Inside a sage bush

So, the painting is done and done!  They came at 7am and left at about 3pm...not bad for 7 gallons of paint.  :)  Enough talk, here are the before and after pictures.  It was hard to really capture the color in the photographs but this is the best I could do.

Before: Main living and dining area from one particular angle

After: I see green!

ps - the gigantic sized tv was purchased 'pre-kavita'.  :)

Before: Living area from a different angle

After:  Don't know why it looks like beige in this pic.

(Note to self - the 'i before e except after c' doesn't work for the word beige).

So I'm going to do a big painting on canvas using a cream background a lot of different blue colors that will go above the sofa.

Before: Dining area

After: More green!

We're going to paint that area to the right a darker green before putting the art back up.

Before: Dining area in to the kitchen

After:  Huh, I think that painting is a bit wonky, no?

Before:  Kitchen from one angle

After: Kind of a creamy beige, can you see?

Note that the collection of alcohol bottles has been consolidated and moved.  :)

Before: blah

After: Weeee!

Note how much cleaner it looks.  Yes I organized and put a lot of stuff away.  This is the best the kitchen has looked in a long time.  Let's hope it lasts!

So, what do you think?  It's mostly a very subtle light creamy sage green color.  The kitchen is a light beige color as our kitchen unfortunately doesn't get as much sunlight than the rest of the house.  All in all, I think it turned out pretty well!  We're a bit nervous that if we ever wanted re-sell the house that it might look a bit too green.  :)  And sometimes I do feel like I'm living inside a sage bush.  BUT...I like it.  We're still waiting for the paint smell to dissipate.  I've been in a foul mood ever since Saturday and I'm going to go ahead and blame it on the paint because I have no other reason to be such a grump other than my extending waist line but more on that later.

Let me know what you think!  And yes you can say you hate it...or that it's not your cup of tea.  Not everybody likes the feeling of a sage bush.  :)

~kavita