almond joy

so i want to show you my beautiful new wall color. . .however my house is a wreck right now.
i'd be mortified if you dropped by right now.
and i am not putting much of what i had back up on the walls.
a lot of the decorative items i took down, we had since we first got married.
you know i fully believe in using what you have, but i am really enjoying this blank canvas.
so i'll show you what i can.

the color is toasted almond by olympic.
i love it.
it turned out a little lighter than i thought, but still, love.
i had a bunch o' paint samples on the walls forever and this is the one i kept coming back to.
super light and airy, not the exact same color as our trim, not too fleshy or greeny or yellowy, with a hint of gray.
i love the airy, light feel it brings.
here's our fireplace before:

that green really wasn't all that dark before, but it still seems so much brighter in here now.
the walls & ceilings have been that green, flat paint since we moved in 5 years ago. 
don't paint your walls with flat paint!!!!!!  it looks dirty in 5.2 seconds of living with it.
we've painted most of the other rooms in the house.
we haven't done these because with the tall ceilings and the fact that the kitchen, hallway & living room are all connected, it's a big job.
here's a little close up so you can see how dingy the walls looked before:

that picture doesn't do it justice.  there were lots of little boy smudges.  again, the flat paint. no bueno.
here's a photo so you can see the new color up against the white ceiling in the kitch.

i totally failed at picture taking during the process because i was focused on getting. it. done.
i do have one of pam and i right before we got started.
really hoping she doesn't mind me posting a picture of her with a do-rag on the world wide web.

if it makes her feel any better, i look like i don't know how to open my eyes all the way.
wake up sara!
here's a little shot of doug (aj's dad) rolling the ceilings for us....THANK YOU DOUG.

that's not an easy job.
i can't believe i didn't take any pictures of my man. 
he was awesome.  he generally does not enjoy painting.
however he was such a trooper.  he worked so hard for me, to bless me. any free moment he that he was not taking care of the boys, he had a paint roller in hand.
this was really just supposed to be my & pam's job, but the guys saw how much work it was and pitched in to make it go sooo much faster.

 we were so thankful!

oh and on an unrelated note, i am so digging these guys:

 [that's the old wall color]

  they look more mercury glass-ish in person.  I got them at 90% (!!) off at Hobby Lobby.
They were $3 and $3.50 respectively.  I just had to grab them up at that price.  so pretty.


now i must go outside and enjoy this 75 degree spring day!!! Pin It