Sunday, July 19, 2009

This tired old house part 2 (Living Room)

This is from '01 - some things had changed but the dark colors pretty much remained the same before we repainted this weekend.

LIVING ROOM

Before


After




The color & the photos are the big changes we made.
I had black & white prints made of our family & our pets to do this:



These pics (below) - Norman Rockwell's famous Four Freedoms - were previously above our TV...I was so pleased that they fit just right - right here:

Aprx Cost(s):

Paint/Supplies/Switch Covers: $35
Frames $20
Pics $20

Total: $75

4 comments:

Courtney at SL's No Ennui said...

B&W prints = perfect touch. I can't believe how much that paint color opens up the room! It looks like it was worth the backaches and days of chaos and disorder! Amazing before and afters.

MYstory of HIStory said...

Thank you. Yes - well worth it all :)

Mug said...

Oh, WOW! Amazing what a color change and a little re-arranging can do....It looks like a totally different room! It's so light and airy. And the wood floors really "pop" now....Beautiful! Are the sofa and love seat the same as in the "before" photo?

MYstory of HIStory said...

Hi Mug! - yes - sofa/loveseat are the same/previously arranged this "new way" & we'd painted the TV wall cream to match the trim/removed some furniture - which helped a bit. The yellow old "chandelier" globe (that I'd promised the former owner I'd take good care of if she left it for me...broke(!)a while back - ugh - but I like it this way & it no longer casts a yellow haze - so I kept it. It's been a process - but this new color = HUGE difference :)