Sunday, November 14, 2010
"Reddy"... Set... Go...
I won't lie to you . Cincinnati has had more than its fair share of gray days, literally and figuratively. The house we are renting until our house in Nashville closes is convenient and cozy in a sweet neighborhood. Your basic late 60's colonial redo with minimal overhead lighting and no built ins, and sadly painted rental white...dingy gray-white. The owners had it on the market for a year to sell and then rented it for two years to absentee tenants. The house needed love...and COLOR! I started with the entry hall and Benjamin Moore's Hawthorne Yellow. I love it, but missed getting good before pictures. The living room desperately needed attention. Early last week SG , who studies in the living room, said she thought red would be a good color...hmmmm. Here is the living room on Friday afternoon at 3:15...
We moved the chairs upstairs and some chairs from upstairs down AGAIN(that choice of words from Rick who is very patient). It is so much brighter, and I find myself coming downstairs, walking through the kitchen and coming around the corner so I can "happen" on the color. Once again, Benjamin Moore paint came to the rescue with this "Million Dollar Red" color from my local ACE Hardware/ post office (who deserve their own blog entry and will get one soon). Red does not cover as easily as yellow, and I will need to do some touch ups, but no more gray skies in here!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
I'm a fan of the red!
ReplyDelete