Paint!!!

I LOVE the transformative power of paint!  The color of a room effects the mood of everyone that is in it.  It is such a quick, easy and inexpensive way to perk up a tired old rental!  I tried to pick colors that I find calming and/or happy.



Because our floor plan downstairs is really open, I decided to stick to one paint color for ALL of the walls.  I chose Martha Stewart's Artesian Wells - a sort of faded robin's egg blue.  It is similar to the blue here:
I also absolutely love the GOLD accents with the blue paint, and will be incorporating that into my overall scheme as well!










For the office I chose a rosy lavender color called Violet Aster, also by Martha Stewart.  This color seemed just enough to inspire, but not overwhelm me when I was working (or to keep any guests from sleeping as this room doubles as a guest room).  It is similar to the color on Jessica Stam's living room wall, pictured above.





The bedroom will be a soft dove gray, the color is called Notre Dame by Valspar.  I love gray, it is soothing, neutral, and just cozy! The gray is close to the color in this lovely living room:




All of the pictures are inspiration rooms from the Elle Decor LookBook, check it out!

Town Home "Before" pics

Here is a little collage of pictures of the new town home as it is now... Everything is painted that odd peach color... very plain, very basic. The pictures are (in order of appearance): the front of the town home, the living room, the patio, the entry way, the dining room, the kitchen, and the master bedroom.

 

And... Here is a collection of rooms that have inspired my redecoration efforts collected from ads, magazines, and fellow bloggers:

Long absence...

I know that I have been MIA for nearly a year... but I am BACK!  My newest endeavour will be to chronicle the complete redo of our new town home rental!  Shortly I will be posting before pictures!  More to come...