Monday, February 07, 2011

Towards a More Beautiful Living Room


I have got the tiger back in the cage. Mostly. The books went back in the shelves on Sunday, and oh, how beautiful! This gray is everything I wanted--cool but not cold, pearly, changeable, subtle, and perfect with every other color. It's Benjamin Moore's Titanium: such a metallic name for such a perfect color. Why couldn't it be called Barn Owl? I would have tried it first, not fourth!

Just a little more trim to tweak, outlet plates to change (that's the Composer's job), then light fixtures to install. And I'm already revelling in my beautiful gray splendor.


The magazine racks are currently styled to pay tribute to the Composer as a gesture of thanks for his hard work in painting. And as tribute to citizen scientists everywhere, I guess.

14 comments:

Shelley in SC said...

Mmm, beautiful, silky gray color. Titanium??? No way!

lil red hen said...

Your room is looking really pretty. Isn't it amazing what a little paint can do?

Davene Grace said...

Oh, how pretty! Even these small glimpses look so attractive.

Enjoy your "new" room! :)

Kate at Wonderful Life Farm said...

Beautiful! "Barn Owl" would've won my heart too. Oh...to be a paint namer! What fun that would be! Enjoy your beautiful room!

Rose said...

Nice colour Anna and a job very well done!

I haven't seen "How and Why" books since I was a child. My late brother Michael used to collect them.

Carolina Gal said...

Beautiful color!

Kathryn said...

It looks warm and inviting, while bright and friendly too!

Ribbons -n- Rags said...

Nice! This motivates me to paint and redecorate-well sort of.

Margo said...

I love the glimpses - thank you!

My friend Julie had an icy-gray living room. It was positively chilly. Good to know there's a pleasing pearly gray.

Lisa said...

How nice that it isn't going to take weeks and weeks after all.

Lisateresa

Barbara said...

Looks perfect ...

Val said...

I love the look of all of those lovely multi-colored books out. We have books all over our house...they are my favorite thing to sprinkle about here and there in my decorating. Nice work!

Anonymous said...

As soon as I get my google account straightened out, I will stop being anonymous: The reason I was interested in your blog was because it had "schoolhouse" in the title.

How do you reach the very top bookshelves? Or are the books just there for decoration?

-Jane Seyboldt, IN

Anna said...

Jane, there's a little sturdy bench tucked behind the couch nearby--we just drag that over. I would never keep books just for show!!

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