So, I always have quite a few projects swirling around in my head. I don't necessarily do all of them, but its fun to think of the possibilities. The main one on my brain(or maybe the easiest one to change:) was the color of my living room. A couple of years ago we painted it a dark brown.
(Sorry for the Christmas stuff, but I'm still really bad at this whole "before" picture thing when I start a project)
We have a very large open area with vaulted ceilings, so before the brown, the space look cavernous and cold. At first, I loved the brown. It made the space cozy and warm, but after a while the brown was getting to feel too dark. I played around with putting some wainscoting up, but couldn't figure out how to blend the living room and dining room walls together because I didn't want to wainscot the dining room. In the end, we decided to just paint. Its the cheapest, easiest option!
We still liked brown, just a lighter shade, so we decided to go with Behr's Garden Wall.
Nice, right? We thought so! We liked it so much we decided to paint the entryway and stair walls the same color. All these spaces really just blend into the main living room and had previously been white. We still liked the dark brown enough to keep one wall as an accent. (Less painting too.)
After some rearranging of furniture, painting some furniture and a new color in the living room, the space is finally complete! I love how it turned out!
(Apologies for the poor picture. I am not a photographer.)
I especially love the new color of the entertainment stand against the dark wall! If you look in the first picture you will see it used to be a dark cherry stain. Also, the decal over the window used to just blend into the wall, and now it really pops!
The entry way and stair walls.
Here's a before of the entry way.
And the after
LOVE it!
The living area finally feels complete! Its amazing what a difference a can of paint can make!
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