I will admit in part it is my hesitance picking colors. I always pick the wrong color. Seriously. Recently though I've taken a new approach. The internet. Novel, I know. Instead of just seeing a picture I like and trying to match the paint swatch to it, I realized it was going to take more research to find the perfect colors.
When we determined that we would renovate our living room, I knew the exact color and style I wanted, based off this picture from Pottery Barn:
I ripped this picture out of a Pottery Barn catalog 2-3 years ago and have kept it in my desk ever since. I LOVE the look of this wall and decor. Obviously I'm not alone, I see this repinned on Pinterest daily.
So, my internet research yielded me the name of the paint, Benjamin Moore, Newbury Port Blue. Then. much to my chagrin, I started looking at Google Images under that name. And the paint is dark. Like navy blue.
We tried it anyways, and picked out 2 more similar shades, lighter of course, and bought the $2+ samples. BEST thing we ever did.
The one in the middle is the Pottery Barn color, the one on the right is a Lowes Valspar, Magnet Dapple, the one we chose.
This room was no easy task. Here are some before pics:
We were very fortunate to have purchased a home with hardwood floors, but that natural woodwork HAD TO GO. I'm a big fan of white woodwork, I think that it's timeless. I grew up in a home built about 1915, and my mom now lives in a Victorian home from the early 1900's, both of which had white woodwork.
We made the room work for us without painting for the last 2 years:
Enough already, I know. Here's our (almost) finished living room:
And my favorite part, inspired by pinterest of course...
Um yeah, how awesome is this??
Much like the above Pottery Barn photo, I want to decorate the wall about our shelving unit, I just have to map it out first. I have a bunch of framed photos, decorations, and two gold letter A's, I just want to make sure it's perfect first. Once I do that, it'll be done!
Well almost...hubs needs to put his new table saw to good use and put in some crown molding for me!
I seriously love this room. I love drinking my coffee in there in the morning and watching my DVR'ed shows. I finally feel like it's our own space! And the only expense was the paint and new curtains, I pulled all the decorations from the rest of the house.
So, what do you think, good interpretation of the Pottery Barn pic?
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