Paintin' Perfect

Dining room before

So, I've been a busy painter this last week.  We had a planned week vacation from being parents (Em spent the week up with Gma & Papa up in MN), so I decided to tackle a painting project while I was toddlerless.  The room that seemed easiest to take on was my new dining room.  It's square, has easy to cover wood floors, and was easiest to pick a paint color...or so I thought!


I had picked out a lovely shade of blue called "Adrift" from Lowe's.  Once I got it home and started to paint it was drying very blue...too blue.  My MIL Teresa came over a little later to help and as soon as she walked in I told her i hated it.  I could tell by her face that this just saved her the need to lie to me.  "Good," she said "Because I was going to have to say WOW that's blue!"  So, then I was in a dilemma, I had already purchased 2 cans.  I thought it was a nice blue, but too bright, and maybe a bathroom blue I called it...then it hit me I could use this color up in Emily's bathroom later on.  This may not have been the exact blue I would have picked, but it will do and I won't be murdered by my husband when he finds out I had to go back and spend more money on paint. 

The next trip to Lowe's went better and I picked a more grayish blue called "Lighthouse Shadows".  This one still turned out a little more blue then I wanted, but in the end it had the effect I wanted. 

After

 

Now I know what you are thinking, great room, ugly light fixture and I couldn't agree more!  We have a new light fixture picked out, but it will have to wait a month until we have time and funds.  Here's the fixture I want to put up in case you are interested or just want to buy it and send it out to me...Pottery Barn Light.  Picture it above the table and without the wicker shades...perfect right!