Going, going, gone

When we bought this house three years ago, the foyer, living room, sitting room and dining room were all sponge painted. The foyer and living room were (in my opinion) truly hideous, densely done with magenta paint on white. It was so not me. Here, take a look:





I've been living with it ever since because the thought of taping all of that trim off and repainting gave Luis the heebeejeebees. Well, the purple kitchen started something. We went to Home Depot and raided their "oops" rack. We came home with 7 quarts and 3 gallons of Behr paint, all for $22, each a different color. We mixed 3 quarts together and came up with a lovely melted chocolate ice cream color, which we put in the foyer. Then we mixed together 1 gallon, 4 quarts and 1/4 of the remaining gallon and come up with a taupey-grey. We put that into the living room and sitting room. It looks so much better! It was a bear to tape off, Luis was right, but it was soooooo worth it. I've got to take some pics and put up some before and afters. We still have 3/4 gallon of the taupey-grey color left, plust 3/4 gallon of another color. We're planning another trip back to Home Depot next week to get some more oops paint and redo the dining room too. I can't wait. It's been so much fun mixing stuff and seeing what color we can come up with. Luis was so scared to do the mixing up, but I convinced him and he's thrilled with the result (and the price).

We have had our house off the market for 6 weeks now, but plan on relisting next week. Hopefully the freshened up colors will help. Now, if we were planning on staying here, I'd have gone for more color instead of the taupey-grey, but we wanted to keep it neutral. The purple kitchen could be intimidating enough to some buyers, LOL.