Painting Our Blues (and yellows, and greens) Away

We did it. We painted our living room and dining room. I'm feeling a little romantic about it so don't be surprised if this post gets mushy.

In order to refresh your memory, here's the grim before shot:

Makes me cringe and shiver.



Now, here she is folks. A nice, soothing, airy, grey. The polar opposite of the dastardly yellow. We used Stone White by Glidden.







Here's the dining room before & afters:





I love how the white trim makes the windows pop. I could just kiss it.














Here we used Burnished Metal by Behr. We didn't want the two rooms different paint colors to clash or compete with each other so we went for the subtle layered look. We tried to settle on the same color for both rooms when we were testing out colors via paint swatches but the Burnished Metal was waaaay too dark in the living room and the Stone White was way too, well, white in the dining room. There you have it! Our house already feels bigger. It's amazing what a little paint will do.