I've been playing with color palettes for the new house and have gotten two decisions made and am working on a third. I have to apologize about the quality of them pictures. The camera isn't doing the colors justice.
First is our bedroom.
The walls will be the peachy-brown color, trim will be the corresponding "not-quite white" color above it. Then I will be using one of the two purples to paint an abstract boarder around the room. The boarder will be about the same height as you would put a chair rail. I thought about painting it higher up but I want to put crown moulding in there at some point and don't want to have to repaint. I'm also in the market for a dark brown comforter for the bed.
Second is my sewing room/the guest room.
I'm keeping this one a bit simpler... just the two top colors. Like our room, I'm pondering a painted border around the room. This time it would be in the same color as the trim and I would probably use a stencil for a hand quilting design for the border.
This brings me to the upstairs bath. It's not what I really want to do decor wise, but I'm going to be using what I have on had because I already own it. Eventually I will replace the flowers with something more south western to match the rest of the public areas of the upstairs. But for now I'm using what I have and paint isn't as expensive as replacing linens, rugs, etc.
I'm currently torn color-wise because several of the colors in the palettes we like go well with the current linens.
You should recognize this one... it's the same color as the trim for the guest room.
Starting at the green and moving to the right (ignore the blue), all three of these would work well.
I think I may have to ponder this one for a while. It may even come down to me going to the new house after we close and seeing what the colors will look like in the space. That's what I have to do with the choices for the kitchen and living room. Those two rooms open into each other, so the colors have to flow together. I need to see what our choices look like against the cabinets, but we're leaning towards shades of terra cotta/orange with other colors that remind me of home.
Eventually the only white walls will be in the furnace room and possibly the laundry room. I am sick and tired of white walls. Heck they might even get painted with warmer neutrals just to get rid of the white. ;-)
I'm exhausted and will return sometime later in the week... Probably after my mother has gone back home.
Happy Valentine's Day!
The kitchen that needs some work.
Built-in book cases in the living room. They also need some love.
FH and Awesome Realtor* looking out the living room window onto the deck.
Little D* and Hummingbird* went with us to the closing. Here is Hummingbird in front of the family room window that looks out onto the sun porch. You can also see the retro fire place that we're going to replace with a wood burning stove.
View of the back of the house from the yard. There are lots of deer in the area. One had even bedded down in the yard. FH is hoping to fix that problem.
There will be more pictures as specific projects/rooms have work done on them.
This was a class at the St. Louis show many years ago. We also did a bowl of nuts and some other goodies, but they are packed in a different place. The instructor was fantastic and we all had a really good time.
The walls will be the peachy-brown color, trim will be the corresponding "not-quite white" color above it. Then I will be using one of the two purples to paint an abstract boarder around the room. The boarder will be about the same height as you would put a chair rail. I thought about painting it higher up but I want to put crown moulding in there at some point and don't want to have to repaint. I'm also in the market for a dark brown comforter for the bed.
I'm keeping this one a bit simpler... just the two top colors. Like our room, I'm pondering a painted border around the room. This time it would be in the same color as the trim and I would probably use a stencil for a hand quilting design for the border.
Starting at the green and moving to the right (ignore the blue), all three of these would work well.
I think I may have to ponder this one for a while. It may even come down to me going to the new house after we close and seeing what the colors will look like in the space. That's what I have to do with the choices for the kitchen and living room. Those two rooms open into each other, so the colors have to flow together. I need to see what our choices look like against the cabinets, but we're leaning towards shades of terra cotta/orange with other colors that remind me of home. 
