A little paint goes a long way...

It's amazing what paint can do. Changing the colour of your walls is one of the most inexpensive ways to change the look and feel of a space.  Since we've been switching around the rooms on our second floor, we figured why not change up the colour of the tv room?!  I've felt like the colour was too cool for a tv room.  I needed it to be warmer, cozier. So, in a couple of evenings, Mr. Fix-it gave the tv room walls a little face lift.

The colour was...Farrow and Ball - Pale Powder.  It's a great colour, soft, coastal and fresh (we have it in our kitchen and breakfast room) but it just didn't give that cozy-watch-a-movie-snuggly feel.

Up went a few paint testers on the wall. I went back to Benjamin Moore 5 times with 5 different colours. Ugh. Buying those little test pots is a great way to test out your colour choices because just when you think you have the perfect colour it changes in different lights....so better to get the colour right before buying a gallon of the wrong one!

 We decided on Benjamin Moore - Stone Harbour for the walls and Benjamin Moore - Willow for the accent wall. 

Stone Harbour

Willow

The before...

The get-it-ready-to-paint...

To the after...

 

 

 I forgot to take a photo of the dark accent wall but you can see it a wee bit in these photos...

A can of paint can dramatically or subtly change the feel of a room. Why not give your bathroom, bedroom or tv room a little refresher this summer? Do it and you'll have a fresh.fabulous.sophisticated new space.

Keep it Beautiful.