So, I am finally (after 3 years in the house) painting and hanging pictures and making this place my own.
Part of making this house work for us is sort of re-purposing how we currently use the space. If I pull this off, I may even get my dining room back and actually be able to eat in it and not just use it doing school.
I have just started the projects....but I am already excited about what I see.
The people that lived here before us had no children. None. The whole house is painted with flat (read.....non-washable) paint. So, number one, our walls are digusting. Number two, the house feels very formal and fancy.
I am not, nor have I ever been formal or fancy.
The drapes that came with the house are really nice....heavy, tapestry type fabric. Pretty. Formal. And, definitely NOT me.
Here is the kitchen....which didn't have the full down to the floor draperies....just the topper thingie.
So, I took them all down. Boy, did it open up the space and make it seem lighter and brighter!
In some parts of the room, there is a chair rail with kind of a burnt orange-y color underneath. The trim throughout is sort of a creamy beige.
(Pedicare night at our house...complete with reading material!)
So.....here is what I have done so far....
I have painted the trim white....and done a primer coat on the orange stuff....I think I will keep the bottom white....it looks clean. I can paint it a high gloss enamel so I can wash all the gross stuff that ends up there right off!
Anybody have an opinions about America's Finest Paint? I am on a budget....so I went for that option.
So, just a warning....I might turn into one of those blogs where I post all the pictures of my projects and paint color choices and DIY stuff that goes wrong.
Fair warning. I am a little obsessed.
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