by Monica H.
Member since:
October 10, 2006

I Gave My Living Room a Little Kick (photos included)

March 03, 2009 01:00 PM EST (Updated: March 03, 2009 01:02 PM EST)
views: 194 | comments: 63

I finally bought the paint and started on my project in the living room. I have been wanting to do this for about a year now. The supplies were all ready to go for a while now. I started the project at around 9am Sat. morning and finished Sat. night about 9pm. Included in that time frame was trimming with the masking tape, climbing up and down the ladder, running out of masking tape, a small amount of cussing when I spilled some burgandy paint on the carpet, a trip to the store, small cigerette breaks in the garage, enlisting my husband to help move the heavy furniture, and stopping for lunch and supper.

                                             

 

Here are a couple of (before) photos of my living room. The walls were just a drab white and I was very tired of looking at them every day.

 

 

The paints I chose for the living room were a beige color called Nutmeg Frost and also a deep burgandy color for an accent wall. The name of it was Red Tea. I like that both of my walls are spicy names.

 

 

 

 

 

If you look closely at the back wall in this photo, you can see the new beige paint on the wall. I think it went well with the original white trim that was already there.

 

 

 

 

 

And now a drum roll please..................................The finished product.

I was very happy with how the burgandy wall turned out. It is my very favorite color, so it just stands that would be the color I chose to see every day. Hope you enjoyed the photos of my living room.
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Comments: 63

Victoria H. Mar 3, 2009, 1:02pm EST
Oooh, I love it! It's so much warmer and more inviting now. And that burgandy is sort of what I am wanting to do my bedroom in I think.

Great job!
j - Frugal Mom - r. Mar 3, 2009, 1:03pm EST
I love the make over Monica, you really did a great job. How did you pull this off with the kids running around?
Bridget ♥ Mar 3, 2009, 1:03pm EST
It turned out GREAT!
Sophie S. Mar 3, 2009, 1:04pm EST
I did our family room in the exact same colors! I love the way yours turned out :)
Chris E. Mar 3, 2009, 1:05pm EST
It looks great!
Peter Joseph Swanson Mar 3, 2009, 1:06pm EST
NICE !!!
Marianne R. Mar 3, 2009, 1:10pm EST
That came out really nice
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 1:16pm EST
Victoria----We just bought a quilt for our bedroom that has burgandy/dark green/beige in it. I may do the same thing to our bedroom also. We have left over paint still.
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 1:17pm EST
JR Frugal----The kiddos went to their Nana and Papas Friday night and didn't come home until Sunday. That gave me plenty of time to paint and get the house aired out at the same time.
That is very much how my living room looks! A cream color on 3 walls, with a deep red accent wall :)
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 1:18pm EST
Sophie---It just goes to show that we have great taste, huh?
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 1:19pm EST
Princess SP---That cool. I really was happy with it when I got done. It seems so much more cozy and inviting.
sharon SugarMomma is a wise woman, Mar 3, 2009, 1:38pm EST
Really pretty Monica.

I normally wouldn't like that shade of beige but it goes perfectly with the burgandy.
Amanda C. Mar 3, 2009, 2:11pm EST
It looks really nice, you did a great job!
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 2:15pm EST
Sharon, I really love the burgandy wall. After I have sat and surveyed the living room, my first initial reaction is that I would have chose a little darker brown for the other three walls. Maybe just something a little darker than the beige color I chose. It was just so much work that it's going to have to stay that way for a long while.
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 2:15pm EST
is that I wish I would have chosen------no edit button
Sarah (I want points) Mar 3, 2009, 2:15pm EST
I love it! You did well. The burgundy wall is great.
Sue * Mar 3, 2009, 2:38pm EST
It looks great, much warmer now. Oh-give up those cigarettes, you don't want to carry that smoke smell into your new room:)
Carla B. Mar 3, 2009, 3:28pm EST
It looks great! All of our walls are boring and white.
glenda j. Mar 3, 2009, 3:39pm EST
nice
Alexis Newell Mar 3, 2009, 3:50pm EST
It looks great!
DJ B. Mar 3, 2009, 3:52pm EST
Looks great!! :o)
You did a nice job! I love the burgundy, too. It's so warm and cozy.

Don't you just love how much just some paint can change a room?
I'm featuring this.
Elaine S. Mar 3, 2009, 4:31pm EST
Looks Great!
They are the same colors my daughter picked to do her living room and open stairway.
C C. Mar 3, 2009, 4:59pm EST
it looks wonderful
Tammy N. Mar 3, 2009, 5:03pm EST
Great job! I love the burgundy... it really plays with the color in the artwork.
What a wonderful transformation! The room is warm & cozy now!
JoAnn C. Mar 3, 2009, 7:04pm EST
nice job. I like it.
Mariana T. Mar 3, 2009, 7:40pm EST
I love it - and you did a great job and soooo fast. If it was just me - I work very fast - I love that color too! Salud
Ellie !. Mar 3, 2009, 8:09pm EST
Wow. Looks awesome.
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 9:28pm EST
Sue---Yes, I do wish I could someday give up the cigarettes. They are a habit that is going to take a while to let go of. I smoke outside, so the smell is not in the house with the new living room or the kiddos.
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 9:28pm EST
Thanks for the feature Ina. Maybe I will become famous with my living room inside of computers all across America. ha ha ha
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 9:29pm EST
Mariana---It actually felt like it took forever. I can tell my body is getting older.
Monica H. Mar 3, 2009, 9:30pm EST
Now, that I am looking at the color swatch again and seeing the walls, I wish I would have went with the bottom color.....toasted coconut. But I will have to save that project for another day when I can muster up the motivation again.
Brian .. Mar 3, 2009, 10:21pm EST
it looks great.
Kathy D. Mar 3, 2009, 10:52pm EST
Gorgeous!
Ryan M. Mar 4, 2009, 12:03am EST
great job
Natalie Neal Whitefield Mar 4, 2009, 3:22pm EST
Very pretty color combination. Warm and welcoming...
carla m. Mar 4, 2009, 5:11pm EST
how many coats of the burgundy did it take?
Tiffany G. Mar 6, 2009, 11:20pm EST
That does loko great!
Monica H. Mar 7, 2009, 7:58pm EST
Carla M----It took two coats. The first coat on I did a light coat with the roller. The second coat did it. I did buy the more expensive paint though.
necee t. Mar 9, 2009, 1:25am EDT
wow, beautiful colors... i love it... great job...
Val G. Mar 11, 2009, 12:10am EDT
your room looks lovely! you did a great job!
☃ Aunt Shanny Mar 11, 2009, 7:46am EDT
In the words of the great Ace Ventura: "Kickay!"
☃ Aunt Shanny Mar 11, 2009, 7:47am EDT
You did a perfect job. I love how you tied in your focal wall with scatterings of the same color. Well done!
Victoria H. Mar 13, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
Man, you so should do your bedroom in that red, especially since you have leftover paint. The more I look at it, the more I like it (this is the third time I've been here I think. hee hee). I'll have to look at a paint paper thinger for that tea red and see what I think of it for my bedroom.
Victoria H. Mar 13, 2009, 3:55pm EDT
Thanks so much for posting this to my group All Photo Essays Here !!
Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Mar 13, 2009, 3:58pm EDT
Great redecorating job. There is nothing like fresh paint to bring a room to life.
Mariana T. Mar 18, 2009, 1:35pm EDT
I love this - as you know - and I wish I could keep my house this neat! Go for it and do the whole house red! I've had colors for a while but white works for me - so back to white and that's what I'm doing.
girl, start moving - if you've been sitting down for more than 15 minutes get up and walk around - drink water and go watch my beach videos for inspiration!!! have a great day! Salud
Mariana T. Mar 18, 2009, 1:36pm EDT
Please give my best to the kiddies and I'll comment on some of those gorgeous pictures soon. Salud
Monica H. Mar 18, 2009, 1:57pm EDT
Marianna---I haven't been sitting at all today. I have been chasing those kids around the house, fixing breakfast, doing laundry, picking up playdough. I only dream of sitting for more than 1 minutes at a time.

Thanks for dropping by. I'm drinking my water.
DiAnA D. Mar 18, 2009, 1:58pm EDT
looks great!!
Christine Zibas Mar 19, 2009, 1:17am EDT
This looks absolutely wonderful!! No wonder you wanted to show pictures. The warm colors are so much more inviting. I had a friend who did the same thing, but her accent wall was a forest green color with a warm beige. It looked fantastic, and the burgundy you chose is great too.

Congrats. I would be very happy if I were you!
Monica H. Mar 19, 2009, 1:41am EDT
Thanks Christine for stopping by.
Phyllis R. Mar 19, 2009, 10:56am EDT
Beautiful Monica....I love this color too!!!
Cindy L. Mar 19, 2009, 3:35pm EDT
Wow! Total transformation. It looks so inviting now. You deserve a pat on the back. :)
Vicky Duggins Mar 21, 2009, 10:37am EDT
I missed this when it first was published.

Love the red wall! I have a red wall in my dining room. My Mom had a red ceiling, and though she painted the walls several times over the years, the red ceiling never needed repainting and it mellowed into a fuzzy cherry color over time. I hope my wall does that, too. You are brave to take on red. I think we ended up with about 9 coats to cover white!
Monica H. Mar 21, 2009, 11:32am EDT
Vicky---We got it in two coats with this Red Tea. I also bought the $25 gallons of paint, so maybe that made a difference too.
Janet Somewhere Up On The Mount Mar 21, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
Good Job I love the colors.
Kathy D. Mar 25, 2009, 9:18pm EDT
Just stopping by to say hi!
Amy just hangin' out M. Mar 28, 2009, 9:36am EDT
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Kelly M. May 3, 2009, 12:53am EDT
Thanks for stopping by to comment on one of my articles or pics! I am returning the favor by “hanging ten” and dropping by 10 of your posts today!

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