THE DINING ROOM MAKEOVER!

You know HOW I LOVE to do makeovers 

of rooms in my house.

And you know 

that it has been a while since I have done a good makeover.

The last BIG one, besides the kitchen cabinets,

was my Daughter's 13 year old Birthday Bedroom 

Makeover almost a year ago.

HERE

I have been pretty content with my house. 

Sure there is the boys room, but 

that makeover, 
as well as the bathrooms which need major work,
 and well,  finishing the kitchen... those are all  a bit MORE THAN simple

"paint color change makeovers".

Would that all the makeovers were so easy.

THE Bottom Line -

The Dining room is a dark room. 

It gets beautiful light for about one full hour a day 
and then for the remaining 23 hours...it is a dark shady room.

It has been many colors, all done

in an attempt to brighten it up

and...all Benjamin Moore:

Paradiso

Tranquil Blue

Woodlawn Blue

(I do so LOVE the blues)

...but finally, after exhausting the lighter grayer blues,
 I resolved that perhaps 

the best choice might be to stop trying to lighten it up 

with cool blues

but instead to Paint it a nice Dark color.

So I went with a Benjamin Moore color called 

"Fairview Taupe".

I adore Fairview Taupe.
Our house has been named "Fairview" since it was 
originally built in 1830 
(it burned down and was rebuilt in 1880)
so it seemed like a sign...and...PLUS-
It is a gorgeous color! 
A grayed down brown with NO red in it, like fertile dry gray dirt.

It has suited me just fine. 

But as always happens...the darkness starts to wear on me

and the itch gets too hard to ignore...
and I have got to paint it.

so that is what I am going to do!!!
SO

The new color is going to be.....

Benjamin Moore

"ASHWOOD"
OC 47

I am so excited that  despite the fact that we are at the beach,
(of course I brought my Benjamin Moore Paint wheels to the beach)
...I called my paint store back home 
and ordered the paint to pick up next Monday!!!
This color looks lovely next to the colors in the adjoining rooms:
 "Maritime White"- OC 5 , 
"Creamy White" - OC 6 (aka "Spring in Aspen") - 
 and "Feather Down"- OC 7...
and then...this is my favorite part...


I started poking around the internet
to look for examples of this color to show you and I found this 
BEAUTIFUL HOME and its GORGEOUS BLOG

For the Love of a House 
 Ashwood

 Does this House remind you of somewhere?

Like My Old Country House?
And I even bought the paint a YEAR ago, 
to paint my posts High Gloss Black like theirs!!!
It's a sign!

For the Love of a House

This house and their use of this color 
make me 100% certain that ASHWOOD will transform my Dining 
room into the beautiful room it is meant to be!
Now I need to go 
"Follow"
 For the Love of A House
we have so much in common, including the fact that OUR tiny town
 also does not even have a traffic light!


Next up...wallpaper !!!
Have you guys seen Flat Vernacular Wallpapers?
Well, you are in for a treat!