The above photos give a glimpse of some objects in my dining room. I’ve looked at these “things” many times over the years and now that I’ve decided to repaint the dining room I need to consider how they would fit with a different colour scheme. I’m not prepared to part with anything…yet.
This room has two antique buffets painted with Annie Sloan chalk paint in Paris Grey. For many years now, the walls have been painted a custom colour of grey, which was colour matched from a photo in a magazine. (The existing wall colour is darker than it appears in this photo.)
Now what direction do I go in? Grey has been a good contrast to everything else in the room and at one time (when I had the dining room where the living room is now), the walls were painted a high gloss red which was quite dramatic. I liked the red but admit that I grew weary after a couple of years.
Although this room is not large, it’s not an easy project. Just getting the room ready to paint is time consuming (there are over 100 Sid Dickens tiles). Also shuffling the furniture away from the walls is tricky considering the space restraints. Therefore, I want to make a good decision as I’m not keen on repainting in a year or two.
This room faces south with double garden doors looking out to the back garden. Most days it’s bright and light but we never eat in here during the day, only in the evening. On the occasions when we do dine in, mostly holiday, family dinners, my hope is that the room is warm and inviting like candlelight…probably an unrealistic romantic notion!
I’m not one to procrastinate, however, I waffled back and forth between 4 or 5 shades of gold for over a week. In the end, I settled on Benjamin Moore “From the Archives” (CSP-1060), in Aura matte finish. The trim colour is BM Ivory White in satin.
It took longer to pick a colour than actually painting the room!
Will I love this for ever? I don’t know…we’ll see. I’m probably restless waiting for spring and garden season, however, I do think it’s a good idea to shake things up every once in a while. Even though I’m not planning any major renovations at this time, I don’t want my home to be locked in a time warp and making small decorating changes here and there helps.
There’s no doubt that January can be a harsh month, but I think of it as an opportunity to do things indoors that I wouldn’t dream of doing in the warmer months. It stops me from wishing time away.
How are you whiling away the January blues?
xox Judy❤️