Showing posts with label walls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label walls. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

For future reference . . .

We were looking for one of our house paint colors today so I figure I should have all our house colors somewhere I can always look them up :D

Yes, I know, that burgundy. You see, I used to LOVE burgundy, and still do, but when we do our master bedroom redo, that burgundy is going away. And the two golden tones were done in a sponge finish so they are mixed together. We still like the sponge finish and the neutrals so I think we will keep those.

The living room was a dreary grayish peach, a la "my spinster aunt's parlor" - it was really dark and oppressive even though the color wasn't that dark, but it was hideous, so I chose a very sunny color and voila, big and gorgeous living room.

Our former office was painted light blue per my husband's preference. Then we bought paint to match (we thought) when we needed to touch things up for our second son, and oops! ended up with the upper third a lighter color than the rest. Oh well, he doesn't care.

My husband thought our finished kitchen looked like a Chili's restaurant. All brick red and tan, but hey, he chose the red for the walls. We love it, though, it's full of color and with all our wrought iron details, totally us.

Our bathroom was recently painted in Ralph Lauren's Chamois. Which is really close to Sunporch from the master bedroom, now that I think of it.

My older son's room is a different post altogether. A huge DIY project that my husband and his friend undertook, I shall post about it some other time :D

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Inspiration from YHL

I am obsessed with Young House Love - I have literally spent an entire afternoon watching all the videos, going through the FAQs, I swear the amount of ideas I have gotten from YHL (honey, can we make a headboard? I saw it on YHL!) are neverending.

But since I am nothing but practical, I figured I would put my obsessive energy into a practical endeavor and here you have it, my inspiration board for our master bedroom.
We already have the chocolate curtains and my darling husband is on board for the mirror. He is not quite sure about the bright blue accents but honestly, it's about fricking time we had some actual art in our house. Hanging my old cross-stitch all over the place is not doing it anymore!

The warm yellow background is roughly the color of our walls, although ours have a sponge finish. I have successfully decluttered this room of all extra bins, bags and boxes and today I went through my dresser and rearranged everything, while tossing out some old clothes. Tomorrow I am tacking my closet - I mean, my rod, since we share the measly closet and get a rod each. Pathetic I tell you, but much like the lovely First Lady of YHL, I am looking to have a more pared down and efficient wardrobe.

Wish me luck!