Dining Room Redo

I have neglected my little blog lately. We have had so much going on, but I promise to be better.

One little project I have been working on is a makeover for my dining room. When we moved in last July, it looked like this:

Well, we are not really red people, not to mention this was not a soft red, we are talking fire engine red. My mother in law volunteered to come the day after we closed and paint it for us. Between trying to pack up our old place and all the craziness that a house closing can bring, I had not properly prepared so I made a quick decision and chose a chocolate brown, so we got this:

I really liked the color and it turned out great, but with the dark walls, it made the room look small and since it wasn't a large room to begin with, I decided it needed a new look. I wasn't sure if I wanted to use a neutral or go with a color, so I had several different paint samples on the walls for probably a month. I finally got sick of looking at it and now we have this:

I love it now! I used Sherwin Williams Interesting Aqua, we have also used this color in our breakfast room and master bath. I painted it early one Saturday morning and when Chris woke up the first thing he said was how much better and bigger the room looked. I am so happy with it, our living room opens up right into the dining room so it brightens up that entire space. Now onto the next project :)

Happy Friday!