Not Quite Done...

But pretty darn impressive.

I am so happy with how the living room has turned out so far. Again we have a few more things to do and we'll add them to the list to be whittled away, but we have quite a strong start.

Before

You've seen these next two pictures from the previous post, but it just didn't seem right not to add them to this new post. Again we worked on the white wall which is actually painted paneling.

I took an afternoon and ripped the paneling off. You can read about that adventure here. Here's the wall all patched and ready to go.


During

We chose the paint color way back when we did the bedroom and had samples painted all over the wall. After two coats I was a little concerned with how dark it was appearing, but it got way better by the end.


Having never done any trim work we embarked on the adventure. We were able to quickly decide we weren't keeping the original trim because there was a patched area behind the paneling and right next to the door, so we needed some a bit thicker. We headed down to Home Depot and after about an hour of trying to decide we came home with some door trim. Again I was hesitant with how it would look but plowed ahead knowing we can always change it later.


We had the hardest time trying to decide on the door trim and baseboard because we couldn't find any that looked good right next to one another. Then I stumbled upon the simple plinth block and a happy medium was found. I really like the effect.


The door almost finished. The frame on the inside is primed and drying before we paint it the same color as the trim. I know it's hard to tell the difference but all the trim is the color chinchilla. All I can say is that it isn't white. :0)

After

My crowning achievement for this wall... to highlight our wedding. I think it looks amazing!

Now there are still a few things to do. We need to finish trimming out the other bedroom door (the pieces are drying as I type) and then we need to get crown molding. There is crown molding on the un-paneled walls already, but it is a very old style so we plan on updating that as well. So we are stuck with a funky tan and weird green color as a top border for now, but that's alright, the beautiful quilt from Zanna and the nice wedding photo catches the attention. We want to try and build a cool, fancy molding shelf to go under the wedding picture to even out the wall.

So many plans to come, but I'm loving how it looks! We are getting new windows in the next couple of weeks, so I'll have to venture outside for some before photos, though there shouldn't be a huge visible difference between the old and new windows... just an energy bill difference :0)