Labor day 2013

Jeremy and I have been talking about painting the family room for quite a while we just didn't have the energy to actually do it.  I had picked up paint samples several times at Wal-Mart we just weren't quite sure what we wanted.  The family room is in the basement by our bedroom and the only natural light comes from the three windows along the south side of the house. Because of this we didn't want to pick a color that would make the room dark.  I knew I wanted a gray color but finding the right one was another story.  Nothing too dark but nothing too light either.  The I decided we needed to do one wall a shade darker for a focal wall, or whatever it is called.  We needed to figure out which wall that would be as well.  A little while back I finally decided on two colors we just hadn't taken the time to actually buy the paint and do it.  Earlier this weekend I asked Jeremy if we were doing anything special for the extra day off, for him, and he didn't know of anything so I suggested painting!  I check with my parents to see if they would be available to help paint and watch children and they were.  The had just gotten home from a week in the WI and MI areas.  No better way to welcome them home than painting right? 
Sunday night we bought the paint and Monday we got it done!  I LOVE the results!  The "before" wasn't anything terrible but I am very happy with how the color we picked turned out.  The wall that is a shade darker is hard to tell in pictures.  Now we just need to replace the carpet and figure out what to do with the "broken" fireplace.  I know I will be spending more time in this room now and it works great since the playroom is right next door and the laundry is too!
I love how this turned out so much that it makes me wonder what to work on next!! :)

before

before

after, wall with the door is one shade darker than the rest

LOVE how it turned out

corner of darker wall and lighter wall again

now to work on a little rearranging and hang some things back up!