Kathryn gave me some excellent advice on moving to a new abode: she said to take photos of every room so that, when you’ve made changes, you have a visual record of how much you’ve achieved – especially when negative feelings set in and you feel like you’ve actually got sweet nowhere!
This room was the previous owner’s music room: it’s nice and big, with original pine floors and windows, and a brick fireplace (in working order). The walls were a great shade of purple, but the blue and green fitted bookshelves jarred a bit. And the darker shades meant that the light from the window had nothing to reflect off.
- Remove bookshelves.
- Introduce lighter colours.
- Ta dah!
The bookshelves have been relocated to the “front lounge”, and repainted white. I had to use 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of white enamel to de-blue them successfully. [Operation Unpack Books still in progress…]
very nice! I love the new ‘look’. XOXO – Bacon
Thank you, my piggy friend :-)
What a difference! Definitely a great improvement.
Well, each to his/her own. Natural light makes all the difference, though :-)
I think it’s safe to say that the previous owner was a bit of a colour fan…? I prefer your calmer colour schemes, I think!
I did enjoy some of the colours – the passage and hall were rusty orange and mustard, and it worked quite well :-)
Yes, it’s true, some things work and others just can’t be lived with. Like purple walls…
Beautiful calm room, Jill. Love it. I wish you and Rob many happy hours warming yourselves in front of the fire.
Thanks Gail x
OOOOOoooo! Very nice! You sure you don’t need another roommate???
ONe never knows!
Good idea to take before and after pics!
❤
Wow! It looks amazing!
Thanks, !!!!