I needed a change...

From the time that I turned 17, until Nate and I moved to Austin 7 years ago (that would be 11 years, I know...my brain had to work to do that math too -- it is very late) I, and then with Nate, moved 2 or three times a year. That makes 21 different addresses (about 2/3 of which involved changing states or countries) in 11 years. Since moving to Austin we have only had 3 addresses. We lived in Taylor the longest (4 years) before we moved to our current house. We have lived here nearly 3 years now. I've been complaining to Nate for the last few months that it is time to move again...I need a change. Nate volunteered to get me DirecTV. I needed a real change in my environment. Since moving doesn't fit our circumstances right now, I decided to do some changing to our current abode. The house didn't really feel like it belonged to me (and technically it still doesn't - the bank owns it). But since Nate was going to be out of town for 4 days, I decided to do a little painting project. I had originally planned to do twice as much (8 rooms), but of course my plans are always a little grandiose. But I did get quite a change going. So here we go!

The builder painted every wall and ceiling in the house the same light cocoa brown color. I personally hate the color. (Although, my neighbors all love it. They all have white walls, for which I would gladly trade any day.) So in order to paint the walls, I also had to paint the ceilings...which added a lot of work. But it was worth it. I think my house is more me and, since I used actual scrubbable paint (I hate that builders use that matte, flat, very unforgiving, unscrubbable paint), it is easier to keep clean!

Room #1: Master Bath

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I chose a dark charcoal gray for the bath and a medium gray for the commode.

Room #2 The hallway

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I love this color. I first saw it at Jake and Amy's house, so I had to use it in my house too. It is called Tide Pools by Behr paints.

Room #3 The downstairs bath

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This color was actually leftover from painting Hazel's room before she was born. I painted one wall of the room and then decided it was too light a color. But it is nice here.

Room #4 Isaac's Room

This room used to be Hazel's nursery, so it is kind of a baby turquoise blue. Isaac moved into it and so we painted it a more Isaac color of Orange (one of my favorite colors as well).

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I really like how everything turned out. So now the plan is to tackle a room a week until I've painted every room and closet in the house!! If nothing comes up, I should be done by the end of October! I just really needed a change.