The front room has become a masterpiece!! It's gorgeous! I wouldn't turn that into a dining area, I would make a dining area once you do your renovations for the kitchen, incorporate a space for dining. The front room should be a front room, and you have nailed it!! Why touch something that's perfect. Love it!

@XOMaCenna

9 ай бұрын

Thank youuuuu I know I feel the same way now that’s it’s completed! Thinking like an eat in kitchen 💕

@AMaguire8

9 ай бұрын

Agreed! This room sings as a living room

@ceer9141

9 ай бұрын

Agreed! Walking into a home straight into a dining room is kinda weird.

@christinaflores

9 ай бұрын

I agree since day 1. Never liked the idea of entering the house into a dining table. I also have two living rooms and use both. Especially, because I have 2 girls and one we made it into the family room and our girls have taken over the space. And the other living room, is mostly for my hubby and I!👍🏻

@joebendillo6019

9 ай бұрын

If I have to beg MaCenna to not turn this into a dining room, I will!😅😂

Brilliant idea of putting the draperies on the outside of the widow. It makes the window look larger and doesn't cover up any of the actual window. Your living room is my favorite room in your home. Gorgeous.

I love it! I couldn't imagine turning this room into a formal dining room. I think for most homes, formal dining rooms become unused space, unless you're like a dinner party queen! Lol

Have you considered building a custom fit window seat for your bay window? Kensley would appreciate it I'm sure. Anyway, your home is beautiful. And I admire your courage and confidence in all you do. Excellent work pretty lady 💯

@lynnbfoster

9 ай бұрын

Yes 100% do a window seat for Kinsley

The curtains added the perfect amount of what was needed!!! I would absolutely do the switch covers. We are looking for another home and I want it to be filled with character! The stone tops for the tables are gorgeous and the painting of Kinsley, PERFECTION! I Love your home and all your touches!!!

Those coffee table marble slabs are gorgeous but that table is rocking and rolling. Is there anyway you can firm them up? Tighten bolts? I think they need more stability because if they fall if Kinsley bumps into them or if you guys have a little kiddo, it's game over. The room looks stunning!

@lauramitchell6725

9 ай бұрын

I thought they looked a bit precarious too!😬

@denisejones1863

9 ай бұрын

Yes, that marble may be too heavy for those frames. I thought glass would have been nice.

Love how Kinsley roams around where you work & keeps seeing everything. Too cute. Love the makeover especially the curtains ❤️

@jodijoy8906

9 ай бұрын

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The curtains made the space feel so much cozier than it already did! I think a darker rug with texture would bring in more mood and coziness since it’s still a little icy compared to the stone in the marble and everything else in the space. Please do a built in bench for the bay window! With like a gauzy linen, or micro stripe or velvety upholstery! I feel like it’d finish the space even more & i just imagine kinsley perched on it. Can’t wait to see paris content💕

@traciecargill6413

9 ай бұрын

Tape is the way they teach us in electrical class. Covers the metal screws so you don't get shocked. Please do the tape around the screws.

I LOVE the nesting tables. I have been looking forward to you finishing them since you bought the frames. Beautiful!

Kinsey's portrait's new background fits so perfectly in the space and the room looks absolutely warm and gorgeous with all your changes!

22:10 that shot with kingsley is dreamy. love the curtains

If you do an eat in kitchen instead of turning this BEAUTIFUL space into a dining room, you still have so many options for a dinner party too!! You could use your stunning patio, you could get an expandable table or one with leaves, you could even keep a spare table in the garage and only put it up when needed etc. etc. You can always come up with something and with time comes more ideas, so who knows what the future holds.....but for now, we just need this living room to stay put!!🖤🤍🖤🤍

The highlight of my week every week

Beautiful upgrades. ❤️💕You might on the curtains twist the front ring around so you don’t see the backing on the top. 👌🏻

The room looks beautiful x the small thing that drives me crazy is seeing the seam on a light shade ! 😂 I have to turn them to the back x

It’s a beautifully designed space. You have really outdone the yourself Macenna. Just so lovely!

@XOMaCenna

9 ай бұрын

thank you so much!

Those curtains just MADE the room 10000x better. And I'm in love with the nested tables. I'm... hesitant about the light switches but I also know that I'm not great at mixing metals in a space. Overall, an amazing look! Love it!

@XOMaCenna

9 ай бұрын

It kinda shocked me how much the space needed those curtains!! Like whoa! Thank youuu

@Pkeats817

9 ай бұрын

@@XOMaCennaThey look simply fantastic.

@sandraroe3405

9 ай бұрын

@@XOMaCenna Simply Beautiful!! But am not a fan of the nickel. Does look better than the white I think they should be brass

I love this simple tweaking of spaces . It does not overwhelm your senses and keeps it light to the mind. ❤

I feel like the marble definitely needs the rubber bottoms for stability. Even when you were touching it and decorating you could see the wobbling. It would be very sad if it toppled from movement

I love the curtains! I do not love the nickel light switches personally, but you’re vision always comes together in the end! So pretty overall. Obsessed

Top tip for hanging long curtains... Drape the length over your shoulder to take the weight. Make s it much easier to get the hooks into the rings

The curtains made such a big difference! 😍

The entry room came out stunning! Just, wow! Elegant and classy, natural and soothing. I agree to not turn it into a dining room. In our house, the front door walks right into the dining room and kitchen and since the dining table is right there it becomes a catch-all for everything when we come into the house 🥴😅. With the room the way you have it, it's great for guests to come over and sit and talk.

The entire room is such a statement. A real WOW FACTOR. And those tables with the marble are perfection! GREAT transformation 🥰

Love the curtains,the new table tops are perfect, Best of all Kinsley!! Your room is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

LOVE the curtains! Some electricians will wrap the electrical tape around the wires to prevent the wires from loosening and causing arching inside metal boxes. This helps ensure that everything will stay in place when pushing the outlet back into the box.

@XOMaCenna

9 ай бұрын

that makes me feel better hahahah i saw alot of electrical tape!

Yes, I would definitely change my switches...I'm so detail oriented, the screws always have to go point up & down! BEAUTIFUL room

When I bought my new place and renovations were started, one of the first things I did was order new light switch plates and outlet covers for the whole house, knowing what a big difference they make, and they did. Good call. 😊

Changing out all the switch plates and outlet covers was one of the first things I did in both my homes. Updated the look of the home significantly. Curtains also provide sound dampening which is important if your home has little to no carpet, rugs, or other fabrics. The room looks gorgeous.

Wow, before my daughter studied interior design and watching you I have to say I was not aware of the small details in rooms, but yeah now I’m paying attention! I love all of your newest updates. You keep elevating your space and it so much fun to watch.

This room is "all the things"!❤.The wall color: perfection! The furniture, especially the nesting tables: perfection! And I could go on and on! I am going to make one suggestion. Put frosted bulbs in the lamps on the entry table and all the shadows of the lamp shade brackets showing up on the walls will disappear.

The curtains are gorgeous McCenna and worth every penny and take your room to another level. All the little upgrades you made are 👩‍🍳 😘 Little Kinsley at the bottom of the stepladder watching your every move you made was so adorable.☺️

You know when you love a certain car? You love it from every angle. That’s this room.

Macenna it’s too beautiful to change into a dining room!

The front room looks fabulous👌👌👌The curtains really finished it off 👏

The smallest details make aaall the difference. You may not consciously notice those small things but your brain adds them up and it sees it as more expensive and more cohesive. I love your attention to detail!!

The curtains look great! 😊makes the entrance look more elegant and warm.

I like the new switches but I don't have your budget have painted wall papered or just switched the cheap plastic covers from the odd old off white colors to plain white 😊

Really lovely! Thank you letting this room build organically over time. It’s really easy to second-guess yourself along a renovation. But the power in these last details shows how small moves at the end can affect the character and overall feeling of the whole room quite significantly. They United everything and locked the whole style into place. Really lovely!

Omg. I feel the need to change outlets/switches/covers so hard! We bought a house in October of 2022 and have been slowly updating each and every switch and outlet! No more mismatched almond/white, now it’s black switches/outlets with antique brass covers 🤤 Also, we had the different switch types in one plate as well, drove me nuts!

🇬🇧I love this room, it’s my favourite in the whole house. Formal dining rooms are such a waste of space, an eat in space in the kitchen would be just as nice. I imagine where you live, you can eat outdoors for most of the summer. We often curtain our bay windows like this in the UK, with Roman or wood blinds in the bays and dress curtains outside. Our heating radiators are placed under windows so you can’t really close the curtains without blocking the heat.

The room has come together so nicely. A built in bench would be so nice in the bay window, maybe with storage for shoes?

Love how this space turned out. Also I think built in bench / seats in front of the bay window would look so nice and cozy

@whatlolawants2167

9 ай бұрын

But that's the perfect place for the Christmas tree.

Was watching your video when up popped a new post notification from Drew so now I am off to watch it. It is 3.30am here in Melbourne and I am wide awake! Loved the curtains and everything else in your living room. It looks so pretty now. Had to laugh when Romeo ruined your perfectly hung curtains. Hope you all had a great time in France. With love from Down Under 😘💕🇦🇺.

I'm obsessed with the marble coffee table!!!! Aarrrgghhh ❤😍 And the nickel switches! And the grey beige currrtains!!! 😫🥹😍🤤🤤🤤

All I can say it’s beautiful.

Love the look that curtains bring to a room and yours look amazing! The marble tops are beautiful and add a lovely look to your tables. What a fun video!

A “beautiful” home is a compilation of DETAILS you LoVe. (Yes! Switches Matter!)

Love the updates… it looks so good. What about a hanging mirror for the flat wall across from the stairs. Think of that classic anthropology mirror but small size either alone, or with a tiny floating shelf.

Loved all your new additions. The house looks so cozy.

Get cork grips for the round stone table tops.

My husband is an electrician and I would definitely have him do this to our home for sure. This transformation is amazing as always McCenna you have stunning taste in your home ❤❤

WOWWWW!!! This is so not my decorating style, yet I find myself obsessing over this style!! This room is absolutely gorgeous. I never even thought light switches would make such a difference, but they do!!

I don’t know how you had time to do all of this while getting ready for your trip, but thank you! Loved this! Hope you all are having the best time ever!

Congrats, MaCenna!!! No one will want to leave that front room upon entrance!!! A true class act!!! Details, particularly, if they are perfect, are everything!!!

❤ the curtains and ❤ the nesting tables!! Can’t wait for the Paris vlogs 😊 🇫🇷⚜️🛍️

I bought a 1970s awful house when I moved here. Low ceilings uck! No trim uck! 9 years later I am updating it to Japanese zen, and starting to love it. Did the outside first, wonderful. One shed is now a tea house, zen garden and evergreen pathways. Stone raised beds. The low ceilings are cosier in these mountain winters. A triangular shed will be a greenhouse attached with a shade room. This has been the hardest fixup for me! I have changed out lights and plates.

You are so talented Everything you touch turns to gold and you make things look so easy to do which would would take me ages Your living room is so wonderful and i love your kitchen and outdoor space too I so look forward to to your vlogs I can imagine your parents are so proud of and all you have achieved at such a young age xxxxx

Very nice transformation, curtains are dreamy and the stone for the table is gorgeous.☺️💕I would totally use outlets. When I built my home I changed mine out too 🤗. This beautiful room is so MaCenna ☺️

It’s pretty funny that the old style pleated curtains are back in style. I for one was totally sick of them years ago. 😂

everything looks perfect, I have been thinking the same thing about my outlets! I am going to order the same ones that you got. Try museum wax on the marble tables to keep them in place. It is removable and does not damage the surface underneath.

The curtains are EVERYTHING 🎉❤❤

This room is the perfect example of decorating over time and searching for the right things to go in a space!!! Absolutely stunning 😍

Love the curtains! They look so perfect! Right color, right fabric, right length and fullness, right construction, right placement - perfect! Joe it looks like you live there! And it's funny I say that, because I'm not a person who feels curtains are necessary on all windows at all! I have lived in several houses without curtains in some rooms for various reasons. But that room and that window in that house needs curtains! And you got the exact ones it needs! 😍😍😍 Love Romeo trying out the rod and rings after you got it jusssst right! 😂 The marble guys did a fabulous job on cutting those table tops! It's the perfect marble, but they're artists so chose the placement carefully to find the prettiest, most harmonious section. I think they just made one of your decisions a bit easier when kitchen renovation time rolls around. I think we all know where you'll be going for countertops! I'm a person who has a thing for electrical wall plates, too. One house I bought had different fancy switch covers in each room! Everything from carved wood to different metals to plastic and in all kinds of designs. There were wooden ships' wheels in one bedroom (it had been a boy's room decorated in a nautical theme), pretty pink flowers painted on white ceramic in another bedroom, hammered antique brass with eagles on top in the living room, wooden rectangles with carved picture frame detailing in the den/office, brass ovals with fleur de lis on the tops in the dining room and the most awesomely-horribly-kitschy cast iron skillet and tea pot shapes in the kitchen! The only one I kept was in the entry hall - a soft brass colored lattice overlaying mother of pearl. It was a three gang switch like the one inside your front door, so was big and weighed a ton, but looked pretty next to the door with the leaded glass and leaded glass sidelights. So I left it. The others were replaced pronto! 😂

I love the tiles. Would have loved to see how you managed to do the measurements around the curved areas of the toilet. Especially since they all fit so satisfyingly well together

Beautiful job and love the tables, love the stone choice it was perfect and so happy to see Kinsley up on the wall again ❤

I found those drapes a while ago and am very pleased with them. Those adjustable hooks saved the day because I did not do a custom order. I have been planning to change my wall switches from the old beige ones but now you have me wondering about the metallic ones rather than white Your room looks great. The stone table tops were the right choice. Enjoy your trip.

This room is soooooo perfect now it's been finished. I can totally see it decorated at Christmas time with a beautiful tree in the bay window and garland over the mantel. No way would I ever turn it into a dining room. No one has formal dining rooms these days and your new kitchen/diner will be big enough to incorporate a dining table for everyday use. You also have another dining table outside for eating at when the weather is good which lets face it is most of the time in CA. This way you have a more formal adult living room for when friends come around to chat and a large more relaxed family/TV room for you Romeo and the kids to hang out in. And if you are building a bookcase along the rear wall I would incoprorate cupboard doors along the bottom level to house all the kids toys and stuff to minimise the mess that children bring.

Beautiful curtains. I believe that the two round tables are not enough for a living room., there is not enough space to serve comfortably tea for four.

Yay, always excited to see the transformations done!!!

Romeo had the right idea! I was DYING to see how they looked pulled closed or half closed for the days that you might want to do that. When someone has a migraine (or when a sleeping baby is dozing in a bassinet in there while their mother films in the adjacent room 😊). I know they’re for beauty more than function but they’re an investment, and I would have done the same as Romeo to see how pulling them closed affects the space.

When I watch your videos, I have to watch them twice,once to watch everything you do, and the second time to watch everything Kinsley does ,she’s such a darling xx

the curtains made such a difference. the living room is beautiful!

Changing the switches is not only sonething I would do but something I already done and It makes such a difference. I looooved the ones that you chose. It looks so elevated. It can be costly to change ALL of them but It really makes a difference. If I were you I would buy the same for all the house and change as you touch the rooms. They can be discontinued... And now you know you liked them.

Love the way everything turned out, that was special that your mom could fix the picture without doing a new one. Could you please let us know where you got the curtain rod and rings from? It turned out to be a very cozy beautiful room.

So beautiful!! I can’t wait to see how you decorate it for Christmas!! 🤗 🎄

When you showed us the nesting tables, I envisioned the tops as sitting down within the frame. It never occurred to me that it simply sat on top.

@lauramitchell6725

9 ай бұрын

I think the glass tops used to sit down in the frame? These seem a bit shaky from the weight being perched on top.🤔

The room is absolutely lovely. The mix, the textures, the colors, the beautiful draperies…it’s all perfection. The marble tables are outstanding. I am not fond of the new switch cover in the room (not that it matters!) because you’ve used the brass drapery rod and all the other surfaces are soft or brass. Perhaps it’s because I have that exact switch - in a very white, modern kitchen with brushed nickel, stainless and other hard edges. My opinion is biased for sure. But I’m here mainly to say that every episode on every platform brings new, surprising and wonderful things. Hoping you’re having a fantastic time in France with Romeo and your mother. You truly are a wonder.

Yes, I ALWAYS notice switches/plates!! Even in rentals, at the the minimum I put on new covers. In one of my previous homes, we still had the original brass button switches, which I loved, and left alone. In my most recent home, I didn’t think of replacing the actual switch mechanisms (you go, Makenna!), but found paintable wooden switch and outlet covers, and painted them all to match the wall colors. That helped them disappear. So great going on your new switches!

The curtains are a great addition, and a window seat would be lovely too! I don't love the switch covers. When they're catching the light just right to match the walls it's fine, but from every other angle they're extra shiny/dark and noticeable, especially because they aren't the basic white you expect that inherently blend into the background due to being basic and expected. The stone toppers are nice and I'd definitely come up with a way to secure them to the tables better. That's less to worry about with people, pets, eventually kids, etc. I wouldn't make this a formal dining. Having that as the first thing you walk into just feels messy, like you had nowhere better to put a table, and like you're interrupting something. This feels intentional and inviting and more flexible and usable. You already have a dining table; people can eat there and come out here with extra snacks to keep visiting after (if you're cool with food out here, obviously). A suggestion: move the fireplace painting to the right so it's a little asymmetrical. I think it would be nicer to consider the painting AND vase/other decor as one unit and center the unit instead. How you have it is lovely but oddly empty on the right, and not quite in an aesthetically intentional way. That detail would elevate it more.

Best curtains ever.

The front room is beautiful! Are you planning on putting a custom made bench (with storage) under the bay window? That would look really nice with the curtains. 😊

I am so happy I found your channel! So many decorating channels use too much modern decor, which is not at all to my liking. Finally, some ideas I can implement in my own home!

MaCenna those drapes make those windows so much more stunning. That room is now complete. Great job!

This room is absolutely gorgeous. You are a fantastic designer. I love 💕 all 3 of your channels. Thank you so much for all your hard work.

@gayle2276

9 ай бұрын

What 3 channels? Am I missing something? I see the vlog here and the podcast. Where is the other channel? Please help

@lauramitchell6725

9 ай бұрын

@@gayle2276when you search for another “XOMaCenna” KZread channel,she’s wearing a gold blouse, and that’s the one the has the word vlog after the name.

I had no idea changing a light switch was so easy!! Window treatments made the room. ❤️

Perfect timing! I just got home from work, got a drink and sat down (at last!) and just in time for a new episode 😊

Thanks so much for making these videos before you went to Europe and for posting them for us while you’re on your once in a lifetime vacation that you beautifully included your mama in. The drapes are exactly what I was hoping you do. Doing them on the outside of the window is by far less common and so much more unique and appropriate for your style. Very classy and elegant. The color is perfect with your paint and I’m glad you didn’t line them or anything so that if you do close them light still comes in. Thank you Romeo. They look gorgeous closed too😉. They just elevated the room to a whole other level. They are affordable option. You upgraded your outlet and switches and so onto definitely helps. Complete a finished look and it’s a little things like that that when you see him from the sofa or you go to use them, they just make you smile and just make you feel good such a small thing. I’m so glad you did not do glass for those little tables. You would think those coasters were cut from the same stone as the tables. It’s crazy how that turned out. He did choose perfect parts of the stone to cut. I really wasn’t big on those tables but having those stones cut for it was perfect and what I was hoping you do and now I am in love with those tables. I wanna live in that room so very much he he he. Hoping you do and I’m sure you are enjoying your wonderful very much earned vacation and that Romeo and your Mama are too❣️❣️❣️ I can’t wait to hear about and see parts of your trip. 🥰😘🌷

Morning from sunny England. I feel like you and I are kindred spirits. I’m all about the detail too every item I buy has a place to balance the next item little vignettes within one beautiful room. You continue to inspire me. Thank you

love, love the transformation! Looking forward to bookcases.

Someone gifted me covers and stuff for light switches for when my husband and I build our house. I figured i would just paint over them since its cheaper for is that way. This looks great

I LOVE the nesting tables. I didn’t think they would make such a difference but they are beautiful!

This is outrageously impressive ! Every detail is overflowing with rich warmth ❤

The living room looks amazing, and the curtains have definitely elevated it even further. One little tip... One of the curtain rings (on each end of the rod) should be placed on the other side of the bracket, as this anchors the curtain when it's opened or closed.

I love the ceiling hanging and drilling part, I love your pants it so stuck in you and you don’t even pull it out, you look amazing 🤙🏽

Completely understand! I used to fix the messy magazine at doctor offices when I was 5! 24 years later, nothing has changed! This house is coming along beautifully! Sending love from a designer in Jersey!

I've been binge watching for a couple of days and love your style. My favorite however is Kinsley and how she's in every shot just being so curious! I'm usually a glass person, but I'm loving your use of stone.

These updates look amazing! Those table tops are just perfect! You're giving us a masterclass every time!

I always notice details. And when things are wonky. I see it immediately. And like you, it drives me crazy until I fix it. Unless I'm in someone else's home (and I have to keep my inner voice inner) or at a public venue. That's one of the things I love about watching you do your projects.

Oh MaCenna you just made my day… wasn’t sure if you would upload a video today… so glad you did!!! I need inspiration that only you can give 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Would definitely change my outlets… I pay attention to small details sometimes so much I have to get up and fix it 😂