Bye Bye Beige

Project number one: Bring some warmth to the dirty beige living room. It is the largest room, but the one where we figured we'd spend the most time, so it was an easy first choice.

Andy and I were planning on tackling the project one Sunday in November...boy would have we been unhappy if that was how it actually played out. Fortunately, we had my dad's side of the family over for brunch that Saturday, and my uncle generously offered to come back on Sunday to help us out. My dad joined in the fun as well, so we had four painters (two that are very experienced) instead of just two beginners.

First up, choosing the paint color. We purchased a few samples and found a clear winner once we got them up on the wall. Not too yellow, not too purple....just a perfect chocolate-y brown.



My Uncle Dick, giving the windows a fresh coat of white.



Andy and I were in charge of priming the wood trim and cutting in along the baseboard. No rollers for us this time around, which was probably a good idea considering how fantastic the paint job looks!






Teamwork!

Closing

So, we're a little behind with our posts. Moving on to closing day...

We closed on a sunny day in late October, and everything went smoothly, except for one little parking ticket, which was a small price to pay to the real estate gods. After signing lots of papers and handing over a big fat check, the keys were ours!

Not wasting any time, we went back to my parents' house to meet the movers. They had everything packed up, and we headed off to our new home. This is what we found when we arrived...

Come on in!



What a difference it made to have the seller's stuff out of there...most of it any way. Now we can start to think about making it our own!

The living room (with a lovely dusty drape-y window treatment kindly left behind)



From the other direction...



Our guest bedroom (soon to be blue)



My office (soon to be pink)



Master bedroom (most likely will be gray)



First project, coming right up!