Taking my home from warm to cool!

OK folks. This is a BIG one! I took a huge plunge and decided to transform my house from warm tones
to cool tones. Crazy. I really don't know what got into me (Pinterest). I wasn't even really planning a big
re-decoratng project, just some tweaking here and there. It all started with new couches and just
snowballed into a life of its own - isn't that always the way?!
So this was a two-fold issue because first I had to explain to the hubs that we were re-decorating. For no reason.
Every other time new decor has appeared it was because we moved. So I had to tell explain to him that you don't
just move in, decorate and then live with that decor for the next 40 years. Yes. I know. I laughed too!
The second issue - which relates to the first - was how to do this affordably! I mean, the man can only take so much!
All my our homes have been warm colors. So this was new for me AND for him. I ended up pretty much
re-painting the whole main level - the family room, hallways and dining room.
Today I am going to show you the family room though. So, (drumrolls) without further ado,
lets peek at the before again - nice cozy gold tones...

And now. The after!

Wow, right?! I am loving it. Mindbogglingly different! Those are the new Pottery Barn Comfort couches

I agonized over investing in. And the curtains are new (paid for with the rewards I got back for using a

Pottery Barn credit card to buy the couches!). Everything else is pretty much the same. So the wall color

was the big change. I love the black trim with the blue. Everything really pops so nicely.

The color I used is Ben Moore Palladian Blue (xoxo). Let me take you the rest of the way around the room...

Sorry about the photos - it is so hard to get a good shot with those big windows. The mantle is going to get tweaked

soon. I am adding some shells and beachy touches for summer! And yes. I left those dog beds in these shots.

I am not sugar-coating this room by cleaning up everything before I take pictures! Don't take it personally!

I also left that big floor pillow in that burgundy chair to disguise it.

There is usually a small armchair in this corner. If you follow me on FaceBook you know that I took the two chairs
from this room to be recovered. I LOVE the fabric I picked and can't wait to see them when they are done!

It is hard to see but that is grasscloth wallpaper on the ceiling. I love that it works even better in the room now
than it did before! And you get a glimpse of the painted hallway (that was a darker shade of gold before too) and the
dining room that had the black wallpaper before! I'll post on that separately.
And back around to the couches (and another dog bed!)

I still need to figure out what I am doing about that burgundy chair. It is throwing the whole mojo of the room off.
But that is my son's favorite spot. I may slipcover it. I'm just not sure yet. I'm sure it will come to me soon though!

So that is the tour. I hope you love it as much as I do. The hubs is coming around. At first he wasn't loving it but now
he says it is growing on him. I think it just felt "different" for a few days. I know it did for me. I still need to do some fine tuning and change some accessories but all in all I am ecstatic! Feels like a whole new house!

Thanks for visiting! I will show you the dining room soon!

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