“Oh what a feeeeeeling, painting on the ceeeeeiling.” Why yes that was a Lionel Richie reference. You’re welcome.
It was time to get some paint up in this heezy. And by heezy, I mean sunroom… hence the furniture being all piled in the center.
But before we get to painting, let’s talk about the half-brick wall in this room – since you guys offered up lots of thoughts and suggestions in the last sunroom post. Some had suggested covering the drywalled portion in brick veneer or reclaimed wood.
Unfortunately the dry wall sits in front of the brick, so there’d be this weird lip between the real brick and the veneer/wood (so we’d prefer not to add anything up top to make it stick out further like an awkward above-the-window overbite). We’re actually leaning towards either trying to distress/fade the brick or straight up painting it (like the same brick that was already painted by the previous owners in our living room, especially since it already has some splatters on it from the previous paint job).
See how the last owners of this house had already painted the wall of brick in the living room (on the other side of the sunroom doors)? Since they’re both in the same sight line, we think painting that small u-shaped expanse of it in the sunroom may be the most cohesive solution – so the sunroom feels more connected to the rest of the house.
But before doing anything rash, we wanted to give the brick the benefit of the doubt – so we decided not to take any action on it yet. First we wanted to paint the rest of the old yellowy-cream colored walls in the room to see if that influenced our decision about the brick at all.
So we readied the rest of the room by moving out almost everything, which turned our living room into a temporary disaster zone. This shot below is for all of you who love the chaos of DIY. Oh yeah, it spreads to at least a few other rooms when you’re painting one…
Burger didn’t seem the mind the temporary influx of extra pillows to curl up on. This is his “excuse me dude with the camera, someone’s trying to nap here” face.
And thankfully Clara was on a play-date with my parents, so we could dive in and do as much as we could without worrying about her getting into paint or tripping over the massive pile o’ chaos on the living room while we painted.
But back to the sunroom. Painting is one of those projects we can practically do in our sleep by now… except for when it involves 12 foot ceilings. That was a new challenge for us. But we couldn’t live with those white ceilings and those yellowed old cream walls anymore (yes, they were two different colors) so we dove right in.
How? We just busted out our ladder and go to work.
Oh yeah, forgot to tell you the paint color. We went with our current favorite: Rockport Gray by Benjamin Moore (which is also in our bedroom, and is actually more of a warm brownish-gray than a cold cement gray). I’ll explain why we made that choice when we get to the after pictures, so just hang on for the time being. I realize it’s not much to look at when all you see so far is the edged corners…
Edging actually took a long time – even with us both doing it – since this room is basically all corners and windows. And if I do say so myself, I’m not half bad at it. Yep, there may be a new edging sheriff in town. Take that Deputy $herdog. Ok, I take that back. Sherry can pretty much lap me when it comes to edging. So she did all of the edging around all of the doors and windows except for the few windows up near the ceiling, which I tackled on the ladder.
Once all of the edging was done, Sherry did a second coat around all the doors and windows while I took to the pole. Wait, that sounded bad. I’ve actually never painted with a roller that’s attached to a pole before. Even when doing other ceilings (8ft ones, that is) I usually just stand on a stool. And I gotta say I was impressed with how relatively easy it was. Granted it did get tiring to hold your arms and neck up like that for so long, but it wasn’t terrible.
But the rod extending pole couldn’t help us get the area where the fan attached to the ceiling (where we needed to be more exact than a roller ever could be). And my ladder couldn’t get me high enough to edge that area by hand either. So that’s when Sherry and I whipped up this contraption. Yup, it’s a brush taped to a pole. We’re true professionals around here.
If you weren’t convinced of my edging prowess before, just check out this magic going on. That’s what we call painting with surgical precision. Although I realized I should’ve taken a detailed after shot of how awesome this actually turned out. Seriously, it worked like a charm, guys.
It took us two coats and a total of about seven hours across two days, so it certainly wasn’t our fastest paint job in the world – but we’re really happy with the results.
Trust us: despite the warm gray color, this room is far from gloomy. Light floods in (which is one of the reasons we knew we wouldn’t regret going with a darker tone in there) and even the tiled floors feel less yellow now that the walls aren’t the same creamy-bisque tone. Although we’re the first to admit that the room still has a looong way to go until it’s a functional, finished room (remember how the middle makes no sense?).
And if you’re wondering about the two blue stools having a hushed conversation in the corner together (stool meeting is now in session!), we’re just experimenting with some layout ideas. The stools are helping us picture maybe tucking a small cafe table in that corner, but we’re not married to anything yet. We’ll keep you posted!
Oh, and I promised I’d explain the rationale behind Rockport Gray a bit more so here we go:
- It really makes all the white trim in the room stand out, so it feels crisp in a way that the old yellowed cream walls didn’t (this paint choice did the same trim-crisping thing in our bedroom, which we loved about the color)
- The room has a pretty crazy ceiling (it slopes away from the house and up, like a rocket ship) so we thought a moodier and darker color might downplay the strange angles and make it all blend together more than it did with the previous white ceiling and creamy-yellow walls
- As we mentioned a few photos up, the tile floor feels a lot less monochromatic and yellowed since the walls are no longer the same exact tone (it felt like a beige box with an oddly shaped white top before)
- We also thought it’d tie in well with the living room’s Moonshine walls as well as the grellow walls of the kitchen (both of which you see from the sunroom – so whatever we chose had to go with both)
- In the spring, summer, and fall (aka, any other season than the bleak and bare one that we’re currently in) we want the greenery outside to be the star, so we thought picking a moody not-crazy-or-compete-y color would keep from overshadowing it
- The brownish-gray helps us camouflage that similarly colored heating/cooling unit a bit
We also thought the new wall color picked up the tone of the mortar too, just in case we decided to keep the brick as is.
And now that the room is painted, here’s where we stand on the brick: we’re not sold on leaving it as-is. It still feels really awkward to us since the top end of the drywall above it rests oddly on the window (like it’s squishing it or something). And since there’s already a whole wall of painted brick to the right of the slider (in the living room) it still feels awkwardly disjointed from the rest of the house in a way that a painted brick wall would not.
We did think about trying to gray-wash it a little first (with watered down paint, stain, or even by rubbing some cement on it) just to see if that helps to tone down the red – as demonstrated by my poor Photoshop attempt below…
…but that still feels like not-as-seamless-of-a-solution-as-painting-it like the brick in the adjoined living room. So that might be where we end up.
As always, we promise to keep you posted! Oh and speaking of future planning in here, we’re putting more thought into the window-seat-under-the-window-wall idea, so that should be exciting if we decide to go for it. You know we’ll share all the details as we creep along.
Oh and as much work as we still have to do in this room, I must say that this has definitely reconfirmed for me (once again) that painting a room is an awesome way to make it feel like it’s yours. Our sunroom suddenly doesn’t feel like a forgotten project-room stuck on the side of our house, it’s actually starting to feel like a place we can hang out on a lazy Sunday – which is exactly how we used the sunroom in our first house, so it has us all sorts of excited about the possibilities. What did you guys do this weekend? Was there any painting or planning? Any other pole-related projects going on?
Rachel says
Wow, that looks a thousand times better! Nice pole work. *snicker*
-The Adventuresome Sloth
Jess @ Little House. Big Heart. says
Oh, what a can of paint can do! I love the darker gray in the bright room and it really does make the trim stand out.
And I completely agree, slap some paint on that brick already!
Alisha says
P A I N T I T !!!
You guys are my painted brick heroes! I never even knew it was an option. Just do it. You know you want to. It makes such a difference… Paint. That. Brick.
BTW, I’m getting on this ceiling-same-as-wall-color train. Looks awesome.
Alisha says
P A I N T I T !!!
You guys are my painted brick heroes! I never even knew it was an option. Just do it. You know you want to. It makes such a difference… Paint. That. Brick.
BTW, I’m totally getting on this ceiling-same-as-wall-color train. Looks awesome.
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahah!
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Ainhoa@ALittleBite says
We’re looking for a dark-ish gray to repaint our living room and this one might be it! It was a great idea to paint the walls and ceiling all the same color, it does make the angles much less jarring.
Tanya from Dans le Townhouse says
The colour looks great! I am all for colours that help other things blend in. It really does look crisp with all of that natural light. I can’t wait to see what other ideas you guys have planned!
Funny thing: I have almost the EXACT same photo of a brush taped to my roller extender from a stairwell makeover: http://dans-le-townhouse.blogspot.hu/2012/02/first-basement-update-paint-on-walls.html
Why can you not yet buy screw on paintbrushes for this purpose?!? Can you guys lay the squeeze on the painting supply folks???
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, that’s so funny! Love that you taped one too. And I agree, it’s funny that there aren’t screw-on brushes. Seems like it would make sense!
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Jen says
Sherwin Williams sells a brush with a handle that twists off so you can use an extender pole. I use it for staining my deck and it rocks…I think that is its intended purpose since it’s pretty wide (3 or 4″ I think) and doesn’t have nice soft bristles like you’d want for cutting in. Just wanted to put it out there that they do exist, and maybe someday they’ll be available in other styles!
YoungHouseLove says
No way!
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Angie @ The Country Chic Cottage says
I totally did the tape the brush to a pole thing once! It does work like a charm!!
Janelle says
I’m surprised you decided to go dark(er), but it looks good. It really does make the floors look better. Less yellowey. I’m glad you decided to paint the brick too. I feel like it just sticks out and draws attention to the weird half-brick/half-drywall.
YoungHouseLove says
Yeah, we really tried to work with it, but it seems to stick out oddly just due to the shape of that little u-shaped stripe of brick.
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Julia @ Chris Loves Julia says
Yum. I adore it. And for the record, I’m on team paint-that-brick. Not that I always am, but this brick–that doesn’t even go all the way to the ceiling–almost looks like that fake brick on my screen because it doesn’t make a ton of sense in placement or height. Paint and disguise. Paint and disguise. I’m sold.
We just busted out paint on Greta’s big girl room (Benjamin Moore’s Gray Owl) and made all the difference too.
http://www.chrislovesjulia.com/2012/12/gray-owl-beats-corn-husks.html
Painting is my favorite.
YoungHouseLove says
So pretty!
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Lori says
Great choice with the new paint color! It really ties in to the rest of the house so nicely. I used to be opposed to painting multiple rooms in a house the same color, but I’ve learn from the masters (you!) that it actually enhances the cohesiveness of the entire house. Can’t wait to see what’s coming next :-)
Kara says
I can’t help but keep thinking: that white trim looks sexy!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, I know, right?
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Anele @ Success Along the Weigh says
I love that color. I was considering putting it in the bathroom especially since I commited to towels this weekend on a sale I couldn’t pass up but after seeing the painted brick in the other room, I might be going with that one. Either way…thank you!
Erin {Home Everyday} says
I agree, it is amazing what a little paint can do to any room. I love the gray, especially in this room. It will totally make anything else pop. Nice work, Youngsters!
Taya says
Love the grey walls in the sunroom! I think it looks more “finished” already! I had never thought or seriously considered painting walls grey until I stumbled onto your blog! My husband and I are now planning on repainting our first floor, stairway and upstairs hallway (it’s an open layout, hence the one color choice) an airy grey. Thanks for the inspiration!
cherise says
Love it! And fo shizzle I love the choice to go with the same color on the ceiling. ;-))
Jenny A. says
Nearly 99% of the time, I’m all for leaving exposed brick as is. I love it in homes, always coveted it and finally have some of my own with my fireplace (yay). However, in this case, I agree with you that it seems squished or awkward, or something. Personally, I think painting it the same shade of gray is the way to go. You’ll still have the benefit of the texture but without the visual discrepancy. Just my unsolicited opinion, ha ha.
YoungHouseLove says
Yes, it’s a shame but thankfully the whole outside of the house is brick, so we’re cool with the inside being more cohesive by painting it!
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Angel says
LOVE LOVE LOVE it.
Gray is a good color too because you can accessorize the heck out of it with whatever color suits you at the time.
As far as the brick, I have always longed for exposed brick and it breaks my heart to see it go. I think that’s probably why so many people are throwing out ideas to keep it (me included). Having said that, you’re right. The half-wall is weird, the gray and red clash, and yeah… just doesn’t work in there.
Angel says
Plus you will still have the great texture of the brick, even if its painted. Okay, you officially have my blessing. But there should be a “goodbye exposed brick” ceremony.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, it’s true!
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YoungHouseLove says
Yup, you’re totally right! We’re so glad we tried though, now we’re sure so it feels less scary to go over it with some much needed paint!
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Kate says
It looks great! I think painting the brick will make the room feel more like it’s part of the house and less like an add on.
YoungHouseLove says
Yep, agreed!
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Megan @ Rappsody in Rooms says
I’m so impressed. Way to go for painting the ceiling too. I’m pretty sure that’s a tip in your book but I have never ventured away from white ceilings. Maybe now…
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yeah, especially in small rooms (like bathrooms) or angled spaces (like this room) we love painting the ceiling so it doesn’t chop up the room. Makes it feel less “interrupted” if that makes sense!
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Chris says
Do “can’t get rid of because the builders put plumbing and HVAC ducts in them” soffits count as “angled” spaces? Because I’ve got that going on in every room in the condo except the walk-in closets. And it’s a 900 sq condo so how big are any of the rooms?
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes for sure those count!
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sherri says
I recently came across this post and thought of you guys when I read your post this morning. http://www.theyellowcapecod.com/2012/03/white-washed-brick-fireplacetutorial.html
It might be a nice twist for the brick.
YoungHouseLove says
Yeah, we thought about some sort of whitewash/stain/distressed treatment but it would make that u-shaped area of brick under the window stick out more than it would blend in, so we worry it would still look awkward, ya know?
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Jessica C. says
Ooh love the white washed brick tutorial Sherri posted earlier… I think that would look awesome with the gray walls! You could at least try it, esp if you’re going to paint it anyway you could paint right over it if you don’t like it. :)
YoungHouseLove says
We’d love to try it somewhere with brick in a nice shape (ex: like a pretty mantel)! It just feels weird to emphasize a u-shaped accent wall like that, ya know?
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sherri says
So, maybe instead of a mantel you could add some shelves that might make it look more intentional. I think it if were a deep enough white wash it might blend in more. But I guess it would be more about what you put in front of the brick. Perhaps that is where accent the whole area rather than put the daybed. Just some thoughts. :-)
Gabriella @ Our Life In Action says
I love the colour – looks great! I am scared of heights so seeing John on that ladder makes my knees start to shake….deep breath….deep breath! ;-)
YoungHouseLove says
Mah man is so brave! Haha. Meanwhile I’m on the floor saying “oh gosh please be careful- ahhhh! the ladder made a squeaking sound!!!” every time he moved. Haha.
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Ashley @ LibertyBelles says
I love the gray! I think it really makes the room so much softer!
Riki says
Because it stands out so much, I think you either have to make the brick a feature or totally eliminate the distraction. The colour doesn’t blend in with the rest of the palette in the house and you’re totally right about that strange lip. I definitely vote for painting it.
The grey looks wonderful though. Excellent choice. Painting that room would have been a ton of work and I’ll bet you’re glad it’s done.
Laura says
Oh my gosh, that looks amazing! It makes the room look so warm and cozy vs. cold and sterile like before.
PS – My parents (with the help of my grandparents) converted our back patio into a sunroom in the house where I grew up. It was our favorite room in the entire house, so I’m excited to see the direction this room will take. :)
Lindsay says
LOVE IT! I think it makes the trim really pop. And you can accent it with a variety of colors.
caroline says
Aaaaw. sad face. I really like the bricks the way they are. But I’m sure you’ll make the right decision as always!
heather says
This weekend was the holy grail of thrifting. We now have an entire bay of our garage filled with a beautiful kitchen and a top of the line double wall oven (and some lighting fixtures) from a house tear down. Including the cost of materials, what it would cost to have it fabbed up, and the appliances/fixes we secured we have about $25-35,000 dollars of a kitchen for…
zero dollars.
We only had to take it apart and haul it home. Score of the century. Oh yes, I will be writing a blog post on it as soon as I stop batting my eyelashes at the giant pantry, other cabinets and oogling my new ovens. I can’t believe we just scored our dream kitchen for nothing. I’m totally beside myself in glee.
YoungHouseLove says
Holy cow, that’s amazing!!! Congrats on those awesome scores Heather!
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heather says
It’s totally unbelievable haha. This now means we have more money for countertops, and I can get my 36″ range I’ve wanted. It *may* also mean, since we have enough cabinets, we may be able to bust into the bathroom on the other side of the kitchen and turn it into my dream butlers/baking pantry. At this point no matter what the before and after is going to be ridiculous haha.
YoungHouseLove says
So excited!!!
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Kristen | Popcorn on the Stove says
I definitely prefer the grey on the walls, but it’s a shame it didn’t work better with the brick. I usually like brick walls unpainted, but I agree with you that painting will have it blend in better with the rest of the house.
Jen. says
Painting is sort of like the peeing-on-things-to-claim them of home ownership. I mean like animals do, not people. Though, if you pee on something of mine, you can pretty much have it.
I had the same feeling when we painted my son’s room after a year of living here: it turned magically from him-sleeping-in-the-old-owners’-room to HIS room.
Love the rockport grey!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha, so true!
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heather says
Best comment of the day. Hands down.
Ali Miller says
I just want to go against the grain and say I like the brick “accent” and think you could make it work if you wanted to, but its your space!
YoungHouseLove says
I think we thought we could work with it from within the sunroom, but whenever we walk through the living room and look into the sunroom (like the last pic in the post) we’re completely unconvinced. Haha! Who knows where we’ll end up though!
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Frannie says
So pretty! My hubby and I recently “whitewashed” our brick house. I LOVE it. Depending on how many coats it can be more rustic and it looks so pretty. He actually made the whitewash, with lime and salt and water- you can find a recipe online.
YoungHouseLove says
That sounds really pretty, we just worry the odd shape and squished-under-the-drywall lip thing will still draw attention to the awkwardness of the brick if we make it a feature by whitewashing it, so painting it so it blends feels like the way we’ll go! You never know though…
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Morgan says
Yeah, i would just paint over the brick witht he same color that’s in the living room. I love the new paint job. Gorgeous.
Alison says
Wow, that made a huge difference. Painting always feels so amazing. I should probably start planning a direction for our master bedroom. We haven’t done anything in there.
So…I had an old lamp rewired and it’s ready for spray paint a la project #182. Now I just have to wait for a day that’s warm enough and also not raining. Making good use of all the post-it flags in my book!
YoungHouseLove says
Wahoo! So glad you’re enjoying the book Alison! Good luck with Project #182!
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Anne @ Planting Sequoias says
No pole related projects here (ha!), but I did do a few things around the apartment! The trick was keeping quiet as my law-student hubs studied for exams. Not sure how successful I was.
Katie says
I’m curious if there is a reason you do the edging first. Whenever we paint, we save the edging for last, but you guys have done this about twelve thousand times, so I’m wondering if you know a secret that I don’t?
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we think it makes for the best finish if you roller after you edge (that way the roller goes over part of the edged parts and makes them all a similar texture so they blend). Hope that makes sense!
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meganleiann says
Oh my goodness! The sunroom looks all dressed up and sexy now!
meganleiann says
Extending that metaphor, leaving the brick would be like wearing a formal with running shoes. Team paint!
YoungHouseLove says
Hahahahahahahaha!
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YoungHouseLove says
Haha, he has his tux on and he’s ready for the ball.
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Andrew says
Hey $herdog,
Quick question. How come you guys don’t take the outlet covers off when you paint? In my first house (now our rental property) we had a company come in and paint it and they didn’t take them off. Now when we go in and paint a room and try to take them off, the paint has formed a nice seal and when you pry it off, it takes drywall or layers of paint with it. In our current house, it was painted before we bought it and they didn’t take them off. Now if you look close at some of the switches/outlets, you can see the white OR if you decide to change the cover or the purpose of the outlet (taking out outlets in kids rooms and replacing them with nightlights, for example) you end up having to do touch up. Seems like it just makes more sense to take 5 minutes to unscrew them all, paint right up to the end of the drywall, allow it to dry and take 5 minutes to put them back on. Just wondering your thoughts on this. Who would’ve thought someone could turn something simple into a huge question. :)
YoungHouseLove says
They’re all cream, so we knew we’d replace them with white ones so we didn’t bother. I’m also a pretty decent cutter-inner at this point, so it’s like a sport for me to go around them but not get paint on them. Haha!
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Emma (Broke Ass Home) says
I really love this color with the white trim- and it totally makes the room look more like it belongs with the rest of your house. And, I’m all for keeping things true to the house…but I think that brick needs to get painted.
Good job!
erica says
Looks really good.
I’d lean towards leaving / graywashing the brick and playing up the industrial modern vibe that this room now seems perfect for.
I just love that gray and white contrast. Looks so classic!
Kelly M says
Looks great. I just love Rockport Grey…I think it might be my favourite paint colour of all time. And to toss my 2 cents in…..I totally vote for painting the brick!
Robin @ our semi organic life says
I feel like since you’re pros at painting these high ceilings are sorta a small dose of what many other people with houses feel when you say ‘painting is easy and quick!’. I’ve lived in a house where half the house had 2 floor ceiling heights! That is not a simple DIY. Glad people could see you take on painting more than 12′ ceilings and see your tips!
Brad @ Mr. Write Away says
Love it. I really like the gray color especially with all the windows!
Theresa says
Love the brick. The new paint color makes it pop out. I’m also glad you didn’t paint the brick wall.
Also, it’s your fault for having “Dancing on the Ceiling” stuck in my head. :-)
tia henson says
Wonderful! has anyne suggested some molding to go on that weird transition zone? You could do a wide picture ledge. It might help to make sense of that wall.
YoungHouseLove says
Yeah, we talked about doing a long ledge to run across that seam but we thought that still would look odd resting right on top of the window like that- sort of squishing down on it visually? You know?
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Rachel says
Love it can’t wait to see the rest. Did you guys have it color matched or did you just get the BM paint? I tried to have another BM gray paint color matched at HD and it turned out a little different. I was so picky to begin with that I was disappointed with how it came out. I have had success before so just curious what your experience was??
YoungHouseLove says
We used BM paint (their Natura stuff, which is no-VOC and has awesome coverage). We use waaay less paint with BM (only needed a gallon for this giant room with giant ceiling expanses- I know we’d need two gallons with other paint).
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Alexis says
Beautiful shades of grey really make me long for a home with tons of sunlight. My husband and I painted out dining room grey and I love it but the area just doesn’t get enough light for my taste so repainting is in order. Once I pick a color, that is…
Off topic, I had a dream about you guys last night. My husband had surprised me and somehow got you to invite us over. We spent the day hanging out at your house, meeting your friends, and I got to play with Clara. Oddly though in my dream your house had a loft that was complete with bleacher style seating (about 5 rows high) and the room had wall to wall chocolate brown carpeting. The carpeting even covered the seating. Weird. But otherwise the dream was great! Gave new definition to referring to you two as ‘the friends in my head’.
YoungHouseLove says
Hahaha, that’s so funny!!
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Alexis says
The surprise was for my birthday (which is on the 22nd).
YoungHouseLove says
Aw happy early birthday Alexis!
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Lynn @ Our Useful Hands says
I agree that the gray makes the trim just pop. Great use of your paint choice. This is good, because I am trying to convince Michael that using the same color gray we have in our bedroom can work for our guest bathroom as well. I’m thinking an Ombre effect? Here’s hoping he comes around… :) I am scratching my head as to something you can put under that kitchen window out there that makes sense. Hmm…one day I’ll get it.
My best, Lynn
*this weekend was spent wrestling a 50 lb. dog in and out of the flea bath and then fogging the bathroom that we are going to start work on today. Fun times!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, sounds like fun times!
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Jordan@the2seasons says
I really like how the color turned out in the sunroom. I loved the brick wall but I agree it does look sort of out of place. What a fun space to play around with and I can’t wait to follow along!
Tracie@MiddleClassMod says
There are spaces where exposed brick looks wonderful. Your sunroom is not that space! It looks like the drywall is attacking the brick and smooshing it under its foot. Paint without guilt!
I loved the sophisticated vibe of your first sunroom, and I love how the second sunroom is starting to get the same vibe!
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, thanks Tracie!
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lauren says
Looks great! We have a couple walls in our living room painted a darkish moody gray, and I love it. (It’s also a super sunny room.)
I concur, paint that brick already :)
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, ok guys! It’s on the list! Here’s hoping Clara takes a nice long nap one of these days (brick soaks up paint like crazy so we think it’ll be a few coats).
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Sheri says
You could do a picture rail at the top of the brick and then you could hang pictures. Might look kind of neat.
YoungHouseLove says
Yeah, we thought about that but we decided it would still oddly crowd that window from above, like it’s resting on it or pushing down on it. It’s weird to install a shelf right on top of a window, right?
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Ashley@AttemptsAtDomestication says
Love the color! With the white trim and all of the windows I definitely think it won’t be too Edward Cullen broody. ;)
Also the brick really does need to be painted. I’m usually team unpainted brick, but the weird half brick half drywall is just weird. If it went to the ceiling I’d be singing a different tune, but it doesn’t ;)
YoungHouseLove says
Totally! If it went up to the ceiling we’d be so sold!
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