Over a month ago we moved into our new home....and it has taken me way too long to post pictures! Sadly I didn't take any "before" pictures, so I'll just tell you what the walls looked like pre-painting. Enjoy.
Jack's room. I LOVE his stripes, and the photos really don't do them justice. Sigh. Anyways, every single wall in his room was a greenish brown color. ICK. So we did this feature wall with chocolate brown, royal blue, and this awesome green (which isn't translating in the picture).
The other walls were painted a white. Sorry I don't remember the cheesy paint name for the color, but they're white!
Jack's bathroom- I thought the monkey shower curtain was appropriate for a toddler! This room was a dark blue before, and it just made the room feel even smaller. So I chose an aqua, which brightened it up.
Second bedroom, currently used as an office. This was by far the most drastic improvement. The entire bedroom was covered in bubble-gum pink, Yuck. It is now silver-gray. This silver is used in the dining room and our bedroom because we loved it so much.
The two below pics are of the entry, but I couldn't get a good shot in just 1 picture. I love the alcove here. Oh yeah, this was a green entry before. It's now a pink-white, which was supposed to have darker stripes to contrast....but that didn't happen. Oh well, a future project, right?
One thing that sold me about this house was its beautiful entryway, and how it uses arches to lead to different parts of the house. We chose to paint them red- they were just white before.
The kitchen, duh. I fell in love with the layout. Because it's open, Jack loves to run a loop around the kitchen, living room, and hallway. What a cutie.
We only painted the arch. We were too tired and beat-down to paint the kitchen!
The dining room. We did a lot here. Before it was white, with the window seat painted an orange-red. We painted the bottom walls/window seat a deeper red, and the top walls silver. We also did the chair rail ourselves, amazingly. Actually, it was pretty easy.
Our living room, we just painted the wall behind the fireplace a chocolate brown. Before it was a purple color.
Master bedroom, featuring the silver again. This wall was previously the icky greenish-brown color.
Normally, I wouldn't have put a pic of our bath on here, but let the record show that it was a dark green before. Now it's a sky-blue and it feels much, much lighter now.
Lastly, my favorite 2 men enjoying the back yard. Love it.
That concludes our tour for today. Thanks for stopping by!
3 comments:
Wow! I didn't know you had such a knack for decorating. And I'm not being sarcastic! Your house looks awesome. Great job!
P.S. I can't think of anything sarcastic to say, but maybe next time, alright?
Erin, this is amazing--what a huge project! I love what you've chosen. For the striped wall, did you paint it all one color first and then tape off to do the stripes? Did you have to do a lot of retouching? You must be a pro by now. It all looks fabulous.
Thanks Ali and Amy! Those were some great comments, please feel free to continue complimenting me!! Anyways, to answer your question Amy- we painted the whole wall brown first, then taped off the stripes, caulked the tape, and painted the blue/green. The caulk seals the tape so when you take it down, the stripes are straight. I learned that from the folks at Home Depot. But, yes, touch-ups were still needed...they're never-ending...
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