Rooms #2, 3, and 4

I know I said I was only going to blog about one room a day, but I made an exception for the downstairs. I feel like the kitchen, dining room, and living room are pretty much one room anyway.

Here is a picture of our kitchen before we moved in.

Below is a picture of our dining room and part of the living room. The entire downstairs was green (along with part of the upstairs), and green is one of my favorite colors. However, this green changed every time we saw it, and the previous owners didn't do a great job at painting. There were splotches on the walls that didn't get enough coats, and there was green paint on parts of the white trim and ceiling.

We decided to get rid of the green downstairs. I think it took us a whole day to tape everything, and 2 or so days to paint 2 coats.

Andy and I decided we wanted a more neutral color, so we went with Porcelain Skin. It really lighted up the downstairs, which makes it feel more open. It was way too dark before. I felt like I was in a cave.

Here is what our kitchen looks like now:

We had to buy the fridge and microwave. I also used a lot of the jars left over from our wedding.

Below is our dining room. Don't you love the table for two!!! It fit perfectly in my small apartment. It works fine for us now, but someday we will upgrade to a table that can fit a few more. We also now have drapes and decorations on the walls. The dark wine drapes help keep the sunlight out. I went for 2 months with sliding glass windows wide open and no privacy.

We put my old couch and ottomans in the downstairs living room. We still want to get to chairs to put across from the couch, so we could actually have enough seats for people that drop by (like home teachers and visiting teachers). Those chairs will have to wait for now.

Here are some photos of us and our families:

This is one more view of our dining room.

I think it looks a lot better than it did before we moved in. What do you think?