sneak peak

We spent the weekend at the house, and I finally remembered to bring my camera (before I started piling everything full of boxes).

This is my new living room:

I am in serious love with that pretty shade of pale turquoise. It was the perfect choice - any darker and it would have been felt like living in a Tiffany’s box, any lighter, and, well, it would have been white.

This is my new kitchen (with a hint of a back deck, just beyond the window):

The pale blue also makes all the white trim and the wood (which I am not normally a fan of beyond floors) pop deliciously.

My bedroom before:

That cream colour was all over the place (I hate cream walls, almost as much as I hate beige ones). It was gross and dirty too - definitely calling out for a coat of paint. The walls are a little wonky in places, but I like wonky. Just like chipped paint, and rusty hinges I like to call wonky walls: character.

Bedroom after:

The reason I’ve painted a single wall deep chartreuse, is that I’m going to treat it like a giant headboard. I have a bunch of white accessories (lamps, vases etc.) and they’re really going to stand out starkly against that wall.

I was worried about the colour being a little too neon, but after the second coat and a few hours to dry it really deepened. The high contrast between the bright green and the ultra-pure-white walls and trim is exactly what I imagined, so I’m very pleased.

Also: check out my bay window! I have a bay window! I have realized one of my childhood dreams (sad, I know). I’m gonna get my dad to help me build a window seat at some point, I think. Then I can sit in my window seat with mug of hot chocolate (with marshmallows) and a E. L. Konigsburg novel, just like the thirteen year old girl in me has always dreamed of.