Painting....AGAIN!
OK... I know what you all are thinking. I said I wouldn't paint our house again...well at least for a while. Here's the story...We decided to get our tree down from the attic that we bought last year after Christmas. It is a 9 foot pre-lit tree. We wanted to make sure it worked and would fit somewhere in our house. We were unable to put it in the same place that we always put our Christmas Tree every year, so we decided to move the living room furniture around.
My first paint job in the living was pretty good. Except behind the Entertainment Center. I was tired of painting once I got to that point, so I just swiped a few swipes where I could reach behind it and left it like that. I figured since it was so heavy, we wouldn't move it. Well, we moved it and I needed to repaint. The leftover paint that we had didn't match at all! So, I decided to just repaint the whole living room, dining room, and finish the hallway. Yes, you are probably thinking I am crazy! I decided to go to a good paint store this time to get good "quality" paint.
So....I went to Sherwin Williams. I bought "Latte", which is a darker beige than the light yellowish beige it was before. Once I was at Sherwin Williams, I decided to repaint the dining room too (Why not? I'm already painting every other room!). Let's just say RED is hard to paint the first time, and the existing red had streaks. So, I bought "Lady Bug" red to go over it. It matched pretty well. I stayed up until about 3am last Friday and got it all done! Now.. I will say I will not paint for a LONG time! I don't have any after pictures yet, but here are some before. I will try to get the after ones up soon.
Here is the Dining Room. Can you see how the color isn't very even. Looks much better now. Will post new picture soon.
Here is part of the Dining Room, Entry and Hallway. The Hallway has never been painted. It was still the offwhite paint from the builder. The Entry was a yellowish beige.
Here is the Entertainment Center that I didn't do a good job painting behind. It has now moved to another wall and room is repainted. Will post new pic soon.
Here is the other side of the Living Room. This show's the yellowish beige better.
My first paint job in the living was pretty good. Except behind the Entertainment Center. I was tired of painting once I got to that point, so I just swiped a few swipes where I could reach behind it and left it like that. I figured since it was so heavy, we wouldn't move it. Well, we moved it and I needed to repaint. The leftover paint that we had didn't match at all! So, I decided to just repaint the whole living room, dining room, and finish the hallway. Yes, you are probably thinking I am crazy! I decided to go to a good paint store this time to get good "quality" paint.
So....I went to Sherwin Williams. I bought "Latte", which is a darker beige than the light yellowish beige it was before. Once I was at Sherwin Williams, I decided to repaint the dining room too (Why not? I'm already painting every other room!). Let's just say RED is hard to paint the first time, and the existing red had streaks. So, I bought "Lady Bug" red to go over it. It matched pretty well. I stayed up until about 3am last Friday and got it all done! Now.. I will say I will not paint for a LONG time! I don't have any after pictures yet, but here are some before. I will try to get the after ones up soon.
Here is the Dining Room. Can you see how the color isn't very even. Looks much better now. Will post new picture soon.
Here is part of the Dining Room, Entry and Hallway. The Hallway has never been painted. It was still the offwhite paint from the builder. The Entry was a yellowish beige.
Here is the Entertainment Center that I didn't do a good job painting behind. It has now moved to another wall and room is repainted. Will post new pic soon.
Here is the other side of the Living Room. This show's the yellowish beige better.
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