Before's and after's...

A couple weeks ago, I brilliantly decided that some our rooms need to be painted and freshened up a bit...after the first day, I had wondered what the heck I had gotten myself in to!!! I like how everything turned out...it took a while, but no one was injured :) ...except for a stuffed bear that was thrown down the stairs...on purpose...right in to the pan of white paint!!! Thanks Case!!! Anyway, here are a few...not so good...pictures of those rooms...

First off...this is the new dining room color...chocolate...I do not have a before picture...it was a mossy green color on the bottom and a creme color on top... I was so afraid after I kept calling it chocolate that the boys were going to taste it when I wasn't looking...I don't think they ever did?!?!
Another dining room picture...this old rusted Purina sign is my absolute favorite decorative piece in our house...love it, love it...

This was painted in our entry way in the living room...I did it when we first moved here about 3 years ago...I decided change is good, and painted over the cowboy... I guess "this is where the cowboy rides away" (for all those George Strait fans out there...mom) :)
Stupid me,didn't take any pictures of the rest of the room with the old color...

Here's the new color...much brighter don't you think...we have no overhead lighting in this room and it always seemed so dark and dingy...now I can actually see in this room without turning on all three lamps!!!

This is our hallway that leads to our bedroom, the spare bedroom, bathroom, and the upstairs...you know, where the coons live...

This is our hallway now...I have to say, the camera didn't really capture the true color in here...it looks really bright in this picture, it's more muted and looks very colonial I think...it's hard to explain...I usually stay clear of blues, but not this time...it has turned out to be one of my favorite colors right now...

Oh our lovely spare bedroom...we still call it the toy room...we when first moved here, I made this the room that housed most of the raccoons toys, books, etc...it no longer has any of there prized toys...and have to say I am tickled it doesn't...I get really tired of ALL the stinkin' toys around here...

Oh look...more blue...in here it really looks so much cleaner...we have painted the trim and baseboards white...love it...and I have to brag...Jim made the bed in here...

Thanks for letting me share this...

traci~momma