We have been living with this blood-red dining room for about 5 years. Neither of us even really likes red, so who knows why we chose it. Sometimes we are a little ”off” with our color selection (see: the purple). Ha! Anyways, yesterday we finally changed it.
Here is one last look at the red. Shield your eyes!
The new color is a dark brownish-gray and we love it. We got fancy/expensive paint (“Sparrow” by Benjamin Moore) that covered the red up with no problems.
The new color looks really pretty and we can’t wait to show it to you. We didn’t take any pictures because as soon as we finished in the dining room we moved on to the kitchen for some DEMOLITION.
In case you are wondering, there was nothing wrong with this backsplash, but we prefer the way it looks without it there… and someday we’d like to put tile up, which means it would need to go anyway.
Thomas cut the seal and pried the granite piece off with a crowbar.
That process left the drywall a little torn. And oops! we tore one whole chunk out.
But we can fix that right up.
Then we did this:
And Thomas scared me a lot by doing this:
We’ll hopefully have another update for you tomorrow. Things are looking good!
Comments on: "Scarlet and Gray" (2)
Nothing like some good ol’ home improvement projects. Great bonding times!
I am dying to see the final product!!!! So did you end up painting the kitchen the same color???????.Looks just like a YHL post! Way to go!