Turquoise and Orange

When we bought this house over 3 years ago, I had no clue what I wanted it to end up looking like. I still like to think most of this home as a happy accident. Considering how little we knew, it’s amazing that it’s turned into a home that we find charming and cozy. The inspiration for this work in progress was this couch, a lovely hand-me-down. I’d say I scored.

and this chair to go with it

I chose our living room wall color by matching it to the trim of the couch. I was nervous. I’ve never picked a paint color before that I felt had to be just right. My painter hated it. He said he gagged looking at it the whole time he was painting. He called me a bunch of times to make sure this was the color I wanted. It couldn’t possibly be the color I wanted. But it was. And it is.  It’s Afternoon by Sherwin-Williams for anyone wondering. My painter hated it so much that instead of using it in the kitchen too, he mixed a bunch of white in with it and painted my kitchen a yellow that made me gag every time I looked at it. And I live here, he doesn’t. I learned then not to let your painter pick your paint colors.

So I had the wall color picked out and I made the very bold choice of terracotta colored floors.

More orange and teal. This is the cozy chair where my 2 year old son loves to nap. He’s a smart boy.

These colors sing a song of warmth, cheer and comfort to me.

If you’d like to see what this room looked like when we bought the house, you can see it here. For more pictures of my living room after a free makeover, you can see it here here. Someday, I’ll get around to telling y’all what we’re growing on that shelf in the window.

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