We did a big renovation on our family room. We started with gutting the ole paneled walls and removing the wall to wall carpet that was 20 years old and pretty disgusting. We hired a contractor to do most of the renovations. We went with smooth drywall for the walls painted white. We had these nasty dark faux cedar beams in the faulted ceiling. I had the contractor cover them with smooth wood and paint white. We did tile that looks like a planked wood floor; I had a tile company do that as my knees just don't do tile work anymore. 

We had a wet bar/cabinet/book shelf area on one wall and we gutted that as well. We went with semi-custom cabinets from Kraftmaid. My wife wanted something more contemporary so we chose a dark/almost black stain over maple in a Shaker style. We got glass shelves and glass front doors, hopefully might control dust a bit more than open shelves. The bar area is to the left and will have a small bar sink. We are going to pick out granite counters and back splash this week. 

This is how it looked: 

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