Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Total overhaul.

K, so remember how I am going to do a total over haul on my house decor?
I thought I would give you a tiny sneak peak and see what you think.

First thing about this overhaul you should know, the boldness and brightness, if there is any, is in the fabrics. I learned from my mistake last time of putting it on the walls, so I have pretty fabrics, with some color. So don't look at the fabrics and think its too bold cause mainly they are just for pillows.

Downstairs living room. Currently painted aqua, and yellow. WILL be painted a grey shade of white, with one or two black accent walls. I know, black, but I REALLY think its going to be awesome, they are small walls, and with the opposite color being a grey/white I think it will be very classy. Picture something SORT of like this for the black wall:
See? not as bad as you thought, right?

Here's a sneak peak of what I have so far.

I looove the fabric, and I needed a specific fabric. With wanting to introduce and make black a main color in here, I had to be able to blend in brown, because the couch cushions are brown. So I went to home fabrics and found the perfect one. It has black, tan, brown and the red secondary color.

The main floor. Is currently painted brown, aqua, and yellow. ugh. Remember from here, I am painting every wall the same, light greyish blue. There are a lot of black framed pictures with off white mats on the wall, red couches are staying red, adding pillows from the fabrics below(although I am not sure on the polka dots one), and another fabric that incorporates yellow, when Henry starts crawling I will take the rug from his nursery here, and put it in the living room. Not too much more will be done, a few knick knacks and things but those details aren't hashed out.

Soooo, tell me. Whatdoya think so far?

P.S. Am I the only one that cares this much about what my house looks like?

3 comments:

Whit said...

I think it sounds awesome Kati. I love grey walls right now they looks so refreshing. I cant wait to see what it all looks like completed.

Angela said...

Your house is probably more important to you than others in how it looks, but you are also the one that is there more than anyone else. It's pretty common to want it just perfect. :) But I can tell you this for sure, everything you've done has been fun, unique, and a chance to express how you feel and what you like. I'm excited to see how it turns out!

Me said...

I'm excited to see how the black/gray blend with the brown. That paisley looks like a good way to bring it all together.

I also think you'll really enjoy the continuity of your main floor being the same color. Seems like it should have a nice, calming affect, which I'm sure will be good for a new mom and baby! :) Are you going to bring any red fabrics into this room too? Just curious...

I don't think you're alone in caring about how your house looks! I think most people love decorating. That's a good thing.