Dining Room!!

This weekend, after we had a family day on Thursday, and a friend day on Friday, we were left with Saturday and Sunday for our own devices.

Which means home improvement! We've been in our house over a year now (13 months) and have done a bit, but yet it feels like nothing. If I list everything, it looks like a lot, but walking through our house, the drastic changes I want to see take place aren't there yet.

Part of the problem is definitely paint colors. When we moved in, more than half the house was painted in a peach or pale pink. Our trim is painted white. We have white curtains (left by the previous owners) in the living room/dining room. In short, our house felt *blah* in precisely the rooms I am decorating a lot for the holidays.

We headed to Home Depot Saturday morning to pick up a few things, including a quart of paint to 'try out' on the dining room walls. We also picked up glass doors for the fireplace so that when we finally do light a fire in there, the cat won't walk through the leftover soot in the night and leave sooty footprints all over my cream carpet. Because that? Is the last thing I need. But on a related note, I have been trying to come up with a way to put sooty Santa footprints from the fireplace to the tree for the kids to see. Ideas? That clean up?

So, we came back with Behr's Sagey in a Satin finish. And we love it! I went back on Sunday to get more Sagey and Water Sprout for an accent wall. The Water Sprout was a harder sell, but after a day I already like it a lot more. It all started with a 'country' plan for the room, and suddenly, it feels as if it is falling together!

Here's our dining room!




Now, there will be white crown molding, and the big question is, do I paint the ceiling white, water sprout (the light green) or sagey (the dark green)? Thoughts??