Tuesday, a painting crew came over and applied a coat of primer to the whole level. Later that day, Commonwealth Designer Extraordinaire, Melissa Chernick, arrived with paint samples that we had chosen the night before. She applied the new colors to the newly primed walls. I'll take you on a little tour.
Below is our old front door, which is not changing, there's nothing wrong with it. Steve and crew have completed most of the woodwork throughout the new level. So, the windows and doors all for the most part have their surrounding woodwork now. The first sample is below on the wall on the left. It's an antique cream, not too dissimilar from what we had on the walls before.
This is looking down the new hall way towards the new space. The ceiling height is 7'3" in the hallway. They just finished framing in the woodwork here, and in fact have a bit more to do, on the otherside of this opening. The entrance to the existing den is still rough.
The new Dining Room with the completed woodwork around the existing window.
Now, the colors don't show as well as I would like them to, bur here goes. This is standing in the corner of the Dining Room looking at the front of the cove. The 2 splotches on it are a light greenish/blue. The one on the left is a pale wedgewood blue, the one on the right is even paler blue. Melissa, thinks this will really make the Curve stand out, because the walls in the Dining Room will be...
...one of the 2 splotches below. They are sort of a terra cotta shade, we like the darker of the 2 shades.
Here's the new window wall with the completed woodwork. Nice, huh? This is going to be an accent wall, with one of the 2 golden shades on the left.
Here's a closer view of the completed wood work.
Heres a closer look at the 2 colors. We think the one on the left is too vibrant, so we're leaning towards the lighter of the 2.
The rest of the room will be the lighter of the 2 colors of the wall below. We're choosing a shade of eggplant for the Curve and the bar area.
Here's Tim's completed display cases, there will be an accent color on the back of each shelf, we think it will be variations of the color we're choosing for the new powder room.
Are you ready for the powder room, color?
You sure?
OK...scroll down a bit...
It's called Fruity Punch...HEY! No cat calls from the Peanut gallery, I HEARD THAT!
This is looking down the new hall way towards the new space. The ceiling height is 7'3" in the hallway. They just finished framing in the woodwork here, and in fact have a bit more to do, on the otherside of this opening. The entrance to the existing den is still rough.
The new Dining Room with the completed woodwork around the existing window.
Now, the colors don't show as well as I would like them to, bur here goes. This is standing in the corner of the Dining Room looking at the front of the cove. The 2 splotches on it are a light greenish/blue. The one on the left is a pale wedgewood blue, the one on the right is even paler blue. Melissa, thinks this will really make the Curve stand out, because the walls in the Dining Room will be......one of the 2 splotches below. They are sort of a terra cotta shade, we like the darker of the 2 shades. Here's the interior of the Cove in the kitchen. I like the paler of the 2 shades here.
Here's the new window wall with the completed woodwork. Nice, huh? This is going to be an accent wall, with one of the 2 golden shades on the left.Here's a closer view of the completed wood work.
Heres a closer look at the 2 colors. We think the one on the left is too vibrant, so we're leaning towards the lighter of the 2. The rest of the room will be the lighter of the 2 colors of the wall below. We're choosing a shade of eggplant for the Curve and the bar area.Here's Tim's completed display cases, there will be an accent color on the back of each shelf, we think it will be variations of the color we're choosing for the new powder room.
Are you ready for the powder room, color?You sure?
OK...scroll down a bit...
It's called Fruity Punch...HEY! No cat calls from the Peanut gallery, I HEARD THAT!
We'll thats where we are this week. Midway thru week 10.
Today the new floors are installed, and the existing floors will be sanded today. Steve said that he'd seal us upstairs and down with a double plastic seal. That worked well for the drywall, so hopefully the mess won't be too bad.
S'all for now,
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A very modern pallete. I look forward to seeing the full effect. I don't think you will have to worry about guests reading long books in the guest WC, but who knows. I just painted the guest bath moss green. You will see it in September, but I think it is only going to last a few months--it turned out too dark for the space.
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True, we stepped out of our comfort zone with these.
ReplyDeleteOur WC in the Townhouse in Arlington was purple.
Danger Will Robinson! Danger!!! I hate to say this but I think the family room yellows are too bright. Yellows are tricky, and always turn out brighter than you think. I think you're going to think "school bus" or "egg yolks". I would recommend going 25% of the color you have mixed with 75% white to lighten it up. I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight, thinking about those yellows.
ReplyDeleteWe discovered you can ask the paint store to mix a 1/4 or 1/2 formula. We did that with the color for Craig's office--same color, less intense. I had forgotten the purple WC in the Shirlington condo.
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