Living, Dining, Kitchen and Hallway

My house is not decorated age appropiate for the ladies that live here (20-25) sorry Sharon, you aren't the best oops paint selector!!

I've been putting alot of thought in the color selection for the main areas of the house. Also, considering what goes with what we currently have and what would look nice with new furniture.

KITCHEN:

Kitchen will be the biggest project. Painting the walls and ceiling (flat ceiling in the kitchen, not the popcorned ceiling in the dining area) painting the cabinets and resealing (painting) the countertops (Home Depot has this special paint/ sealer for laminate plastic countertops that is tintable.

Wall/Ceiling Color= Granny Smith Apple Green

Cabinets= High Gloss White

Countertops= Earth (brown)

Accessories= Black, Red, Green, & White

Check out the mirror I got on sale at Ikea ($15.99) - I'll put it above the stove to make the kitchen appear to be bigger!!

Ikea also has magnet boards that I think would be cute on a wall in the dining area. We can put roommate notes and wedding invites on them. I saw them in a great red color, but on Ikea's website they only show them in black, hopefully they still have the red when I go and buy!

BACK WALL:

Paint Color = Chocolate Brown

Art = Not traditional art (like framed art), but instead stencil art!! I've found a fun stencil pattern and it will be in green, white, silver and gold!! I like that its not a flower, thats just so typically a girl pattern to choose.

Here is the stencil!!

And this is what it looks like applied on the wall.

*please note that the colors shown are not color I've selected.*

LIVING ROOM:

Walls= Neutral Off-White (to balance the other colors - for future furniture matching)

Trim= Marshmellow White (to match the doors and trim through-out the house)

Sound boring?! Well, your wrong. The fun in the living room is in the furniture and lighting. I've been experimenting with some ideas and my painting skills and the outcome is sure to please! Here is a little preview of what I've done/ acquired so far.

The coffee table. Don't have a before picture but this table we've had for quite awhile. It was actually left behind from a previous roommate who didn't take it when she got married and moved out. I hated it so much, until I painted it. This isn't the best photo, it is the one I took while painting it. More to come soon.

Don't you just love the color. It freshens it up and makes it look so contemporary!

Here is my FREE find, pretty much found it on the side of the road. I love it so much I can barely put it into words. It is so perfect for the house, and when I get it home (its currently at work in the courtyard and I'm crossing my fingers that know-one steals it from me or it gets thrown away) and paint it - it will be FABULOUS. My plan is white glossy (as glossy as I can get with spray paint) with gold feet and hardware!

Well thats all I have for now. I'm hoping to finish an old project (or 2) tomorrow for my bedroom, before my room roommate gets mad at me!! :)