Media Room Decor

We still have some finishing touches to make on the Media Room, but here's where we landed with the major purchases...

Rug-
Mike & I both fell in love with this rug when we saw it on Joss & Main.  I was thrilled that we agreed on it so quickly!  We went ahead and got the largest size- 8'9"x12', which still allows for a nice area of wood flooring to show around the outside of the room.

We also picked up rug pads, which we still need to cut/patch to the right size 

(one wasn't big enough).

Next up was the TV & stand...
We got the TV during a Black Friday deal at Best Buy.
The stand is from IKEA- so we had to put it together ourselves.  We picked it because it met our solid wood requirement, was just the right height for the wall and width for the TV, and was a good price.

I like that it has two drawers for storage of movies and games.  I moved the navy blue storage boxes here from the kids' bedroom closets... they are perfect for holding the remotes & gaming accessories.

The couch was ordered and arrived right around Christmas- so I'm glad to finally have all the boxes out of the downstairs living room!

We purchased it through Wayfair.  I was a little nervous since I had never ordered from them before, but I was really pleased with everything.  We chose a sectional covered in a microfiber material because it's soft, but has good wearability (a big must since it's going to mostly be used by the two boys!)

You can tell our cat is loving it! 

The lighting was a bit more of a pain...
We first picked out these globes for the pendant lights:

But the openings at the top were too large.

So, we returned them and ended up with these:

Light off

Light on

But our lighting issues didn't end there... the electrician hung the fan, but the light's globe cracked as he was fastening it.  So... he's coming back with the replacement for that.

Here's a shot of the lighting while I was standing on a ladder.  

There is a pendant on each side of the fan.

I love the exposed brick you can see from this view!

We don't have doors for the undereave storage yet (Mike is hoping to build them this spring).  For a temporary fix, I fastened curtain rods (that I already had) on the insides of the doorways, and hung black curtains that I found on clearance at Walmart.  Not bad for a short-term solution.

You can see we also installed the outlet covers (and the light switch plate)

Here are the items that we need to finish up...
-finish painting the base moldings (one more coat to go!)
-the globe for the fan light mentioned above.
-door saddle
-door- needs to be shaved down a touch so it won't scratch the hardwood floors.  Then it needs a second coat of paint.  I'm working on cleaning up the hardware now.
-hang wall art. We have a few items that we know we want up here, but I want to get the rest of the furniture items listed below settled before putting holes in the walls!

Things we are considering...
-put mini fridge & microwave up here?  I'm finding it's a huge pain to go down all those steps to the kitchen on the first floor!
-put the mini combo foosball/hockey/pool table up here, and/or maybe a desk for doing homework?
-add a bookshelf or armoire?  I'd like to put some of the board games up here (the linen closet may also work well for this since it's right outside the door of this room).
-bring leather coffee table from downstairs living room up here?
-Pull the couch out into the room a couple of feet (it would still be a good viewing distance from the TV), and put a console table and two bar stools behind the couch.  I think it would be perfect for the kids to sit back there while eating, or whatever.  We're debating this one!