Not sure what got into me last night, but I painted my little heart out after a full days work. The bathroom needed a facelift and paint does wonders when it comes to a quick fix. Benjamin Moore’s Georgian Green was the color I choose and it’s green and I like it. Our bathroom was already green (I don’t know what color it was exactly because the owners before us painted the room) so it’s actually a fairly similar color to what we already had.

Here’s a quick instagram photo I snapped once all the painting was complete. Of course, the room looks much more like the above color than the one in the photo below. Figures. Don’t worry, it’s not nearly as bright as it looks.

More photos of the bathroom to come soon:)…

Morning folks!

Sorry for the silence – we’ve been busy bees lately. But, I’m back this week with lots of goodies, starting today with a tour of our home, in paint colors. Paint questions are the most frequently asked, so I figured I might as well do a quick show and tell…

Living Room – Benjamin Moore’s Copley Gray

Dining Room – Olympic’s Quill (more details here)

Guest Bedroom – Behr’s Pebble Stone

Kitchen/Nook – Benjamin Moore’s Rockport Gray

Upstairs Bedroom – Benjamin Moore’s Fairview Taupe

Basement – Benjamin Moore’s Pale Oak (more details here)

There you have it – our little abode in paint colors. You can bet we’ve sampled dozens of other colors, as we’ve repainted a few rooms more than once. What have we learned? Make sure you are in LOVE with your paint color before painting an entire room. Or rather, picking a color because you are in a hurry/just can’t decide is not a good idea. Paint is a big commitment, and you need to really, really like the colors you choose.

What I’m dying to know – what are your favorite paint colors? Do tell!

Remember when I blogged about my hand-me-down dresser? I haven’t forgotten about it, promise.

As it turns out, I was apparently on a white paint terror this weekend. All furniture in our house should’ve made a run for it, because I was having a ball with my paint brush. Besides our staircase, what was I painting? This beautiful dresser I’d recently inherited from my Momma’s sweet friend…

I painted it. And I had all these plans to go crazy with a paint color or even a design, but when it came down to it, I just decided I like white furniture. A lot. It matches everything, and in a small and old house like we have, it makes rooms look a little bit bigger and fresh. AND, for all you wood furniture fans out there, don’t be mad at me! The dresser had this funky paint and stain on it, so I promise I didn’t paint over pretty wood. I painted over dingy paint, which is something the photos don’t show.

Here’s a quick shot of the dresser with a few coats of white paint in our guest room…

As it turns out, the dresser actually needed five coats of paint. Yes, five. Yikes. It’s safe to say I did A LOT of painting this weekend. Now, it just needs needs knobs and it will be done!

So, about the knobs….I actually have them, but I only have three of them right now, and the dresser needs six. I found the knobs at Anthropologie on sale for $2.95 each. Score. They are called the ripe melon pull and I love the ceramic gourd and the fluted brass. Classy, eh?

The store only had three of the green knobs (they still have white in stock online if you want to grab a few of your own), so the other three are currently in the mail and being sent to me from New Jersey. As soon as I have them in my hands and place them on the dresser, this little baby will be in business. Here’s a sneak peek picture of the dresser today…

I am hoping to have my puurty green knobs by the end of this week, which means this tired dresser will be all dressed up and ready for its grand reveal next week.

Stay-tuned!