Living Room Tour

When Kelly last did her tour of houses, I was living in this apartment. I didn't wind up stumbling on Kelly's Korner until the end of the tour, and so was never able to participate. Since then my boyfriend and I bought house, and we're still trying to figure out exactly how we want to decorate. So hopefully looking through these posts will give me some inspiration, and I'll be able to get some good advice. So starting with the living room.
This is the view when you walk in from the front door. While there's some pieces of furntiture I'm not a huge fan of, almost everything in here was a hand-me-down and so free. While I'd love to be able to replace some of this, I'd rather save up for some amazing pieces instead of replacing items just because.
Speaking of not all the furniture being perfect, the couch doesn't quite fit in the room. So we have this somewhat random section of the couch to create somewhat of a little reading nook. You can also see from here how the living room leads into the dinning room/kitchen.
The fireplace is probably my favorite part of this room. Although we didn't use it at all durring our winter here, I'm hoping we have the chance to this year. On top of the fireplace is a candle and a piece of Venitian glass, which is really only there because I don't know where else to put it, nor am I sure what else I want to put up there. To the right is really on only artwork or pictures in the entire room, and to the left is a pile of blankets (topped with my LSU snuggie), since I always want a blanket when I'm sitting on the couch, even if it's already ridiculously hot.
The TV and TV stand are really the only new things in the room that we've bought. Boys will be boys afterall. To its left is probably the oldest piece of furniture in the house. That chest was actually used by the boy's father as a toychest when he was little.

As you can tell the room still needs a little bit of work. (As you'll see in the weeks to come, so does the rest of the house.) I'm thinking of repainting the room, maybe a light grey to correspond with all the blues throughout the rest of the house. I also want to find something to hang on the walls, but I really want something I love instead of something just to put there. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I'd love to hear them, and I'll definitely be heading over to Kelly's Korner to hopefully discover some great ideas.

~Shoshanah