ORC – sofaless living space – Fresh Paint – Week 3

 

Welcome back!  If you are just joining us for the One Room Challenge, you can check out our plans here.  This week was painting week for us and unlike when I did the One Room Challenge for my dining room, the paint came out as I planned the first time this time.

Luckily with this room, there was no damage to the walls, no peeling tape, and nothing to patch other than a few tiny holes where pictures had been.

The paint color choice was also simple this time.  When I finished our dining room there was a little issue with the ceiling paint color choice, and since I finally found one I loved for that ceiling, I went with it for the walls and ceiling of the open living room.  This room is adjacent to the dining room and too many colors would look disjointed.  I love how well it blends with the ceiling of the dining room matching the walls and ceiling of the living room.

 

The color I chose is Toasted Almond by PPG Paints.

 

 

Toasted Almond is part of PPG’s off-white collection and it is very neutral.  It is neither too yellow nor too grey.  It is a very soft off-white.

I am not usually a huge fan of a feature wall with a different paint color, but this little recessed area just seems to be the perfect spot for a different color.

 

 

Now for the other color.  I knew I wanted a dark color, almost black, but I also needed it to be soft, so not a true black.  After looking at a few options we ended up selecting Iron Ore by Sherwin Williams.

My husband was very unsure about this and I had to agree to repaint if he didn’t love it.

 

 

 

 

There has been some overlap with the painting and the installation of the hardwood, so I haven’t been able to get a great after picture yet.  Look for that in next week’s update along with some new hardwood flooring!

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