Painting

It's time for Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom . Last week, we tackled painting our living room. If you want to have an intimate relationship with your house, paint the walls. We touched each wall no less than 8 times!!

1. Wash

2. Spackle

3. Sand

4. Spackle

5. Sand

6. Wash

7. Prime

8. Paint

9. Faux Finish

Here is what it looked like before:


With 11-foot ceilings, we had to rent a scaffold. It was my own personal stair-master.


And here is what it looks like now:


I love how the picture wall turned out. We decided instead of hiding the windows, we would honor tthe architecture of the house by framing them like art. We hung the pictures from the bottom frame with twine. I liked the natural fibers and how cheap it was. Hanging a family tree is a great idea because they are forever changing. This way, you save the wall you just painted from the scars of nail holes.

I also love how the faux finish came out. It is a patchwork pattern that I dragged into the glaze with a wisk broom.


I think it works really well with the boarder and the brown bottom of the wall. It was such a vast space, I needed to break it up and I thought the different colors and textures were a great solution.


And do you believe we did the whole thing for under $700? I have a cost breakdown planned for later in the week so, stay tuned for that:-) And let me know what you think! I am looking forward to some feedback:-)