Color Me Happy!

Finally! Some movement in our project! At the end of last week Chris began painting, and now things seem to be finally taking shape. We chose Aura, a high-end paint from Benjamin Moore, because it is GreenGuard certified with low VOC, and it covers well enough over drywall that it is self-priming (thus saving time and money). We were indecisive enough about colors that we decided to go with a plain linen-like cream color for most of the walls. I'm not sure all the walls have their final coat on in these pictures, but I was too excited to wait to post. Below is the stairway looking down, then up, then looking down the hallway from the master bedroom into the boys' room.

Here's the main space of the master bedroom, where you can see the new windows better.

The bathroom is a greeny-greyish blue color that seems to appear different depending on the light. Note the funky pattern on the shower wall from the light reflecting off the glass tiles.




The boys (well, ok, Reid) really wanted red, so we compromised and painted one red wall. It definitely needs another coat in this picture! You can also see down the hall all the way to the master room reading area.

The painting wasn't without it's mishaps. An entire gallon was spilled in our downstairs hallway. Chris cleaned it up pretty well, but we didn't realize that it had seeped through the floor, all the way through the basement ceiling, dripping small puddles of it onto the basement stairs.....yikes. It's funny how little disasters like this seem more trivial and are more taken in stride the longer this goes on.
In other exciting news, most of the lighting fixtures were actually installed (but not hooked up) today, but it was dark by the time I got home, so I'll have to wait until another day to post those.