Weekend DIY: The Results are in...

The results are in, we repainted the kitchen and dining room this weekend!  The guest room will have to wait for another day, our feet were too tired to even keep us standing long enough to tape off the guest room.

Take a look at our pictures below!

Dining Room

As you can see, the dining room was a mustard gold color.  Here is a photo of Mr. bear in the process of painting the first coat.  Boy were we glad do see that gold go!

We need to get some decor on the walls, but this was the best photo I had that showed the true color of the dining room.  We did the dining room in a flat paint finish.

Kitchen

Here's a photo of the kitchen with the Garden Spot green.  Ironically Valspar paint has a similar color called Dill Pickle.  Mr. Bear HATES pickles, so we will continue to refer to this as "Garden Spot" green.  We did the kitchen in a semi-gloss finish since we don't have a full back splash, it makes for much easier cleanup.

Last night we bought some puck lights to go under the cabinets to light up the space around the stove a bit more.  We are still working on their installation, but I think they will look really nice.


So what do you think?

-Danielle

Weekend DIY: Let's Paint the Town...Gray?

I can't believe it is once again Friday!  This week zipped by and we're already on the brink of the weekend!

Mr. Bear and I bought our house in September 2012 (we put in an offer the week we came home from our honeymoon!).  We've been in it for almost 8 months and still have not painted a single room.

The main problem had been agreeing on a color.  I like colors with warmer undertones while Mr. Bear prefers cooler colors.  Our childhoods have greatly influenced us.  My parents ALWAYS had warm colors (reds, golds, browns, warm greens, warm beiges) while his parents' house is varying shades of blues and bluish greens.

This week we finally agreed on colors for our kitchen, dining room and guest room.

We are planning to begin painting tomorrow, but boy am I not looking forward to the prep work.

Several years ago, my parents bought a new house.  This was the last time I've painted so much as a speck of anything.   What I do remember, however, is how much I hated taping and tarping everything in the room.  Anyway, we are planning to go buy the paint tonight.  These are all Sherwin Williams colors.

Kitchen

Our kitchen has beige granite, and floors, white cabinets with nickel pulls and we have stainless steel appliances.  Here's a photo from the previous owner's MLS listing:

For now, we've settled on Garden Spot for the kitchen

Dining Room

We recently purchased a dining room set, Ashley Furniture's Hayley table, chairs and buffet.  I plan to get some funky accent chairs for the head and foot of the table.  I really want a gray room in our house, and thought the dark wood in the table would look great with the gray.  I may re-upholster the chairs with a different fabric, but they are pretty neutral right now.

Essential Gray for the dining room:

Guest Room

As you can see from the MLS photo, our guest room is a lovely shade of pinkish lavender.  Not seen in the photo, there was even a shrine to Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez!  While it was lovely for the little girl who lived there, we are looking for a more updated and modern look.  We've decided on a light/medium beige large stripe for the guest bedroom (something like this from Pinterest).

I'll post later next week with a final update on the paint.  I'm excited to finally start making our house our own!

What do you think of our picks?

-Danielle