Making it Lovely

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  • A Cozier Palette

    A Cozier Palette

    Are you feeling the shift from minimal white spaces? I’ve been waiting for you. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as… *ahem.* I mean together we can decorate some pretty rooms.

    I went to an event the other day for Benjamin Moore’s new Century line. The colors are gooood.

    [one_half]Benjamin Moore - Century - Cobal U8[/one_half]

    [one_half_last]Benjamin Moore - Century - Wild Caraway U3[/one_half_last]

    Benjamin Moore - Century - Obsidian Q5

    Fireclay Tile has a new palette collection based on the paintings of the Dutch Masters. More excellent colors.

    Fireclay Tile - Dutch Masters Palette

    Dutch Masters palette inspiration

    Fireclay Tile

    Throw in the abundance of blush/millennial pink right now, and everything’s coming up Milhouse.

    Are you all as excited about the direction design is going in as I am?

  • Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

    I’d hoped to have a painted room to share today, but I underestimated the ability of my right arm to paint and paint and paint. I’ve primed, I’ve put a first coat on, and I’ve done half of the cutting in for the second (and final, I hope) coat of paint, but I still have a few hours of painting ahead of me before it’s done. Such tall ceilings! So many windows and doorways, and a fireplace to cut in! Such strong shoulders I will have! (On the right side, at least.) Luckily my legs are holding up just fine with having gone up and down the ladder all weekend, and I’ve finished all of the up-high work.

    Black Benjamin Moore Paint Swatches - Soot, Almost Black, Polo Blue, and Black Beauty #makingitlovely

    I liked the range of blacks that Benjamin Moore offered, so I stuck with them for my samples. I tried Soot (so close), Almost Black (too light), Polo Blue (pretty and nuanced, but too blue), and finally, Black Beauty (the winner!). It’s the warm black I had been looking for, and it makes the wood trim in the room look amazing. The three huge windows are South-facing, and the room is flooded with light, so it can take a dark, dramatic color. I can’t wait to see it with the furniture back in place!

    Now, off to paint.

  • Painting the Trim in the Living Room

    Painting the Trim in the Living Room


    I’ve been meaning to get around to painting the trim in the living room for quite some time now. It was on my 30 Before Thirty list, but it was one of the handful of things I didn’t accomplish (because I was pregnant and had no energy). So I rolled it onto my Lovely life List, and I decided it’s finally a good time to check that one off.

    Painting projects (or any projects, really) happen so much more slowly now with two young kids underfoot. I let Eleanor help paint for the first time, and then she wanted to look through the fan decks to pick paint colors for the house. Did you know the exterior should be green? With sparkles? So it has been decreed.

    I’ve only painted half of the room so far. There’s a door between the living room and the entry, and soon I’ll move on to the front entry itself. I haven’t decided if I’ll be painting both doors there, and if so, which colors. I’ll probably leave the front door unpainted, at least for now. White is an obvious choice for the other, but I do like the look of black interior doors. What do you think?

    p.s. Here’s a refresher on why I’m painting all of this wood trim in the first place.