Surprising my husband

The past 9 days, my husband has been gone on a hunting trip to Missouri.  I decided that I wanted to do a project while he was gone to #1 keep myself busy, and #2 to have something to surprise him with.  Our front room has been needing to be decorated for a while now.  It needed some color in a big way.  I was tired of all the neutral colors.  I took the plunge and went for it.

Normally I use reds and greens because they are my comfort colors.  I know how to use them and it is easy for me.  Not this time.  I went with this instead.  (It's pretty close to what I used.) 

These are the before pictures:

And now, the AFTER!!!:

I am really pleased with the way everything came together.  I will have how-to's on a couple of the things that I added in the room and show you step by step how I put it together next week.

As for now, I am going to go enjoy my husband being home with some family time.