Painting Round 1

Here is a semi-after pick. It was taken after our first round of painting which involved the foyer, hallway, fireplace, living room, dining area and kitchen. We used two colors:

Toasty Gray and Water Chestnut by Glidden. Toasty Gray is on the dining area wall (w/ all the windows) and also on the drywall beam and fireplace.

If you look closely at the photo where the dining area wall meets the pantry door- you will see the color change. The two colors are actually quite different, because of the amount of light our house gets in certain places it is hard to tell they are different sometimes. I am happy about this, because had we gone w/ Water Chestnut in the entire area (it is the lighter of the two areas), there are areas where it probably would have washed out and looked white.

By the way- we ended up not doing new stair railings. We did, however, remove two sets of railings, which you will see in later pictures. The cost was quite high, more than we wanted to spend on current renovations. Honestly, the old railings aren't quite as bothersome now that the flooring has been updated. We can update them later if we so choose.