The living room is boring white so no pictures right now -- things are still only kind of in place. Mike and I will finish shoving things around when we get back from camp delivery -- and I still have the window trim to paint. Tomorrow is a rest day so Maria can clean and then Thursday we do the entry way and hallway. This is where you decorator inclined people come in.
These are the walls to be painted.
Notice this wall in particular. It is frequently the recipient of a leaning bike as is the wall below.
(Ignore the teapot wall for right now) I am seriously thinking about color on the two walls shown above. Really what I am thinking is painting the lower half of the wall in a goldish-red-brown and the top in a coordinating gold. (Is this a bit much for a color challenged individual?) Creating a chair-rail kind of thing with the darker area able to hide the bike marks. Alternatively I am thinking about just painting these two walls a gold color (picking it up from the couch). Thoughts, anyone? The default is, of course, white. The decision will be finalized on Thursday morning when we buy the paint.
This wall will most likely remain white.
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How do you get your kids to dust and scrub? Tell them that they will get their internet connection back more quickly if they clean the dust off from the cracks and crevices of the computer desk. Little Squid jumped on the task and with Squidette's cooperation, they did a great job. Connectivity was restored by 7:30. (The server had to be taken out of service so we could paint so Mike and I were computer-free for the entire day. Since we were painting it was not a big deal and I actually read a paper-bound book after finishing the cleaning up!)
3 comments:
but climbing over furniture to use the bathroom is much fun! ;)
Don't ask me about colour, my husband happily chose salmon for one wall.. ;)
Now, look at all those teapots! :-)
I have nominated you in my blog, because I think you rock!
Good luck with the renovation!
For that area, I'm going to throw something totally wild out there: Do the bottom in an OLIVE color and the gold on the top. The reason being is the hard wood floors, and the sofa second. The deep red and gold will look rather "christmassy", and also have an effect on the floor, and reflect the color. The green is a better contrast to both the golden floor, the gold top of the wall, and also accent the colors in the sofa better, as well as hide the marks left from the bikes. Plus, it's a nice, outdoorsy, natural color, much like the family.
Just my $.02, but you should consider it. Plus, it's a nice contrast to your spinning wheels.
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