Thursday, May 31, 2007

Area couple amazed by newly painted walls

The dining room has finally been painted! Yay!! We're still sort of stunned by the change. Whenever I see the room I briefly wonder if I've somehow gone into someone else's house by mistake, and my husband keeps saying, "I can't believe we did that!" The final coat of glazing/ragging was a team effort and we're really pleased with the results. :D

Here are the photos: (backlighting makes the color appear darker than it really is)


And to see how it will (eventually) look with the trim, I set up some of the refinished baseboards here:


The colors we used were:
Ceiling: Sherwin Williams' "hyacinth white"
Wall base coat: SW "hubbard squash"
Glazing: 4 parts glazing liquid and 1 part SW "eastlake gold" (painted on as a solid coat, then blotted off with crumpled paper towels)

2 comments:

Gary said...

I take it you are an expert at smoothing walls now and don't need to practice on mine any more!
Your house is starting to look so, so, so ..... Oakwood!

kendra said...

Well, the walls are pretty darn smooth so I don't think I need the practice any more, but if you need a hand I'd be happy to bring my magic trowel and start on yours. :)

Your house is starting to look so, so, so ..... Oakwood!
Noooooooooooooo! LOL!