Painting It Up

Kitchen - Before - Brown

Living Room - Before - Brown

I love painting.  It makes me feel like I can transform a space from nothing special to something wonderful.  The house is definitely starting to feel a lot more like home now.  Though there's still a lot of work left to do, the main floor is coming together nicely.  When we moved in, the walls were my least favorite color - a non-descript brown with patches of slightly different colored paint from the previous owners who fixed a few holes in the walls.  The main floor was a priority for us; not just because we wanted to decorate that area first, but also because the bonus room upstairs is going to be a much longer and more frustrating job!  As a lover of greyscale, I went for light and dark grey.  It has changed the feel of the whole place, and I love it.  My original intention was to just complete the paint in the kitchen and living room, but we had leftover paint and I was in the mood, so I finished the entire main floor (even including the bathroom) in just one more day.  Here are a couple of shots!

Kitchen - Painted - Light & Dark Grey

Living Room - Painted - Light & Dark Grey

Front Entry



It took us a while to find the right furniture for the living room; we needed to get something that was our kind of style, comfortable, but a little firmer for our older guests.  We're planning to add a coffee table in the middle as well as pictures on the walls, but here it is so far.  We really enjoy the furniture we chose and it's so great to have a separate "adult" sitting area without a TV.

Living Room - Now With Furniture!