"We" painted the TV room this weekend, a project that's been hanging fire for a loooong time now. The "before" picture, to the left, shows the pink walls and stripped woodwork from the last time we painted it--close to 15 years ago! eeeek!

You can see some strange dark green squares on the walls; these were the colors we were considering before we went with my original thought, which is the green we already have in our downstairs hallway and the inside of the arch between the living and dining rooms. It's a dusty sage called "Herbivore" from Miller Paint [1], and the trim is a creamy white called "Lemonade," which really isn't all that lemony. It's the trim color through the whole downstairs.

You can see the paint tests better here. Pretty bad, huh? In the years since we painted it last, this room has been a roommate's bedroom, an office, a playroom and, quite frankly, a dump. Moving the TV in here out of the living room was the smartest thing we ever did, but now that we were spending time in there the walls were making us crazy. The kids' drawing on the walls when they were little didn't add to the ambiance.

My entire family--mom, dad, sister, brother-in-law and baby nephew--are coming in late March, so we decided to at least get this one project done. The guest room is similarly haphazard; John got a hair up his nose when Lou was a baby to take the wallpaper in there down, and we discovered very quickly that the wallpaper was basically holding the wall up. So, one plastering job later, it's a mess in there and likely to remain so for a while. I haven't even picked out a color for in there yet.

Oh--you're wondering where the "after" pics are? Not yet, my chickens! We were hoping that we--and by "we" I mean John--would be done in time to watch the Oscars, but it's looking like it's not to be. It'll be done tonight, but not in time for popcorn and carpet walks. ah well.

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