Paint, I love paint it make such a difference.

Painting has begun. There are a million paint chips out there.  When you find the one you love, you have to ask yourself,  "does it go with the color I am planning for the room next door?"  I do take a long time to make decisions.  I need to think about things for a long time and look at different things until it feels right. Needless to say this has caused some trouble in the family.  But lucky for us, paint was so much easier than I ever thought it could be.  I did have help of course.  Martha Stewart was the biggest help. All of her paint chips have a little symbol in the corner and all you have to do after you find a color you like is pick another color you like with the same symbol. Then you don't have to worry if they compliment each other.  We broke the rules in the girls bedroom by letting them pick the colors they liked with a little guidance. We ended up with robin-egg blue in one and light purple dusk in the other. Rand hated the purple but has said that it is not nearly as bad as he thought it would be. We also stepped outside the lines and used yellow in the family room which was not in our color palate but looks great.

In the decision process we would tape colors we liked on the door of our pantry and stare at them for hours.  Once we decided on the color for each room  our painter, Christian,  painted a large sample on a wall of each room to make sure we liked it before he painted the whole thing.  I'm very happy and proud to say we didn't have to change any of the colors.

The family room looking into the kitchen.  It is yellow, but it is hard to see the true color.  The kitchen is green.  I believe that is the best color for kitchens.

Dining room color (October Sky).  Daring but we love it.  There will be a high wainscot, so the paint will only be on the upper third of the room.

Living Room

Master bedroom

We have two bedrooms in the basement.  We did a two-tone paint job with a chair rail.

Kitchen is painted in Fennel Seed green, which seems to change throughout day as the light changes.

                        A couple of finished rooms:  a basement bedroom, the family room and  the kitchen.