I've given myself 6 mths. Everything is going to be in boxes, walls will be ugly colors, kids will be sleeping in the wrong rooms, I won't get to watch tv, life will be turned upside down. But only for 6 mths. Must be patient.
The day we moved from our first apartment to this house, I had pictures hanging on the wall by that night. I don't like things out of order.
The "new" house is painted from floor to ceiling a "neutral" color. Not one I would pick, but technically, it's neutral. The baseboards, the walls, the ceiling, the doors, the halls, the cabinets. EVERYTHING! In 6 mths, I'll have it all painted the way I like it. That's Christmas. I'll have my tree up and everything will be in order. I can handle 6 mths of disorder, right?
Now, because no one really cares how I'm going to paint, feel free to skip this part and just comment something nice as if you read it . . ."sounds beautiful", "that's an awesome idea", "can't wait to see it" - or anything similar will work.
The formal living room will have our dark ochre green couch and the piano. Maybe eventually a small wall of bookcases for my husband's ridiculous collection. I've picked a paint color called "latte". Sounds delightful, right? I'll accent with burgundy because . . . There's a half wall between this room and the den where the tv, light cream colored couch, and burgundy rocker (came with the dh) will go. There's only one full wall in the den which I plan on painting chocolate brown. The half walls will be the same. The fire place, which is already painted (probably that same color that's on everything else), I plan on painting a light cream color similar to the couch. This way, it'll be the focal point. I'll accent this room with a yellow-green. Eventually, I plan on painting the entertainment center black. It'll be on the chocolate wall. Z's room, I'll paint the same as it is, Ben's too, but Ca's, I'm going to use his black, tan, and red plaid baby quilt to decorate. I'm buying a plain black comforter to go with his quilt and have his quilt folded at the end of his bed. I asked him what he wanted in his room, gave him a few choices, and he came up with mickey mouse all on his own. I thought, that'll work. I'll just throw a few mickey things in there, pillow sham, wall art, stuff like that. Maybe I can find a vintage looking mickey sketch to frame and hang.
Questions:
What are you suppose to paint halls? (I like white)
What are you suppose to paint ceilings? (I like white on this, too)
Do you have to buy special paint for a fireplace?
I still have to decide on colors for the dining room and office nook. Those can wait until the later part of the 6 mths. Well, thanks for listening to my plan.
7 comments:
I have a bout the same timming, my work is another one. Our garage door just colapse ;-(
But I am excited for your outcome in your projects.
Wendy, that really does sound beautiful. I wish your house was here (on my street) and I could help you. You are really talented with artsy stuff and I'm jealous. I used "latte" on our house in Houston right before we moved out and I loved it. I was sorry I waited to do that! The chocolate brown w/ black entertainment center sounds lovely as well. It's going to be beautiful. I wish I could quit homeschooling and decorate my house.
As for halls and ceilings, paint them how you want to. In Houston, I did it the same as the walls, but here I have white/off-white ceilings. Our hall is kinda yellow-y. It came that way.
I've always just flowed the same color from the living areas into the hallway.
We used to have white ceilings, but in this house we painted all ceilings the same color as the walls of that particular room/hall. I love the was that came out.
Six months sounds long, but that's going to go pretty fast with 3 little ones to take care of! Have fun! =)
I think I better record some more Little Bear!
Well, I personally like the look of painted hallways in either the same color as the living areas or a couple shades lighter. Ceilings to me depend on whether there is crown molding or not. Sometimes it highlights crown molding to paint the wall color on the ceiling.
Joe says use a masonary primer on the brick first and then you can paint with any kind of paint. he suggests enamel paint. good luck!
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