The last time I spent a few days at my parent’s house was back in June. Chris was putting on a conference and he would be gone for a week (sound familiar?), but I kept plenty busy. I decided to makeover my parent’s family room. Here is a before picture:
Okay, it wasn’t taken RIGHT before I broke out the paint cans, but I forgot to take a picture. I am such an amateur. This was actually at my baby shower, but it gives a nice span of the whole buttery room. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with a good buttery, egg-noggy paint on the wall–in the right space. Maybe one with some white and celery-colored accents, but since my dad was insistent on keeping all of his oak–oak, the wall color HAD to change. A couple other things: the two chairs were completely blocking the bookcase and had no visual access to the tv. And the extra long couch was taking up a lot of entry room into the space. The furniture needed to be moved around. Also you can’t see them that well, but there were vertical blinds sucking all the comfort out of that room on the right wall.
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You’re quite the little decorator! Great job updating the space! I’m obsessed with gray right now…so I LOVE the choice of wall color…nice work.
That looks so much better! I do love that mustard color but it just depends on the amount and the right space. cute in a bathroom maybe?
I’m way excited and I’m staying tuned for more updates!