Painting, take 2

After painting the bathroom last week, I decided to take on the living room, which is a much larger space. In case you don't remember what it looks like, here is a picture from when we moved in:

I woke up Saturday to windows covered in ice (we had a freezing rain storm during the night). Discouraged from venturing out, I decided to tackle the painting. I started at one end, in the side nook, and worked my way around. It took a very long time! As I went along, sometimes I found holes that needed to be patched. The drop clothes needed to be moved a lot. Taping off a border on the ceiling was also difficult, since the slanted walls made the border between wall and ceiling unclear. Still I kept at it and finished very late at night.

My goal of staying in on such an icy day failed when I ran out of painter's tape. Still, the results look pretty good I think. I like how the contrasting color makes the white trim really pop.

All those slanted walls made the painting surface quite large. Yes, the tree is still up.

I took this picture vertically so you could see the ceiling.

This last shot shows one of the chairs we got for Christmas. I think it will look nice once I put together the bookshelf (the box to your left of the chair). Now that the walls are painted, we can finally start to think about hanging up pictures.