you did such a cool job on it i know what about hang on we got that mirror which we were gonna put there on the wall but that is such a gorgeous mirror what if we put it kate has a genius idea we have this giant mirror that we were planning on hanging on the wall but i think we're gonna actually make it our coffee table it's the perfect size it's an interesting shape and i really like that it brings that antique and that glitteriness from the sconces oh my gosh a fancy coffee table but i want to get a different base for this why it works fine maybe the easiest diy we've ever done i am so happy that we finally found the right size shelves for this wall media wall probably one of the most important parts in a home because that's where your tv goes thankfully i found some nine foot tall shelves because most shelves aren't eight feet tall which would completely dwarf the room so are we just putting books on it no i think we put i'm gonna have so much fun styling these with like all of our decorative stuff if we put books they have to be purposeful books i love the industrial vibe it's bringing in a masculine moment on the manly tv wall i'm excited because i am going to mount the tv on the wall yeah there's a super cool kit where it's like you don't even need tools it just grinds into the wall and then you can plug your cables and all your cables are hidden oh you're running the cables down yeah this is close behind so the one thing that's going to be i think a little iffy is these sconces right they're in an odd spot so what i'm thinking i want to do is maybe find some kind of bookshelf lighting and run it from that wiring but have it be over the bookshelf so it looks like i'm gonna have another joey the electrician project don't really know what that means but you're gonna find out as i find out oh my gosh i'm so glad we but wait can you help me get this i'm so glad we have a place to sit oh hey hey hey foot massage whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa foot massage breaking the couch foot massage yeah okay cool no no no no not those guys no no okay ask for it and not also give it yeah but this isn't ew when's the cable guy coming it's not fair you just no no wow what are you excited yeah i love our couch i love it i love all of our furniture i have no idea it still looks very bare to me but i'm sure it's gonna be awesome yeah we have all the furniture now we just have to decorate and make it look like a cohesive space yep and i'm excited to see what you do with the chairs yes but no pleather well maybe i don't know what do you think yeah what do you think pleather no pleather leather to pleather or not too clever team k team joey okay all right well tune in next time comment we love you subscribe all that fun stuff and ciao team kate and joey okay bye mr kate\n"