Painting

When we moved into this house a year ago, something we knew we wanted to change right away (give or take a year . . .) was the paint.  The living room and dining room were brick red.  I like red in moderation, but this was too much for me.  I couldn't find any "before" pictures except this one that shows the piano in front of this half-wall.  The main reason I didn't like the red was that my cherry wood furniture was just swallowed into the wall.  And it made the dining room feel like a cave.

Here are the kids helping me prime the wall.  This lasted only about five minutes before I nearly had a heart attack.  They were dripping that stuff everywhere!!!  Finally I just said, "Okay, you guys go play outside and I'll finish."  It took me a couple of weeks in one and two hour increments to finish priming just the dining room.  

So our awesome friends Steve & Erin came to the rescue one Friday and helped us get everything taped, primed and painted.  They left at 10 p.m. but it was done! 

 Thanks a million Steve & Erin!

Here are some pictures to show you how my beautiful piano pops out against the new gray color we decided on.  It's amazing what color can do.  One of my piano students said last week, "It feels a lot calmer in here!"  

I love that!