going grey

once again, rather than taking down my Christmas decorations, i found something else to do.

except, this something-- well it is something i've been talking about doing for a while and was back and forth about a color.  a color for what you may ask? the green diamond accent wall in our living room. what to do?

ugh... brown or charcoal ?!?

here is the before:

(this was Christmas 2009)

when we moved in,

 we painted all the walls in the

living room/kitchen a neutral beige

{color: Nomadic Desert @ sherwin williams}

then,

i got bored.

and did this:

i wanted a little pizazz!

just a little something to brighten up the room

and make a statement, the green wall was lovely!

but, i got bored.

so, yesterday i did this:

bye bye green wall, hellooooooooo grey!!!

{color: Falcon @ wal mart, colorplace}

i love it.

its kinda hard to explain, but i'll give it a shot.

grey is complicated, it always has an undertone

its either

1. blue

2. purple

3. green

or 4. brown

and i wanted a grey with a brown or green undertone,

and i think it came out great

in fact,

i decided this might be a good color for our master bathroom

so, i just went ahead and painted that too.

excuse the towels, the walls are still wet

originally i wanted our master bathroom to match our room,

{bedroom color: sidewalk grey @ wal mart, color place}

but then,

i thought maybe the bathroom should be black.

(insert husband giving you the "you must be crazy" look here)

i'm glad i stuck with grey,

its crazy how much darker the bathroom looks,

i'm really happy with it!

now, time to do new mantle decor,

and decorate the bathroom!

happy friday :)