living room painting

So I meant to post about this about a month ago because it happened a month ago.
We had been starting at pasty white walls in our condo for almost a year before we decided we needed a little color and change.  Well, I've had that in mind since we moved in but I guess it took me that long while to decide on a color. We chose to start with the living room since it is the room that we see the most.

Hryum helping us get some paint and supplies from lowes.

Before

photoshopped living room to green.

I wanted something a bit bold, I was thinking along the lines of RED. I love red, it is vibrant, bold and different. But in the end after some room photoshopping and the realization that red is a difficult color to paint and then paint over, very taste specific (resell considerations), and didn't really flow with some of the decor we ended up going with its opposite: green.  I didn't think I even liked the color green, but I guess now I have to. We found a color scheme with three different shades of green. It is a St. Patty's day room now. :D Seriously speaking, I do like the color scheme enough that if others don't like it, I wouldn't mind because I at least I know that it makes me happy.

So the day we were painting our young friends from the neighborhood stopped by because they love playing with Hyrum. They noticed that we were painting and so of course what 8 year old doesn't want to join in the 'fun' of painting?
Girls: "Can we help paint?"
Me: "hmm, well..are you sure? You'd probably have to change, you probably don't want paint all over those clothes. And also, I don't think we have enough rollers"  I was hoping that it would discourage them from engaging in  the messy and tedious job painting really is.
Girls: "Ok, we'll be right back"

10 mins later they came equipped with their dad's big t-shirts and even rollers!  Welp. I guess that answered that. We ended up with 2 extra set of hands to help paint. Sure, the walls were only painted up to four feet all the way across and there were extra slatters to clean up here and there, but in the end it was quite fun having those  high energy little ladies to help us out.

Here is what the finished room looked like after we painted (Hyrum included for perspective). Mantel wall: darkest green. Main wall: medium green. Back wall: lightest green, almost white. We used that same color for the mantel. We also replaced the wall outlet and light switches with a more updated color and look. Whew, it was a bit more work than I expected but it is a good feeling to complete our first litle home improvement job.  It is motivating from more.

   What does it look like all furnished right now?  Well I don't have a picture of that, so just come visit us. Or maybe I'll post it some other day, but you never quite know with me. The end.