Monday, March 3, 2014

Living/Dining Room and the Den: Paint Edition

When we moved into the house, the walls were the same color in every room.  The ceiling was also the same color in every room- the same color as the walls.  It was like Doom.

Whyyyy is the ceiling covered in stone bricking also how is that even staying up?

Thankfully, the ceilings were painted white before we officially moved in.  And the walls were fine- very neutral, very blah- but fine.  Once we officially purchased the house, we decided we could probably start looking at paint.  

I didn't take any photos of progress or anything.  And I really don't even want to dig through and find old photos from "before."  BUT, we have only painted two rooms so far, and since everything was the same color, there's plenty of ways to show comparisons.  We will start with the upstairs!  

We started with the dining/living room space.  We went with a lightish grey color that I am in love with- I especially adore it with the white trimmings.  

Man, doesn't that just look so crisp??

Since we haven't yet done the whole upstairs (still working on figuring out where to start/stop if we do different colors yada yada yada), the corner of the dining room is a perfect comparison shot for the old/new colors.


I love it.  It looks different at different times of the day, but it always looks great.  The color is Valspar Metropolis.  Here are a few more photos from around the room, in different lighting and times of day.


Pot of dirt makes a return cameo


Alright, so that's the upstairs.  Let's move on to the downstairs/den!  My goal for the den was an earthy feel- browns, greens, off-whites, wood and brick and stone, and metallics and reds for a pop.  We are getting there, slowly.  When it was time to choose a color, we wanted a green.  I have to admit- this was not my first choice when we swatched, but Scott was really into it, so we went with it.  It grew on my as soon as it dried.  I especially love it up against the brick.  


OOOooOOOoo, Aaaaaahhhh.  I know.  Here's more:


See with the brick?  Loving it.  That hangy-downy-beam-thing is the color that the walls were before we painted them, so below is the comparison photo!

This is with the weird lighting downstairs- 
yellowish lamp light and pure white LEDs.

This color is Valspar Native Henna.  I was a bit worried that it would be too dark downstairs in an already dark room, but it is actually great and really fits the mood I was going for.  

Anyway, those are the two rooms we've completed so far.  We have the paint for the office but we haven
t gotten around to that yet.  It's really amazing what some paint can do as far as making a house feel that much more YOURS.  

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