And the winner is........Summer Hue!

OK, so renovations on the place where I live have started to be underway! All the wallpaper is now off of the bathroom and kitchen walls, and my roommate made her final selection on the color that will be painted throughout the house as the warm neutral tone. It is a very light yellow called "Summer Hue" by Dunn Edwards. It is a fabulous yellow because it adds just the right amount of warmth without being a knock-your-socks-off yellow.

The one area that is tricky to decorate around in the condo is the the lighting. Hence the picking of a very light sunny yellow--the light reflects off of it, and it literally will brighten things up. The color looks a bit different in each room due to the lighting, so it adds visual interest, but it looks great in every room so that there is "flow" throughout the house and consistency. So hopefully in the next month or two, I will have some before/after photos to post of the painting.

Other areas that will come after that will be some pics of the downstairs bathroom (which has pretty much been gutted and is going to be brand new, bead board and everything), and possibly a chair slipcover that I am going to attempt to sew as a my first sort of "upholstery" project. So, many more fun pictures to come over the summer! We are lucky because our friend Sharon has offered to help us with the big painting project, which will be an enormous blessing and help us to complete things in a timely manner.

LOTS of things around the house to prep and get ready in order for the big paint! Flooring will end up going into the dining room and kitchen and downstairs bath, so it's like we have to work backwards and accomplish all the things that we can while the flooring is out (like painting, some yard work, etc.). It's so much easier to do these things BEFORE a pristine floor has been put in, hence all the work on other areas than the flooring to get ready for the flooring.

I will make sure I take my before pictures in the next week or so to show progress along the way. Fun stuff!!!