Paint Sampling

Try paint samples before actually painting a room. Other people can probably pick out colors fine without problem but not me (even in our current 2nd bedroom I thought I nailed it and nope!). I’ve read blogs that give tips on picking out paint colors, there is some great advice out there but my stand-by way of…

Master Bedroom – During

Finally it’s painting time! We ended up picking Behr Dolphin Fin. It’s a shade darker than the gray here (if you can’t tell the gray is the 2nd color from the right). Even though we didn’t get a paint sample of Dolphin Fin we’re really happy with it. For a big room we could have gone…

Master Bedroom – During

Now for some *during* photos of the master bedroom. Look outside! Sun and green grass, compared to the high of 5 degrees today. Back to the trim, this is after a coat or two of paint. I feel like we spent all summer sand-paint-sand-paint’ing. Here is a shot of the closet/bathroom. We thought about removing…

Master Bedroom- Before

Our master bedroom is large (and in charge) compared to our old house, but it’s got the ugly 80s popcorn ceiling and **had wall-to-wall-to-floor wallpaper. I don’t have any pictures with the wallpaper but here are some post-wallpaper removal pictures. We also took off all the floor trim to make it easier to sand down…