That's what we agreed to do prior to moving into the house. Who knew it would take so long or take so many coats of paint to complete but it did. The first thing that needed to get done was to pick out the colors. Do we go with Benjamin Moore? Pittsburgh Paint? Behr? Once we selected the company then we got the paint wheel with all the samples and the process began to pick colors for 10+ rooms and hallways. I left this process to my wife and I think she did a fantastic job and selected awesome colors from several different companies, although it took a lot of time and effort on her part and at times drove her absolutely CRAZY!
HOME TIP: One of the best tools for this job was the paint manufacturers website. There you can select different colors for the walls and trim and see what it would look like in a room. Very cool feature to help pick your colors.
Benjamin Moore Website
Pittsburgh Paint Website
Behr Website
Once the colors were selected, we hired a friend of my brother and his crew to do the job and with all our furniture and boxes moved into the house we moved into my parents house for "a couple weeks" while they painted. A couple weeks turned into 4 weeks as more and more layers needed to be painted on ALL the stained wood in the house. We made the decision to have all the stained wood painted white and that included the kitchen cabinets. This took a LONG time for every windows (20) with trim on all of them, every door, every peice of baseboard and crown molding and two bay windows and wall openings and......you get the picture. It was a TON of work. I was there everyday throughout and they were doing a great job but it just took a long time. Two coats of primer and two coats of paint to cover.
Here are some before and after photos with paint names to match:
The den has high ceilings, beams and a beautiful fieldstone fireplace but the wood paneling wasn't what we were looking for. We had the paneling painted with Benjamin Moore Tapestry Beige. The lines from the paneling adds some nice depth to the walls.
Before: (You can see the stained wood windows)
AFTER:
The dining room has a nice bay window and some wood panels on the bottom half of the wall. All painted white. All molding and windows are painted with Benjamin Moore Dove White. Walls are painted with Benjamin Moore Garrison Red.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
There was a big transformation in the kitchen and that was due to the painting of the cabinets, new hardware, new fridge and the removal of the cabinets and 'desk' on the left wall in the before picture. Cabinet color is Benjamin Moore Monterey White and walls are Benjamin Moore Rustic Taupe.
BEFORE: I have also since updated both light fixtures.
AFTER:
Here are some other after pictures. No before but here are the colors for each. Benjamin Moore Dove White for all trim (over stained wood) - Hallway Color - Benjamin Moore Tapestry Beige.
Wall Color - Pittsburgh Paint Dusty Yellow
Wall Color - Benjamin Moore Dill Pickle
Wall Color - Benjamin Moore Harlequin Blue
All Paints are Benjamin Moore, except where noted:
Borders/Molding - White Dove
Hallways/Foyer/Stairwell - Tapestry Beige
Livingroom - PITTSBURGH PAINTS - Dusty Yellow
Dining Room - Garrison Red
Den w/fireplace - Tapestry Beige
Kitchen Walls - Rustic Taupe
Kitchen Cabinets - Monterey White
Master Bedroom - Harbour Town
Bedroom - Harlequin Blue
Guest Bedroom - Stone Hearth
Office - Alabaster
BOTH Upstairs Bathrooms - Alabaster
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