We have been slowly working through our list of home improvements that has gone virtually untouched since we moved in nearly three years ago. Nothing major (as much as I'd love to renovate the entire kitchen), but it's amazing what a coat of paint and some shifts in the furniture and wall hangings can do for a room. We really like our house with its great open plan layout that allows the kids ample space to play in and out while we can still supervise, but most of the original owner's interior decor was pretty atrocious. Just to give a few examples, when we decorated Liam's nursery, we had to begin by painting over lavender and lime green walls (yes, in the same room!) and the study is still painted in a shade of sickly peach with a feature wall of slightly brighter sickly peach. How to improve the kitchen has been the great debate. The color theme seems to have been what Faded
Pepto-Bismol --tiles, curtains, countertops, back splash, etc. Fortunately, the walls are just cream-colored, so I decided starting with a nice blue feature wall and getting rid of the awful curtains would be a major improvement. Julia was a great foreman -- "No, mommy, up high" or "Here, mommy, a screwdriver".
She even stood back with her hands on her hips and after staring at the test patches of blues, declared one her favorite. I wish now that I'd taken more before and after photos, but I was trying to get as much done during Liam's naps that I forgot about the camera mostly. At any rate, the kitchen was finished in time for Thanksgiving, complete with new curtains and a new square table to seat 8 (in the photos our old table is still set up too because we were gearing up for 15 people to come). The pictures don't really do it justice, but we're pleased. Next...the living room (pictured with the test patches and new bookcase and lots of toys and debris on the floor!)
a glimpse of the awful old curtain being used as a drop cloth
The finished product (it was really bright outside so you can't really see)-- I'll try to get some better pictures later
We have been slowly working through our list of home improvements that has gone virtually untouched since we moved in nearly three years ago. Nothing major (as much as I'd love to renovate the entire kitchen), but it's amazing what a coat of paint and some shifts in the furniture and wall hangings can do for a room. We really like our house with its great open plan layout that allows the kids ample space to play in and out while we can still supervise, but most of the original owner's interior decor was pretty atrocious. Just to give a few examples, when we decorated Liam's nursery, we had to begin by painting over lavender and lime green walls (yes, in the same room!) and the study is still painted in a shade of sickly peach with a feature wall of slightly brighter sickly peach. How to improve the kitchen has been the great debate. The color theme seems to have been what Faded Pepto-Bismol --tiles, curtains, countertops, back splash, etc. Fortunately, the walls are just cream-colored, so I decided starting with a nice blue feature wall and getting rid of the awful curtains would be a major improvement. Julia was a great foreman -- "No, mommy, up high" or "Here, mommy, a screwdriver". 
She even stood back with her hands on her hips and after staring at the test patches of blues, declared one her favorite. I wish now that I'd taken more before and after photos, but I was trying to get as much done during Liam's naps that I forgot about the camera mostly. At any rate, the kitchen was finished in time for Thanksgiving, complete with new curtains and a new square table to seat 8 (in the photos our old table is still set up too because we were gearing up for 15 people to come). The pictures don't really do it justice, but we're pleased. Next...the living room (pictured with the test patches and new bookcase and lots of toys and debris on the floor!)
a glimpse of the awful old curtain being used as a drop cloth
The finished product (it was really bright outside so you can't really see)-- I'll try to get some better pictures later
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The kitchen area's blue wall looks great!
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