Hall Color

That's some yellow paint, people. It's doesn't look quite so yellow with the light off, which is most of the time. But you can see in the second photo the color difference between the old and the new.

I just ended up painting the little section of the hall around the bathroom and bedroom doors. I kind of like it like this, stopping before turning the corner here. I don't think we could do this bright color in the rest of the house, this color is Kelly Moore 3555-1 sparkle tint, in eggshell.

I still have the trim to paint. It will be the same color as it is now, but it will look new and fresh and clean. Ahh. I would love to replace the doors with some paneled ones, but I would be very happy to just switch out the doorknobs and hinges.

Living Room Paint

Besides some touching up, and scraping that blue tape up off the floor, I'm done painting the living room. Phew, I do not like to paint. It looks pretty good, but it'll be awhile before I can look at it without thinking about having to climb up and down a ladder a million times.

The ceilings and trim are semi gloss Kelly Moore 'Swiss Coffee,' and the wall is KM 'Portland Whitbed.' They have everything available as no VOC if you ask for it, it costs an extra couple bucks per can. It was great to get no VOC, it didn't smell at all, and it won't be off gassing any volatile organic compounds.

If we had paid our (really reasonable priced) painting contractor to paint this room, it would have cost about $600. Yay for me.