I recently had a request to photograph some of our house. It occurred to me that half of our family and lots of our friends have never been to our house { :( }
So, here we go!
It might take me a few posts. I'm starting with the living room, kitchen and dinning room because those were the cleanest! (after each picture was taken, the kids picked up their toys and moved them into the next room...so this house never actually looks like it does in these pictures!)
My dad painted this room three times last winter (thank you, Daddy!) when my parents were visiting because I just couldn't pick the right color. We are "lightening" it up from the overdose of
beige that is was. Third time was a charm!
I still have our snowflakes hanging up on the wall! We haven't decided what to do with that wall yet, so they can stay. They are happy little snowflakes.
At the end of the living room is the foyer, where our computer and desk live. You can see almost half of it in this picture, and half of the front door. I'm thinking about painting the foyer the same color as the living room (it is beige right now) and the front door the same as the trim. Any thoughts?
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Here is our 1950's kitchen!...metal cabinets and all! I'm testing paint swatches on the walls, trying to decide how to "de-beige" this room. I love all white kitchens, but I don't know if it would work here. I had to lighten these photos because our kitchen does not get much light! The beige must go!
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This is our lovely yellow dinning room! It used to be
green (look at the trim in the corner above the wood stove), and it wasn't a bad color...just dark, and the green trim made it feel even darker. I love the color now!
Our dinning room opens into the kitchen and the living room (as you can see in this photo). The green metal cart is a restored thrift store find. (Can you spot Amya's
"hording shelf"?)
And there you have it!...3 rooms down!
