Painting Project #1

When Ian and I bought our house (it's almost been a year now, can you believe it?!?! I can't!!!), we had a few plans and ideas of what we wanted to do differently with a few of the rooms/areas. One of those ideas was to paint our front room (AKA "The Gay Room"--thanks Ian:)) and entry way.

We finally (after a couple of months-yes we are both VERY INDECISIVE when it comes to this sort of thing) decided on a color we both liked and bought the paint. And last Saturday we put our painting skills (along with a LONG days worth of work) to the test, and this is what we came out with.


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I am very satisfied with the outcome. We wanted a darker color, that was neutral, that would be a nice contrast with the white trim and fireplace, yet one that would go with our carpet, tile on the fireplace, and black furniture. I think we chose a good one? The color is called "Resort Tan"--and it is crazy how different it looks in different lighting. My favorite time of the day, when the color looks its very best, is between 4:30 and 5:00 p.m. The after pictures were all taken in the middle of the day. It is almost like having 3 colors of rooms at the different times of days, which keeps it from being boring, that's for sure!

What do you think? And be HONEST!

Painting Project #1...almost done.

Painting Project #2...master bedroom next Saturday during conference.