the new painted (but bare) walls

We are finally done cleaning and moving the furniture back into place.

 I decided since we're starting over, why not rearrange things?

Keep in mind ~ these rooms are not nearly finished yet.

I didn't even want to post the pictures because the rooms aren't pretty!

First up is the living room. (Hello, Zippo in the window!)

 The wall color is Cafe Latte from Glidden.

(Note: Some of my paint colors are from Glidden or Martha Stewart Living,

 but I chose Behr brand when I got the paint.)

Instead of having the large sofa on an angle facing the fireplace like it used to be,

I placed it against the long living room wall.

Where the wicker chair is (temporarily), there will be a slipper chair.

I'm still hunting for just the right one. I had a deep red club chair in the living room,

but I moved it into the guest room for now. It took up too much room

in the tiny living room.

Shopping for new curtains, too.

The green pillows on the couch will probably go and I think eventually, 

I will get a new rug. This one's a little dark, especially for the warmer months.

I have no idea what I'm going to hang on the wall above the sofa.

The fireplace wall is now Toasted Oatmeal (Glidden).

The kitchen wall color didn't change much - just a "duskier" shade of blue.

It's called Faded Ink (Martha Stewart Living).

Like the large living room wall, I'm overwhelmed by this large kitchen wall.

One day, we're going to have a big square shape cut out of the wall - like a

pass-through window to the living room - but for now, I gotta decorate it.

I have a collection of hand-painted blue, cream, and brown plates

from Mexico with birds on them, plus a collection of blue and white plates.

I'm thinking of doing some kind of plate collage on this wall.

(That's Clementine under the table.)

 

I could get as complex as this:

(from casasugar.com)

Or do a more traditional arrangement like this:

(From addicted2decorating.com)

Anyhoo...I've managed to hang one picture in the kitchen on another

kitchen wall. It used to be on the other side of the china cabinet.

Egads, I hate to even show you this photo of the main bath because

it's still ugly. We have picked out a new light fixture, a new toilet,

and porcelain tile for the floor, but we're still waiting on the contractor to write 

up an estimate to install everything. I found the black framed mirror at

HomeGoods in the clearance section (yay!) but we're not hanging it up

until the new light fixture is installed. I'm also shopping for 3 white floating 

shelves for the wall space above the toilet. (IKEA, here I come!)

I forgot the name of this paint color and I can't find the paint chip.

I was going for more of a classic gray, but it turned out to be a gray 

that has blue undertones.

I did find a really cool, colorful towel for this bath at HomeGoods though!

On to the master bedroom. Again, a photo I don't like showing because this

room needs to be totally redone. We've been trying to get rid of the elephant in the

room (AKA, the headboard) but no one wants it! It's a solid oak monstrosity.

It's beautiful - especially at night when you can turn the light on that's underneath 

the top portion and the whole headboard lights up - but it's just way too big for 

our small bedroom. Shopping for new drapes for this room, too.

There's outdated carpeting which will eventually be replaced with hardwood floors.

Paint color on the walls is Heavenly Blue (Martha Stewart Living).

Oh ~ and please ignore the ugly fan by the window. I obviously didn't stage this photo!

The hallway color is the same as the living room color, though it's hard

to tell in this photo. I LOVE my red accent wall!

Glad I took the risk on this one. A dark red is very hard to get just right.

The painter told me it took eight coats of paint!

The color is Red Delicious by Glidden.

Looking for a gold sunburst mirror for this red wall.

Then on to the guest room/office. Another color I am really liking.

This one's Frosted Lemon by Behr.

Miss Clementine had to get into this picture, too. She was following me all around

the house when I took these photos.

As you can see, these windows still need blinds AND curtains.

Lots of work to be done!

Did find a desk today though - an older white, distressed one. It'll be delivered

tomorrow and will go underneath the window to the right.

The only room I didn't show you was the master bath and that's because

it's a rather boring color ~ just a cream (Pip by Martha Stewart Living).

 Since the master bedroom is a bolder shade of blue, I thought it'd be

best for the bathroom wall color to be subdued. And when I saw the name of

the color, I knew it was the right one...my oldest son, Philip who passed away

2+ years ago...my nickname for him was Pip.