Painting the Living and Dining Rooms!
Christina and I have been planning some painting for the house for months now…. well since we moved in. Among the 40 other renovations and improvements, paint was high on the list as there are currently outlines of where art hang for the past 30 years, wallpapers from the 20s falling off, and generally disgusting colors everywhere.
After some sample and discussions (arguments) and playing with every color palette app there is for the iPhone, we ended up working with the Historic Colors collection from Miller Paint.
Starting this weekend, we prepped everything and got the walls in the dining room and living room rocking. For those two rooms we chose “Phelps Putty”, a light grey with tan tones that seems to highlight all over the spectrum in different lighting conditions – sometimes slightly blue, somethings more “sandy”. (Yea, I’m a color-blind nerd who loves colors). Next we will move onto “Jewitt White” for the trim and ceiling, a light cream with a bit of warmth to it.
Below are some photos of the our progress. We’ll post some up when it’s really looking great!
Finished wall color looks rad!
The fireplace repaint.
Primed all of the dining room.
Still in my long term plan (1-2 years) to move back to PDX and buy a house. I’m super jealous! I want my own place to fix up
If I haven’t said it already, congrats! I’ll be in town next weekend, I’d love to stop by and check out your new place.