previously on the shape of home we bought a house a two-story home previous resident used it as an
office for us we will be using it as more of a living room space oh my goodness what a difference
a few days makes welcome to the living room and now the story of a family who bought a 100 year
old house and the renovation choices they made to get it all together it's the shape of home
oh plans have been made money has been spent major basically not much has changed here in
the last five months but finally something arrived to kick off this living room transformation party
it's like when the first guest arrives at your party and you're like yes people are coming she's
right over here she's also the sponsor of this video thanks to LG and they're stunning amazing
major wow factor 4K Ultra short throw projector there are a few models in this projector series
ours if you want to take a look at it is the LG cinebeam hu715qw 4K Ultra HD laser Ultra short
throw projector and if you guys don't know what Ultra short throw means at under 21.7 centimeters
from the wall which is about a human hand span IT projects a massive 120 inch screen I'm gonna get
started on this makeover and I can't wait to show you more of the projector here alrighty folks this
is what we're dealing with here many of you may recognize this is all furniture from our previous
Studio we actually moved this furniture around all the time depending on what's Happening here last
night we were watching a TV show on this couch with the projector on the wall in this corner it's
chaotic we've got a whole bunch of Marla things as well as pictures that we have not committed to
nailing to the wall that's a goal in this video to get brave enough to start nailing things to
the wall I did however Mount this mirror hopefully that's worth something beside it our lovely window
where sagua loves to wait for us to come home yeah I'm talking about you we're still trying
to figure out the shoe situation here as much as we love this couch I actually don't know if it can
stay I will explain in a moment and hopefully you understand these two seats however should
be good it would just be nice to have a bit more storage a much bigger rug it would be lovely I
feel like our window could really use a proper curtain right now it's all of our pre-existing
furniture and they just look a little awkward because this wasn't the home that they were
selected for shall we keep planning my dear I've been putting some things together on the old mood
board let me show you to solve for storage and to give the projector a worthy pedestal I have
an idea involving an Ikea besta unit I want it to be black because I feel like right now there's
nothing really dark and grounding in the room you know what I mean I also bought these knobs
and legs from pretty pegs yes I hope to use this media unit to teach Marla all about rectangular
prism sphere cylinder these are the other pieces I'm envisioning to work together these two I've
ordered I have no idea when they're coming and as you can see we did commit to having a sectional
which means the yellow coach has to go if you live in Toronto let me know if you're interested
part of the struggle with the car seat is sometimes we come here and we don't
even know if we can take home the thing that we're looking for I know I could
look up the box dimensions in advance but I just I'm a visual person I think I see
what we need and it's looking big it's a solid maybe oh
thank you
watch your head
we've already been soaking up this projector for a few weeks now but I'm so excited for it to have a
proper media unit to rest on it is super easy to set up you just plug it in connected to Wi-Fi so
it's fully connected to the internet plus we love to use the airplay connectivity on our phone so we
can share photos and videos whenever other people are here hands down the best part about it though
is the ultra short throw like are you seeing how close this is to the wall and these plants
that are on the sides not even casting a shadow there is no need to ever consider mounting this
to a ceiling or worrying about casting a shadow on the picture and it fulfills our wish of having
a living room that wasn't dominated by a big black TV screen it's so subtle wouldn't even
know she's there but when it's time to enjoy some home Cinema you turn it on and boom a whole wall
of 4K Ultra HD with auto brightness adjustments that make the picture quality enjoyable in any
environment as a testimony Dan loves to go to the movies obviously that's been a bit hampered
over the last few years but multiple times he has commented while we were watching on this
that this is just as good and of course it is not just for movies we also use it for family
workouts Sports and play time with Marla to name a few examples for now we have been projecting
on our big plane wall and the picture quality is so good but eventually when we finalize a
living room configuration we're still thinking about getting a projector screen to get to that
ultimate crispiness if you guys have any questions about our experience with this projector put them
in the comments and I'll respond to them and I will also put a link to this projector in
the description so you can check out all the specs for yourself thank you so much LG for
sponsoring this portion of the video and now back to the makeover this feels good we got a big log
smaller log wrapped in rope platform and bases what is happening oh what is it sagua
and I would memorize
we would sing a song in harmony if only you hadn't left me
you want to walk to the drapery store button button button can you see button
this store had so many options they were really helpful on the phone and so I came to see things
in person things did start to add up so now I'm at home without purchasing anything Dan started
being like you know how to sew you could take a regular curtain and turn it into inverted pleat
if inverted pleat is what you want with a little DIY we're gonna come in at under a
hundred dollars I don't know if anyone else can relate but I just was very tunnel vision
when I walked into that store so it took me a while to accept that I will DIY laziness
is that I don't know what this is we're gonna make this look way nicer obviously it's fresh
out of the package so it's a bit wrinkly and could benefit from a press regardless but see
how it's like kind of crumbly up there I'm gonna pleat it it's my first time ever cleaning Gardens
just did a lot of measuring a lot of math this is what I've ended up with middle pin is the
center of the pleat the two side pins come right sides together I'm gonna do a straight
Stitch down this entire firm section of the curtain like so I'll link the tutorial that
I'm sort of following to do this but the next step is to take each of these pleats
press them so they lie symmetrically across the seam and then Stitch it down this Stitch
here Stitch and Stitch stitch in the ditch done let's take her for a spin
on the right we have the untreated Ikea curtain and on the left ta-da the folds are nice and neat
I gotta find one extra pin to deal with this end piece let me open and close it to compare
I'm very happy with that all right well that means I'm going to take down this curtain and
repeat all the steps again congratulations you just signed up for more work whoa so texture
this rug is definitely big enough oh boy
hmm I'm liking it this is completely hand woven we are going to be keeping this rug forever last
night Dan installed these accordion blinds thank you they just stop wherever you want them to
wow went over this window and one on each of these windows in the dining area and
with that as our final touch as well as the complete lack of commitment to any wall decor
here's how this place looked when we bought it it was a closed-in office
slash bedroom when we demolished renovated moved in with our sad
little rug the projector sitting on a coffee table instead of letting us use
the coffee table lack of curtains lack of cohesion but here it is now foreign
definitively the best our living room has ever looked since living here so I'm pretty pleased
in defense of the wall art situation I decided I want a really large piece over here in this
corner and I want to take some time to make that myself and whenever that sectional arrives
I will let you know thank you guys so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one time