As part of my effort to be productive this weekend. I decided to finally paint the dining room. We chose a very pleasing golden base coat when we built our house, so we haven’t felt a pressing need to slap more color on the walls. We’d talked about doing blue or purple in the dining room for a while. In the end, we went with purple- two shades, to be exact.
It went fairly well, though Laura really had to spend all her time keeping Olivia entertained. So, it was a one-man job. At first, I was really worried that the room was going to start needing some unicorns on the walls to complement the pastel-y purple colors. Was beginning to look a bit like a girls room. But after the paint dried, and we moved the furniture back in, it looks quite good.
One note: we have one entire blank wall that we’re reserving for a future upright piano purchase. That may be a year or two off, so we have to brainstorm temporary configurations. It definitely needs a wide painting or photo. I proposed tonight that I work up a black and white panoramic shot of downtown Bloomington. Thinking of something like this old shot I did last year, but with a more interesting sky.
Bloomington from 7th and Walnut Garage (stitched from multiple images)
August 25, 2008 at 1:20 am
Bummer…I can’t see the last photo you put on. I can def see the color in these pics. Looks good! Nice work. I understand how painting becomes a one man job, we used to love to paint together, but no more.