Painted House

This summer we had the entire downstairs of our house painted. Most walls had never even been painted- just plain flat drywall paint- my least favorite. I decided I NEEDED them painted- and since we have a nice house, we paid a painter to come. He is very reasonable and does a fantastic job. I can paint, and have painted lots and lots through the years- even did the bathrooms and mud room here, but not all over, and since we have nice molding, and I am not that proficient, we just hired it out. Anyway- he painted the same color throughout my downstairs. It is called Sisal- from Ralph Lauren- I use Behr paint, but the color was what I wanted. I love it.
Well, at the time the kids were in their own bedrooms- and we hadn't decided to have another baby. Leah's room was already purple, and Celeste's room was yellow. Alex's big room and our room were stark white flat paint. I could not wait to get them painted. So, a few weeks ago, we brought back our painter and had him do the bedrooms. I was so happy that day! The only room we left alone was Leah's purple room, because that will now be Elaina's room, and the big girls are together in Alex's old room, and Alex in the yellow one...we just played ring around the rooms basically.
I picked the Sisal for our room- it's just such a nice color. The girls chose Cotton Candy, and Alex chose Colorado Springs. These rooms will stay these colors for a really long time- trust me!! I have zero intention of having them redone for YEARS!! The kids love their new rooms too!
We hung curtains in the girls' room- the pink softens the purple they chose- and they seem to love that too. Alex got Atlanta Braves Fat Heads this summer, and so they were the first thing to go on the walls. He decided against curtains for now. Within a year, all our windows will have nice, faux wood white blinds in them, so they will eventually look nicer and shut out more light. Here are the new rooms:


We have actual pictures in our room! I picked these out for my own Christmas present- I am in love with squares right now, and the images are simple- love it!



The pictures don't really do the colors much justice, but it is so nice to live in a painted house again...I just have the kids' bathroom to do, and we haven't decided on a color for it yet, so it can wait- so for now, the painting in this house is done! And the very best part- I didn't have to do it!! OH, and there aren't any marks on the ceilings or molding- now that is worth every penny!

Even though I have spent too much time in my bed these last couple of months, I don't seem to mind it as much now that it is painted- it's just cozier and warmer. So, one project done...just a tip of the iceberg!