This Weekend…

by Heidi on August 10, 2008

We redid our main room in the living room. We left around noon to get the paint, started around 2, had to go back to the paint store (after deciding what color we wanted) at 4:30, painted till about 10pmish, went to a lovely engagement party at Liz’s house for a while, started putting things back around 12;30, went to bed at 2am, woke up around 10:30 and finished up around 2ish this afternoon. It was a long weekend but I guess painting 1/2 of your house will do that!

The wall along the Kitchen before…

The front wall before…

The entry way before…

Now for the during….

Choosing a color…

Priming…look at the difference!

Finally…the final product…

The front wall finished….

The Entry way finished (sans the two pictures that still need to be hung up…)

Finally… the other wall finished

I absolutely loved the color – the Benjamin Moore Historic Collection is incredible. We picked Monroe Bisque. It was subtle but adds a warmth that the room was severely lacking. We

Stay tuned for pictures of my swap goodies that I got yesterday from my awesome swap partner!!

Hope you all had a great weekend – full of olympic goodness and not too much wine (i may or may not have had too much wine over the course of the weekend) ;)

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  • http://naysmusings.blogspot.com Renee

    That is a TON of work to get done in a weekend! I’m so impressed!!

  • http://whatlizsaid.com What Liz Said

    Gorgeous!

  • http://whatlizsaid.com What Liz Said

    Also thank you so much for coming. I know it must have been a really long day especially after all the painting. Also sorry about the… drama that impacted the time you were there. So not cool. Hi, not middle school anymore. Much love!

  • brandilicious

    Wow – you got a lot done this weekend! Love the colors! Monroe bisque looks similar to Martha Stewart for Valspar – Boardwalk. We did Boardwalk for most of our first floor. :)

    Your living room looks so cozy.

  • http://notsojenny.wordpress.com notsojenny

    it’s always amazing what a little bit of paint can do. i’m a big fan of warm colors and i think you made a great choice : )
    but, i do have your next project for you. change the lighting in the kitchen. i don’t know how you can deal with it, more power to ya girl. it’s giving me a headache just looking at picture of flourescent light.

  • http://halfdesertedstreets.blogspot.com Lauren

    I love that orange color on your walls!

  • http://rightmyerrants.blogspot.com Rightmyer Rants

    You were really busy!! I love the color!

  • http://www.newlyweddedwife.com Laurie

    I love the new color! I’m big on neutals:)

  • http://amandabtv.wordpress.com Amanda

    I love how it just adds some warmth to the room. Lovely :)

  • http://www.wasitforthis.blogspot.com Sarah

    What a huge difference a simple coat of paint can make – looks awesome.

  • http://www.nonsequiturchica.blogspot.com KT

    It looks great!

  • http://themoderngal.blogspot.com The Modern Gal

    Looks good. I’m of the opinion that anything is better than white. I esp. like the color of the accent wall.

  • http://www.globforum.co.cc/ free forum

    good i like this blog

  • http://www.prettysandyfeet.com/ katelin

    oh looks awesome! nice job.

  • http://freeandflawed.com freeandflawed

    I like it! You have such a cute place :)

  • http://www.ihatesomuch.com/ Maxie

    ooo much better! makes it more open and more bright.

  • http://legallyboston.livejournal.com Lindsay

    Your place looks sooo cute!!

  • http://www.katwithak.com Kat with a K

    Looks great!

  • http://stylishhandwriting.wordpress.com stylishhandwriting

    I love the color! It’s gorgeous and brightens up the room!

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