Painting Makeover

When we moved into our house about a year ago, there wasn't a lot of color in the house.  Three rooms had some color, but the majority of the house was either tan or gray.  Neutral colors are fine, however we thought it was a little boring and wanted to add some life into our home.  We even thought that the gray in our family room made it feel a little dark.

It has been a  year now and we have repainted four rooms now, three of them being major traffic areas (kitchen, entry room and family room).  I really like how the colors we picked brighten up the rooms.  Our house has such an open feel to it the way it's designed that it just made sense to pick colors that would pop.  Like I said in my previous post, it did take some time to find the right colors (we have 7-8 sample paint jars) and I think we picked colors that we can live with for quite a few years without getting annoyed or bored with them.

Scott & I both always wanted some sort of blue in the family room and green or yellow were an option for the kitchen.  The green we chose for the kitchen ended up being a lot brighter than we thought to where we wouldn't want it on the large empty wall in the entry room because it was just too much.  We then found a yellow that really toned down the green, but not so much that it wasn't noticeable.  We wanted at least one color to pop in our house, but not be overwhelming to look at.  I think we found the perfect combination of all three.  What do you think?

Before pictures of the entry room:

 

After pictures of the entry room:

Before pictures of the kitchen:

 After pictures of the kitchen:

 Before picture of the family room:

After picture of the family room:

Now that painting is out of the way, we can begin decorating each room just the way we want.  It will probably take another year or so, but I'm excited to work on putting our house together.  I want our place to be a home that people feel comfortable being in and a place that people want to go to.  After all, it is in the home where love is felt, laughter is heard and memories are made.