Painting is not as fun as I thought it would be, like I thought here. Why does HGTV make it seem all easy and crap?
Our house had previous homeowners who had the opposite color choices we would have picked. They always say when looking at houses that paint is the easiest thing to change in a house. And yeah it is, if you hire people to paint for you. I am not kidding, we have to paint every single room in this house. The entire upstairs had a different color room. Plus a million holes in the walls where there were a ton of nicknacks and pictures tacked to the wall. So we began the task of patching. Dusty. And priming over dark paint colors. Annoying.
We started with the master bedroom, thinking it was the largest room, so let’s get it over with. My father in law actually did that room one week while we were at work, which was awesome. It went from an old antique-looking french country blue to Behr’s Silver Screen, a nice soft gray.
Then we moved onto the office, the smallest room. It was, not kidding, vampire blood red. I like Twilight and all, but the smallest room felt like a coffin. Now it’s a beachy blue, Behr’s Delicate Mist.
Eventually, we started the guest room. Previously, it was a light green room. It was the only one room which color I couldn’t stand. However, you could literally see where paintings must have been hung for years! So it had to go. It’s now it’s a creamy Behr’s Cozy Cottage. We are going to use that color in the hallway too. Also Bindi now thinks that room is especially hers.
We still have one room to do. It’s NEON YELLOW. You do not need a light in the room because it is so bright! It’s going to turn a light green, Behr’s Mountain Haze. We think it will be a nice neutral color for a future kiddo. That room will probably be empty til the kiddo arrives too, since we have no furniture to put in it!
We painted all of the trim bright white. The previous owners also liked to have cream trim, making the place seem really aged. Plus they painted the office closet door that same color, so when the weather is cooler I get to try my hand and removing paint from a door!
Eventually the whole place will be painted. We are actually thinking of hiring painters for the dowstairs, so we will see how that goes. Also I want to know if the Behr paint with the primer in it actually work? Also I am thinking of painting the wall going up the stairs an accent wall, but have no idea what color. Any suggestions?
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